Hey Guys.....got a new one for you. Have a 91 Chris Craft Concept with OMC 460 King Cobra in it. I've been having this issue for about the past year now. My shift lever on the boat has a neutral button in the center of it. I have to use this button to start my boat on a cold start. For those of you familiar with it, it allows me to basically shift the lever and give the engine gas without actually putting the boat into gear. The issue I'm having is that this button seems to be malfunctioning intermittently.
My cold start procedure is as follows: 1. Pump the throttle lever all the way forward and all the way back 2 times. 2. Push the neutral button in and put the throttle back about 1/4 of the way. 3. Turn the key to start the boat.
The problem I am having is when I turn the key sometimes, nothing is happening. In other words, because something is sticking in that button, it is not going into neutral and as a safety precaution the boat will not start with the engine in gear. So what I have to do is just keep moving the lever around and keep pushing the button in and out. Eventually, it will work. My concern is that eventually something is going to finally break and I won't be able to get the boat started at all this way because of the boat being in gear when it should actually be in neutral.
I have tried to spray some WD40 in the lever, and it seemed to help a bit but I am still having the issue. Does anyone out there have any ideas that I can try? I called around and to replace the entire throttle is right around $600 with labor. Don't feel like spending that kind of money if I don't have to obviously.
I have attached a pic of the throttle as I am not exactly sure of the model it is.
My cold start procedure is as follows: 1. Pump the throttle lever all the way forward and all the way back 2 times. 2. Push the neutral button in and put the throttle back about 1/4 of the way. 3. Turn the key to start the boat.
The problem I am having is when I turn the key sometimes, nothing is happening. In other words, because something is sticking in that button, it is not going into neutral and as a safety precaution the boat will not start with the engine in gear. So what I have to do is just keep moving the lever around and keep pushing the button in and out. Eventually, it will work. My concern is that eventually something is going to finally break and I won't be able to get the boat started at all this way because of the boat being in gear when it should actually be in neutral.
I have tried to spray some WD40 in the lever, and it seemed to help a bit but I am still having the issue. Does anyone out there have any ideas that I can try? I called around and to replace the entire throttle is right around $600 with labor. Don't feel like spending that kind of money if I don't have to obviously.
I have attached a pic of the throttle as I am not exactly sure of the model it is.
