Demolitron
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- Sep 17, 2007
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Hello,
I currently have an SEI SE106 drive and a 1985 Mercruiser 205 V-6 engine.
Back to the past (When I had an MR205 Alpha drive on my boat)...
I redid my bellows and also replaced my Lower Unit shift cable with the OEM one (Teflon just as Don recommended) because it was dying when going from fwd/rev into neutral. After that replacement it worked like a charm.
Then I found that my outdrive was foobar internally and decided to just buy a new SEI drive. During the assembly of the two halves I made SURE the shift rod was correct. Fully engaged in forward gear (clockwise on the shift rod, prop locked counter-clockwise) the lever pointed straight ahead. I installed the drive to the boat and everything went well. I did adjust the shift cable end on the engine to the manual spec of 6". Everything works fine out of the water.
On the water is where my problems lie. From fwd/rev to N doesn't work. It remains in gear when the control is placed in the neutral position. When I shift to N the engine does stumble, the kill switch engages, but the drive does not pop out of gear. I have to move it SLIGHTLY in the other direction, then the engine stumbles again and this time I feel it pop out of gear.
It does this going from FWD to N and from REV to N. Both ways. I spent a good amount of time trying to make fine adjustments to the shift cable trunnion nut(the brass barrel). If I adjust it so that it does go from FWD to N then it makes getting from REV to N a real challenge.
1) The kill switch does work, tested both manually and the engine stumbles when shifting.
2) The lower unit shift cable slides EASILY (like butter) in and out and there are no sharp bends in the cable.
3) The shift cable from the control unit has not been touched or rerouted.
The control lever feels a little stiff. This is a new boat to me, so I don't know how stiff this should feel. Would an old/stiff control shift cable cause this problem?
So if anyone has any tests I could perform I would like to hear it. I don't want to just buy new cables, if that isn't the problem.
Thank You,
Aaron
I currently have an SEI SE106 drive and a 1985 Mercruiser 205 V-6 engine.
Back to the past (When I had an MR205 Alpha drive on my boat)...
I redid my bellows and also replaced my Lower Unit shift cable with the OEM one (Teflon just as Don recommended) because it was dying when going from fwd/rev into neutral. After that replacement it worked like a charm.
Then I found that my outdrive was foobar internally and decided to just buy a new SEI drive. During the assembly of the two halves I made SURE the shift rod was correct. Fully engaged in forward gear (clockwise on the shift rod, prop locked counter-clockwise) the lever pointed straight ahead. I installed the drive to the boat and everything went well. I did adjust the shift cable end on the engine to the manual spec of 6". Everything works fine out of the water.
On the water is where my problems lie. From fwd/rev to N doesn't work. It remains in gear when the control is placed in the neutral position. When I shift to N the engine does stumble, the kill switch engages, but the drive does not pop out of gear. I have to move it SLIGHTLY in the other direction, then the engine stumbles again and this time I feel it pop out of gear.
It does this going from FWD to N and from REV to N. Both ways. I spent a good amount of time trying to make fine adjustments to the shift cable trunnion nut(the brass barrel). If I adjust it so that it does go from FWD to N then it makes getting from REV to N a real challenge.
1) The kill switch does work, tested both manually and the engine stumbles when shifting.
2) The lower unit shift cable slides EASILY (like butter) in and out and there are no sharp bends in the cable.
3) The shift cable from the control unit has not been touched or rerouted.
The control lever feels a little stiff. This is a new boat to me, so I don't know how stiff this should feel. Would an old/stiff control shift cable cause this problem?
So if anyone has any tests I could perform I would like to hear it. I don't want to just buy new cables, if that isn't the problem.
Thank You,
Aaron
