Throttle acting up

[BrianN]

Hi there, I just got my boat back last week from getting the motor tuned up. It was stalling out when going from neutral into gear. Either forward or reverse.
So, I took it out today. Ran great when I got it in the water. Took it up the lake for a spin (and did some fishing)
All was good. Until, we stopped again, had some lunch and tried to get going again.
I pushed the throttle only button in, put the lever forward. Turned the key and it started IN GEAR. I thought, oh well, maybe I didn`t push the button in. So, put it into neutral, pushed the throttle only button in, pushed the lever forward and started. Again, in gear. Now I am stumped. Put it back into neutral, then in reverse. Now, it won`t go into reverse. The lever will go back, but, the prop is going in forward.
My thoughts are that it is a cable issue. Maybe a loose connection?
Any thoughts or ideas?
Oh, when we stopped for lunch and had the motor idling, there was a strange noise. At first I thought it was a motor, low idle knocking, or, the cover rattling. Later figured it was the shifter, in just the right position, where it was just about going into gear.
Thanks for any help.
Brian

 

[thumpar]

What are we working on?

 

[BrianN]

Sorry, guess I should put that in my sig. I'll do that tomorrow. It's a 1995 malibu 162 with a force 120 outboard.

 

[MikDee]

I think your shift cable came loose inside the sheath. There is a couple set screws on one end or both? You can loosen these up, & move the cable to where it needs to be then tighten them back up again.

 

[BrianN]

After looking at it today, I cannot find any set screws on the cable going into the motor. Weird, I thought it would be an easy fix.
I did notice today that when the shifter on the control is in neutral, I can actually put the motor into forward.
With the quicksilver 3000 control, it looks like a tough, long job to take the controls out to adjust any adjustments in there.
I did take the cables off of the motor, and the shift lever is still very tough for me to move, in reverse. Telling me, it is some thing in the controller, or the cables at the controller end.