horsepowerresearch
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Hi, I hope someone has had this problem before and can tell me what was wrong.
I recently bought a 1986 Century 3500 sport LX "fixer upper" with a 5.7 260 merc and alpha one outdrive - the shift/throttle is the Commander Classic.
I haven't decided whether to invest in the much needed interior and flooring repairs or part out the good stufft. Mechanically it's quite solid - engine is strong and quiet, the outdrive is in good shape. I like this boat because it rides so good and has so much power for a stock boat.
From neutral to either forward or reverse is normal.... pull in the neutral lockout lever and it goes right into gear, then accelerates as it should (well occasionally it grinds for a second going into reverse, even though I always wait long enough for the prop to stop spinning - comments? normal?)
When shifting from forward into neutral, there is a click ( as if it should have gone into neutral), but it isn't out of gear yet. I have to pull in the neutral lockout and pull back one more click to get neutral. I would assume that the cam is not in the correct hole, except that it does the same thing in reverse - first click isn't really neutral, pull in neutral lockout and go to second click to actually get neutral. Once you are in neutral, it operates normal again - pull in the lever and shift to either forward or reverse.
I haven't owned a boat with a Commander Classic before - this does not seem that it should be normal? What's the problem?
thanks ahead of time for your help!
I recently bought a 1986 Century 3500 sport LX "fixer upper" with a 5.7 260 merc and alpha one outdrive - the shift/throttle is the Commander Classic.
I haven't decided whether to invest in the much needed interior and flooring repairs or part out the good stufft. Mechanically it's quite solid - engine is strong and quiet, the outdrive is in good shape. I like this boat because it rides so good and has so much power for a stock boat.
From neutral to either forward or reverse is normal.... pull in the neutral lockout lever and it goes right into gear, then accelerates as it should (well occasionally it grinds for a second going into reverse, even though I always wait long enough for the prop to stop spinning - comments? normal?)
When shifting from forward into neutral, there is a click ( as if it should have gone into neutral), but it isn't out of gear yet. I have to pull in the neutral lockout and pull back one more click to get neutral. I would assume that the cam is not in the correct hole, except that it does the same thing in reverse - first click isn't really neutral, pull in neutral lockout and go to second click to actually get neutral. Once you are in neutral, it operates normal again - pull in the lever and shift to either forward or reverse.
I haven't owned a boat with a Commander Classic before - this does not seem that it should be normal? What's the problem?
thanks ahead of time for your help!