CaptCrunch205
Cadet
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- Aug 14, 2017
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Hello....I am a newbie to this site. My problem is two-fold. I have a 1989 Four Winns Sundowner 205 with a 5.0 Cobra (Ford). At the beginning of this season I purchased all the tools to remove the outdrive and align it. I needed to replace the gimbal bearing and replaced the bellows while it was apart. When I put it back together the shift fork and the bellcrank apparently were not aligned correctly and I bent the bellcrank. I bought a new bellcrank and installed it and made sure it was correctly aligned when I put it back together. Once it was together it worked great. I took it out this past Sunday and I lost reverse. No grinding or clunking just no reverse. After doing some searching I found out that you can't just throw a new bellcrank in there without going through and adjusting everything. So tonight I did the test of removing the lower shift cable and shifting it by hand into forward and reverse. It works when shifted by hand. So I am assuming that because I have no idea if the shift cable has ever been replaced that I should probably just replace the lower shift cable and go through the adjustment process to be sure it will work well for the future. That's the part one of the problem. When I replaced the bellows and gimbal bearing I ordered them for a 1989 5.0 Cobra. Last night when I was looking for the serial numbers for the outdrive I noticed that the numbers from the motor do not match the numbers on the outdrive. The motor numbers on the tag on the valve cover are 502APRMED with outdrive numbers of 985687 and TO638763. The numbers on the tag on the outdrive are 985685 and TO674669 with 4.3L stamped on it. They seem to run well together RPM's don't seem to run higher than any other boat that I have owned in the past. Am I OK with this outdrive or is it going to be a problem down the road? So in a huge nutshell....:sleeping: Should I replace the shift cable and go through the adjustment process and is the difference in the outdrive going to be a problem. I have no idea if it was rebuilt with the correct ratio gears. It's possible. Thanks......