blackbyrd84
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Hello all!
I recently purchased a 1978 Carver Santa Cruz 2566. I love the boat and the engine runs great, its the ford v8 in it. I have a few problems with shifting though. I have not put it in the water yet, but the guy I bought it from is good friends with my dad, and he has had lots of shifting problems with it. It has a "new" OMC 800 strendrive on it because they thought the drive was causing the issue. If you adjust the shift cable to give you 100% forward without coming out of gear under load, you have 0 reverse. If you adjust to get forward and reverse, it will kick out of forward under load. They have also changed it from points to electronic ignition, so no interrupter for shifting. So the 800 drive that is on it will end up getting torn up. My plan is to take the 800 off, and replace it with an electric shift drive that another friend of my dad has that will fit on it perfectly. Is this a huge undertaking? Will this solve my issue? I am planning on wiring the new drive on my own using snap switches on the shift rocker to activate forward or reverse. Given everything I've said, should this resolve my shifting issue? The owner before the person I bought it from couldn't figure out the issue with the original drive, and replaced it thinking it was the drive and apparently it isn't because it still does the same thing. Thoughts? (Also, where can I get the rubber caps for the exhaust manifold(s) drain?)
For some reason can't upload pics, but here is an imgur album.
http://imgur.com/a/EASUO
I recently purchased a 1978 Carver Santa Cruz 2566. I love the boat and the engine runs great, its the ford v8 in it. I have a few problems with shifting though. I have not put it in the water yet, but the guy I bought it from is good friends with my dad, and he has had lots of shifting problems with it. It has a "new" OMC 800 strendrive on it because they thought the drive was causing the issue. If you adjust the shift cable to give you 100% forward without coming out of gear under load, you have 0 reverse. If you adjust to get forward and reverse, it will kick out of forward under load. They have also changed it from points to electronic ignition, so no interrupter for shifting. So the 800 drive that is on it will end up getting torn up. My plan is to take the 800 off, and replace it with an electric shift drive that another friend of my dad has that will fit on it perfectly. Is this a huge undertaking? Will this solve my issue? I am planning on wiring the new drive on my own using snap switches on the shift rocker to activate forward or reverse. Given everything I've said, should this resolve my shifting issue? The owner before the person I bought it from couldn't figure out the issue with the original drive, and replaced it thinking it was the drive and apparently it isn't because it still does the same thing. Thoughts? (Also, where can I get the rubber caps for the exhaust manifold(s) drain?)
For some reason can't upload pics, but here is an imgur album.
http://imgur.com/a/EASUO
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