mia248vista
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Engine and Drive: 2003 Volvo Penta 5.0 Gxi-B DPs
Problem: I took out the boat today and had a real hard time with the shift control box. In short, when we took off from the dock I put the drive in reverse with no more force than usual. After pulling away and settling in neutral I shifted the control to forward. Here is where things went wrong. The shift control would increase the RPMs but the drive would not engage and move forward. After tinkering with shifter with the engine off in the middle of the channel we started the engine again with the same result except this time when I took the rpms up to close to 2000 RPMs the drive engaged roughly. There was some improvement in shifting that allowed me to get back to the dock but I am still having a similar behavior especially when transitioning from previously going reverse. What is going on here???
Problem: I took out the boat today and had a real hard time with the shift control box. In short, when we took off from the dock I put the drive in reverse with no more force than usual. After pulling away and settling in neutral I shifted the control to forward. Here is where things went wrong. The shift control would increase the RPMs but the drive would not engage and move forward. After tinkering with shifter with the engine off in the middle of the channel we started the engine again with the same result except this time when I took the rpms up to close to 2000 RPMs the drive engaged roughly. There was some improvement in shifting that allowed me to get back to the dock but I am still having a similar behavior especially when transitioning from previously going reverse. What is going on here???