1984 Force 50 wont shift

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woodgieman

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My 1984 Force 50 wont shift into forward or reverse. It will crank up fine in neutral. I recently replaced the cable and am wondering if I didn't do something right. I can manually shift it into gear fine without the cable hooked up. But as soon as I put it bakc on, it feels like it binds up. Please help!
 
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Re: 1984 Force 50 wont shift

Welcome to iboats, Woodgie.<br />There is a button on the throttle lever that must be depressed to engage it. This is a safety feature,to prevent inadvertantly throwing it into gear by bumping into it.<br />Also, this control has a high-idle feature. where the throttle handle hinges at the control box, it can be pulled straight out. Once the handle is pulled-out, you can push it as if to put it into gear and go, but instead, all that will happen is the RPM will go up, but no shifting takes place.<br />This mechanism may be hung-open. If so, you msy have to open it back up,and see what is holding it out.
 
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