New Mercury outboard 50hp shfter problem

good4uccm

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i just bought a new mercury 50 hp outboard with the new Mercury shifter controls. the motor came on a new boat i just bought out of canada. it was all rigged and ready to go. the day i put it in the water i went to put it in forward and it went into reverse. the foward and reverse was opposite. i checked the prop and it was the right prop thinking it was a contor rotating prop. the throttle works fine just the shifting. i tried to call the company i bought the boat from but they are hard to get a hold of. If anyone can help me with it i would be greatly appritiated. thanks
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: New Mercury outboard 50hp shfter problem

if it were an johnny rude i say the cable are connected wrong in the controller, just happen to someone else. the shift cable was connected to the throttle side, and throttle was connected to the shift side.
 

good4uccm

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Re: New Mercury outboard 50hp shfter problem

well i took the controls apart thinking that was the problem. i changed the cables to the other side and it fixed the shifter problmes but now the throttle is wrong should i just switch the throttle back to were it was?
 
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