help! boat won't go into gear

chad dehaven

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mercruiser 5.0 liter 305, took our new to us 1988 boat out and after about 1 minute of acceleration, the engine stalled. It started back up, but would not go into gear, no prop movement. there was a funny smell. hard to describe. what could this be???? kids are bummed. thanks for any help
 

Don S

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Re: help! boat won't go into gear

Probably a spun coupler. I would guess the smell was burned rubber?
 

Bondo

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Re: help! boat won't go into gear

Ayuh,..........

The Good News is,.......
That a New Coupler will only run you a couple Hundred Bucks,......

Bad News is,......
You have to Pull the Drive,+ then the Engine to Replace it......
 

Haut Medoc

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Re: help! boat won't go into gear

Ayuh,..........

The Good News is,.......
That a New Coupler will only run you a couple Hundred Bucks,......

Bad News is,......
You have to Pull the Drive,+ then the Engine to Replace it......
And.....
Find out why the engine is out of alignment......;)
Did it overheat?.....
Welcome to iboats, btw.........:)
 

chad dehaven

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Re: help! boat won't go into gear

thank for your reply. I guess we'll have to take it for repair. what causes this problem?
 

Haut Medoc

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Re: help! boat won't go into gear


Poor engine alignment.....;)
Hopfully it is just the rear motor mounts, not a bad transom....:)
 
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