78 OMC 800 Lower... Hard to Work on?

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fastestdan

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I have a 78 Cobalt with an OMC 240 sterndrive. I have traced the problem to the lower unit. When I manually put the shift rod in the foward position and move the prop it pushes the shift rod back up into nuetral. When I try and move it to the reverse position it doesn't engage at all. I am pretty mechanically inclined but I don't know if I want to mess with it. I was going to disassemble and replace the parts that were bad, but I was wondering if there is any usual issues with these lower units.

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Re: 78 OMC 800 Lower... Hard to Work on?

Does that engine have a shift converter box with switches on it?
 
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WizeOne

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Re: 78 OMC 800 Lower... Hard to Work on?

rs2k said:
Does that engine have a shift converter box with switches on it?
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As a '78, it shouldn't have. (the switches, that is)

He needs to start by trying to calibrate the shift converter.
 
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