AQ255B/280 Shifter diagram/photos

KDRawlings

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Had a friend try to help me adjust the shifter to idle better and he spent hours disassembling the shifter assembly. Unfortunately, it looks like he didn't put it back together correctly.

It doesn't shift into gear until the throttle is too far forward and too high RPMs. I do not have a service manual so I cannot check how it is supposed to be assembled and adjusted. Is there an online manual that I can reference. We are trying to leave for a houseboat trip to Lake Powell on Sunday so I do not have enough time to take it to the mechanic as they are not open tomorrow.

Any help would save my trip!!!

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Don S

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Re: AQ255B/280 Shifter diagram/photos

There are no manuals for those shifters that I know of. I would suggest you don't let your friend work on your boat anymore. All you needed to do was adjust the carb end of the cable to allow it to idle, not dissasemble and mess up the control.
 

KDRawlings

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Re: AQ255B/280 Shifter diagram/photos

I wasn't there when they got into the controls or I would have vetoed that bright idea.
 
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