Re: 470 grinding gears / speedometer
Thanks. So it seems as my idle speed and shift cable was at fault for this problem. Took off the cable - moved it by hand and it was difficult to move; sprayed some graphite down it, moved it a few times and it works fine now. Engine was also idling around 1000RPM, lowered it down to 500. The drive now "clunks" into gear as you said.
You need a pitot tube on the transom for a speedometer,...
They weren't added to the drives til 91 or so....
Now for the speedometer - It is the original speedometer in the boat, and there is a line that resembled a vacuum line running from the gauge to the rear of the boat, only the end of it is all burned looking. Can you tell me where on the transom this tube it connects to should be (port/starboard, upper portion or lower?).
Thanks Bond-o for your help! I 'preciate it!