Clevernickname
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- Aug 7, 2011
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Hey guys, im new to the forum so let me say hello!!!! Now ill address my problem
I picked up a boat this past week with a 1985 evinrude 115 on it. Took it out today and it ran great for a few hours. Me and my buddy were just cruising around 30 havin a good time. Needless to day i was on and off the throttle because of all the wake in the overcrowded lake we went to.
After a while something strange started happening. The boat would not plain out... At all and would slip, stop accelerating and stop moving, over 3500 - 4000 rpms. So i would back off to neutral and reengage and it would work at low rpms.. I wasnt getting any clunking sounds. I did notice a really hollow whining type sound for a minute. We were putting our way back to the dock and the engine would randomly rev up and down and it would slip and have no power at all til i went to neutral and back to forward.
Get the boat home check my shifter cables they look ok... Drain lower unit oil - Top plug had a LITTLE bit of shavings on it.. Normal wear and tear looking shaves. Oil did not have any major milkyness to it nor any large shavings or anything. At first i assumed it was the clutch dog after doing some reading im thinking its the propeller...
I really need some help and opinion here.... I dont want to mark the prop and drive all the way to the lake to test it out, especially if its something in my lower unit.
Anything you guys can think of that i can do in the driveway to test.
Or any thoughts at all?
I picked up a boat this past week with a 1985 evinrude 115 on it. Took it out today and it ran great for a few hours. Me and my buddy were just cruising around 30 havin a good time. Needless to day i was on and off the throttle because of all the wake in the overcrowded lake we went to.
After a while something strange started happening. The boat would not plain out... At all and would slip, stop accelerating and stop moving, over 3500 - 4000 rpms. So i would back off to neutral and reengage and it would work at low rpms.. I wasnt getting any clunking sounds. I did notice a really hollow whining type sound for a minute. We were putting our way back to the dock and the engine would randomly rev up and down and it would slip and have no power at all til i went to neutral and back to forward.
Get the boat home check my shifter cables they look ok... Drain lower unit oil - Top plug had a LITTLE bit of shavings on it.. Normal wear and tear looking shaves. Oil did not have any major milkyness to it nor any large shavings or anything. At first i assumed it was the clutch dog after doing some reading im thinking its the propeller...
I really need some help and opinion here.... I dont want to mark the prop and drive all the way to the lake to test it out, especially if its something in my lower unit.
Anything you guys can think of that i can do in the driveway to test.
Or any thoughts at all?