themannsindorset
Cadet
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2005
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- 12
Two problems which may be connected. Purchased a 5.4 RIB complete with 3 year old Mercury F90 ELPT 90 hp 4 stroke last week and took out on Sunday. Everything fine but noticed a lot of slop and vagueness in throttle handle. Managed to ding (Not to badly but still red with embarrassment) the prop and after that gear box (dog clutch?) crunches in reverse only. It crunches both with a slow engagement or a firm engagement. The dinged prop may be a red herring but can someone tell me a procedure to find the fault starting with the engine and working backwards.