Re: GM Omc stalls in reverse
Amazing what we have to do to get your attention. I will refrain from calling you any names other to say some of you don't know WTF you are doing by suggesting the shift cable on a OMC Cobra is causing the engine to stall!! AND that the first poster should change it!!! Go ahead, spend your money on advice that's WRONG!!
This is not a Mercruiser!! A Mercruiser will stall/kill the ignition if the cable binds (or more properly, If the intrupter switch is activated for too long a duration., for whatever reason. ) A Cobra shift module (and it's associated interupter switches) should scatter the ignition (make it loap along) but not kill it. Most noticable when coming out of either gear. But almost inperceavable when on the flusher.
OK. so here me now. You could have a bad shift module. It could kill the engine, but it's not designed to...... it should just scatter the firing order only, not kill!! Got it? The shift cable could be bad, it could.. BUT no way will the cable cause the module to kill the engine. And here's why... When you push or pull on the cables back at the brackets at the engine, there is a "V-block" , yes, that's what it's call'd, that moves either way, and activates the interrupter switch. When there is no tension, either way, even if you stop 1/2 way into or out of gear, the V-block will self-center and not activate the switches (which engage the module, which scatters the ignition, which allows you to come out of gear.......... How is this so?? you ask? the v-block has a fairly strong spring, more like a wire actually, semi-wrapped around the v-block. It will allow the v-block to return to center when there is no tension on the shift system, as in... I'm fully in gear or fully out of gear. I am assuming that proper shift cable sdjustments have been done correctly, of course! So, one last time. The module could be bad, killing the engine. The cable could be bad causing the bad module to kill the engine. But, the cable will not cause a good operating module to kill the engine. Again, perhaps the accellerator pump in the carb is weak.......So, if you think I don;t know what the fudge I'm talking about, then go buy a new cable, install it and we'll wait till you come back on this board and ask why your Cobra with the new cable stalls when throttled up, again!! Perhaps Bruce will have a correct answer by then! Have a good day!!