I recently bought a boat with a 1980 40 hp merc and mercury side mount control. It is the original boat, motor, control combination. The problem I am having, well there are multiple but I think I need to solve this one first, the button on the shift/throttle lever for throttle only will depress, but will not disengage the shifting mechanism.
I do have some experience working on boat motors, but very little working with a control box. I did take it apart and put it back together the way it was without noticing anything obviously wrong, but without an assembly diagram that is hard to determine. I did find the parts that move when you depress the throttle only button. There is a ball bearing and a pin which are returned by a spring with a plastic slide on it. Im not sure which order they are supposed to go in there, but when I got it the bearing was in first, then the pin, with the slide and spring outside. It feels like the button won't go in all the way. my first thought was to switch the pin and ball bearing, however I don't want to put them in wrong and cause damage.
Does anyone have a parts diagram that will show me what order it goes together, or a link to one? I have been searching the net for quite some time and it is hard to find information on control boxes.
Thank you for your help
I do have some experience working on boat motors, but very little working with a control box. I did take it apart and put it back together the way it was without noticing anything obviously wrong, but without an assembly diagram that is hard to determine. I did find the parts that move when you depress the throttle only button. There is a ball bearing and a pin which are returned by a spring with a plastic slide on it. Im not sure which order they are supposed to go in there, but when I got it the bearing was in first, then the pin, with the slide and spring outside. It feels like the button won't go in all the way. my first thought was to switch the pin and ball bearing, however I don't want to put them in wrong and cause damage.
Does anyone have a parts diagram that will show me what order it goes together, or a link to one? I have been searching the net for quite some time and it is hard to find information on control boxes.
Thank you for your help