Hi everyone,
Just purchased a boat a few weeks ago, now it's pretty much the end of boating season around here so I havent taken it out on the water yet, but when I purchased it we ran it on muffs and it shifted into forward and reverse and ran nice.
I know its not the same as running it on the lake when the prop is under load, but it just wasn't possible to do a water test.
The boat originally had a mercruiser 140, and it was swapped out for the mercruiser 165 inline 6.
So, I've just been winterizing it and doing a little maintenance on it with plans to use it next year.
I noticed that the shift interrupt switch is disconnected, not hooked up to the negative side of coil or grounded. The wires are too short and won't reach the coil, but I figured the coil is further back toward the transom on the 140, so that's the reason why it isn't hooked up.
So I checked the continuity of it, with the shifter in neutral, when I hook it up to the battery and don't touch it, the light is on, when I manually push the rocker arm in, the light goes off - is this how it is supposed to function? I'm thinking it should be the other way around?
So, with the motor off, when I shift it into forward, I can hear the click of the switch, and the light stays lit on my continuity tester while in forward gear.
Shift it into reverse, you can hear the click, and the light is off on my continuity tester while in reverse gear.
Is it possible to even diagnose what's going on with it at this point? I had read the switch should not even be activated unless there is load on the prop. And taking it out on the water isnt an option at this point in time.
Just purchased a boat a few weeks ago, now it's pretty much the end of boating season around here so I havent taken it out on the water yet, but when I purchased it we ran it on muffs and it shifted into forward and reverse and ran nice.
I know its not the same as running it on the lake when the prop is under load, but it just wasn't possible to do a water test.
The boat originally had a mercruiser 140, and it was swapped out for the mercruiser 165 inline 6.
So, I've just been winterizing it and doing a little maintenance on it with plans to use it next year.
I noticed that the shift interrupt switch is disconnected, not hooked up to the negative side of coil or grounded. The wires are too short and won't reach the coil, but I figured the coil is further back toward the transom on the 140, so that's the reason why it isn't hooked up.
So I checked the continuity of it, with the shifter in neutral, when I hook it up to the battery and don't touch it, the light is on, when I manually push the rocker arm in, the light goes off - is this how it is supposed to function? I'm thinking it should be the other way around?
So, with the motor off, when I shift it into forward, I can hear the click of the switch, and the light stays lit on my continuity tester while in forward gear.
Shift it into reverse, you can hear the click, and the light is off on my continuity tester while in reverse gear.
Is it possible to even diagnose what's going on with it at this point? I had read the switch should not even be activated unless there is load on the prop. And taking it out on the water isnt an option at this point in time.