I have a 85HP force/chrysler motor and believe it is a 1989. Bought this boat last month that had been sitting for four years, took to shop and had mechanic look at. He said he checked compression and everthing worked out and the only thing he ad to do to get it to run was diconnect the kill switch.
He took it out and everything worked beautifully and then he took it back in for other repairs not related to engine. When he started out to delliver next time the hot horn went off immediately when he got in water so he took it back and put new impeller on. When I got the boat and ran it I would hear a loud knocking sound every so often as if i had hit a log and i know i did not. So i started to watch what the motor was doing to see if it was knocking on the boat, what i noticed was that when I would stop the motor would move back down quickly towards the transom. I called the mechanic and discussed this with him and he said that when he tested the boat out on first time he never heard it do anything like that, so for me I am trying to figure out what is different now. I think after impellar install he just brought it over to deliver and did not lake test again. I also noticed that when saw him and dad testing boat out that they were running at high speeds and to me he might not have heard if going that fast. I drive alot slower because I fish alot, which could be difference.
So he comes out and him and my dad go out in it to test it because there are other issues going on too, when he came in he said that he only heard it thump once and that it was a gear and he adjusted it out on the water. So he leaves. Then I get in the boat next day try to start and the boat is dead, call him and he says put handle back into reverse just a little and move forwardd to pop it back into neutral, which worked. Then when I took it out i could not get the handle to go down further to go 30 miles an hour. Also after he made this adjustment the the knocking got worse and was doing it while in idle or maybe in reverse some it could have been out of wack and i was a little in reverse, the only time it had made thump or knock sound before was after acceleration.
So here is my question, could the boat already have been this way when purchased or did the shift linkage get out of wack during impellar installation? Should he come back and readjust free of charge, I would like to be educated more before I talk to him again. I did tell him that it got worse and asked if i could just adjust myself and he said a little complicated. I asked him what he adjusted and what cable and then asked him what direction, he seemed to act like he could not remember which way he adjusted but then told me to shorten the cable, which I have no idea how to do. He seemed to want to point at bad gear and he could be right i just do not know because he brought up gear oil issue and i reminded him again that we checked the gear oil before giving to him and no water or metal shards in it.
He took it out and everything worked beautifully and then he took it back in for other repairs not related to engine. When he started out to delliver next time the hot horn went off immediately when he got in water so he took it back and put new impeller on. When I got the boat and ran it I would hear a loud knocking sound every so often as if i had hit a log and i know i did not. So i started to watch what the motor was doing to see if it was knocking on the boat, what i noticed was that when I would stop the motor would move back down quickly towards the transom. I called the mechanic and discussed this with him and he said that when he tested the boat out on first time he never heard it do anything like that, so for me I am trying to figure out what is different now. I think after impellar install he just brought it over to deliver and did not lake test again. I also noticed that when saw him and dad testing boat out that they were running at high speeds and to me he might not have heard if going that fast. I drive alot slower because I fish alot, which could be difference.
So he comes out and him and my dad go out in it to test it because there are other issues going on too, when he came in he said that he only heard it thump once and that it was a gear and he adjusted it out on the water. So he leaves. Then I get in the boat next day try to start and the boat is dead, call him and he says put handle back into reverse just a little and move forwardd to pop it back into neutral, which worked. Then when I took it out i could not get the handle to go down further to go 30 miles an hour. Also after he made this adjustment the the knocking got worse and was doing it while in idle or maybe in reverse some it could have been out of wack and i was a little in reverse, the only time it had made thump or knock sound before was after acceleration.
So here is my question, could the boat already have been this way when purchased or did the shift linkage get out of wack during impellar installation? Should he come back and readjust free of charge, I would like to be educated more before I talk to him again. I did tell him that it got worse and asked if i could just adjust myself and he said a little complicated. I asked him what he adjusted and what cable and then asked him what direction, he seemed to act like he could not remember which way he adjusted but then told me to shorten the cable, which I have no idea how to do. He seemed to want to point at bad gear and he could be right i just do not know because he brought up gear oil issue and i reminded him again that we checked the gear oil before giving to him and no water or metal shards in it.