Hello Started this thread not to Hijack others LOL
To begin I am asking about my 1987 Ski Sanger with the 5.7 Liter/Cobra out drive. A little background, I purchased the boat last year and took it to the lake for a test run and it ran great. One hiccup occurred after about 20 minutes when the out drive did not seem to want to come out of neutral into the drive while sitting in a cove, it seemed to grind a little without engaging but I was able to manually assist it by pushing on the throttle cable on the bracket assembly.
OK I"m not asking this question without doing my own due diligence in researching through the the other posts and have done some trouble shooting on my own, I went through the ESA system testing assumed it was the interrupter switch but that was not the issue? at that time I went ahead and changed all the fluids, filters, plugs, and wires, checked timing and set idle at around 600 rpm's.
A little background that may answer a few questions (or not) before you ask? This boat was not purchased as a daily driver back in 1987, it was purchased, taken out a few times and stored in a hanger for 25 years, the boat has 24.2 actual hours on it and I have no service history available and not sure if I need any with 24 hours on it?
Fast forward my issue now is the drive will not go into forward or reverse sitting on the trailer? I realized this while doing the adjustments setting idle and testing the ESA system. I have had someone engage the helm throttle while I spun the prop but it spins freely in both directions. I can remove the throttle cable from the transom and the remote throttle cable will shift fine. I am am unable to verify everything is adjusted correctly for the obvious reasons of not being able to shift into reverse or fwd WOT.
I purchased the shift cable kit with the proper adjustment tools and I'm about to remove the out drive and do that repair but wanted to make one last attempt and ask those of you with more experience if there is anything else I should check first before I do, because I know cable wear out or break but do not sure if they go bad from just sitting around?
Thanks
John
To begin I am asking about my 1987 Ski Sanger with the 5.7 Liter/Cobra out drive. A little background, I purchased the boat last year and took it to the lake for a test run and it ran great. One hiccup occurred after about 20 minutes when the out drive did not seem to want to come out of neutral into the drive while sitting in a cove, it seemed to grind a little without engaging but I was able to manually assist it by pushing on the throttle cable on the bracket assembly.
OK I"m not asking this question without doing my own due diligence in researching through the the other posts and have done some trouble shooting on my own, I went through the ESA system testing assumed it was the interrupter switch but that was not the issue? at that time I went ahead and changed all the fluids, filters, plugs, and wires, checked timing and set idle at around 600 rpm's.
A little background that may answer a few questions (or not) before you ask? This boat was not purchased as a daily driver back in 1987, it was purchased, taken out a few times and stored in a hanger for 25 years, the boat has 24.2 actual hours on it and I have no service history available and not sure if I need any with 24 hours on it?
Fast forward my issue now is the drive will not go into forward or reverse sitting on the trailer? I realized this while doing the adjustments setting idle and testing the ESA system. I have had someone engage the helm throttle while I spun the prop but it spins freely in both directions. I can remove the throttle cable from the transom and the remote throttle cable will shift fine. I am am unable to verify everything is adjusted correctly for the obvious reasons of not being able to shift into reverse or fwd WOT.
I purchased the shift cable kit with the proper adjustment tools and I'm about to remove the out drive and do that repair but wanted to make one last attempt and ask those of you with more experience if there is anything else I should check first before I do, because I know cable wear out or break but do not sure if they go bad from just sitting around?
Thanks
John