Help on revving without engaging prop

[rideus2003]

I've searched and scrolled for 2 hours and haven't found how to rev the motor on my 96 Volvo/Penta Ford 302 - mine doesn't have any additional buttons that other posts mention. I've attached a pic of the shifter. I believe the small button to the left is a circuit breaker button. Only other lever is the one you pull up into the shifter to go move into gear? Engine is fuel injected so maybe this particular model doesn't allow it, which is fine. I've just never been on a boat that couldn't.

 

[alldodge]

The center button does not push in?

 

[rideus2003]

No it doesn't - tried that - just a rubber plastic cover that collapses when I do........sorry, I should've mentioned that as it was the first thing I tried.

 

[ThomW]

Does the entire handle itself pull out/away from boat? Some levers pull out about an inch and then can be revved without engaging gears.

 

[rideus2003]

I'll try that when I get home, there is a mounting bolt directly behind that rubber plastic gasket so I'll play around with it and see. Appreciate the input.

 

[ThomW]

If that doesn't work, the only other thing I can suggest is making sure you try pushing in on that middle "button" really hard. Volvos can be a biatch to switch into neutral. Are you saying you've pulled that button off and its just a bolt behind it?

 

[Maclin]

Slide your hand in palm out behind the handle, then twist the wrist righty-tighty, with most pressure on the bottom of the handle...

 

[rideus2003]

If that doesn't work, the only other thing I can suggest is making sure you try pushing in on that middle "button" really hard. Volvos can be a biatch to switch into neutral. Are you saying you've pulled that button off and its just a bolt behind it?

Yeah, first thing I did was push that button as it's the normal in all my years on others boats and it just caved in, pried it off and all I could see or what appeared to me was just a metal plate and bolt. It's just a rubber plastic cap.

MACLIN - thanks for the sequence of steps to take, I'll try it this evening.

 

[Bondo]

I believe the small button to the left is a circuit breaker button.

Ayuh,..... Welcome Aboard,..... I find this, Odd,.... never seen a circuit breaker in a controller,....

 

[rideus2003]

I may be incorrect about it being a circuit breaker but I tried pushing the button, pulling up on lever in shifter and pushing shifter forward thinking it was a disengage button for revving but not the case. I tried sliding my hand in between the shifter and side rail like Maclin suggested, nothing was budging......

I'm totally confused myself..........

 

[alldodge]

When it comes down to it there is no reason to ever rev the motor in neutral except to find a problem. If the motor is running correctly, it will never need more rpm. If the IAC went bad, then you need to rev the motor to prove the IAC is the problem. Guess this is a question for a VP dealer, they should be able to answer it

 

[dennis461]

Do you have a "N" button on the dashboard/helm? You may have an electrically controlled shift disconnect mechanism. Try to get a look behind it and count the number of wires.

exploded view/parts
https://www.marinepartseurope.com/en/volvo-penta-explodedview-7744250-27-5775.aspx

 

[rideus2003]

Thanks everyone and I agree with AllDodge - I'm not looking to rev for the sake of revving but should the need arise, I was trying to figure out how. Something leads me to believe the small button is supposed to engage the shift disconnect and is probably bad - I'll also reach out to a VP dealer.....

Again, many thanks.

 

[Scott Danforth]

the button at the pivot is where you push. however if its not going in, pull the rubber cover off and see if the plunger is missing (little plastic disc with about a 3/4" long stud sticking up)

wont be the first control that the rubber cover popped off and that little plunger got lost.

 

[rideus2003]

the button at the pivot is where you push. however if its not going in, pull the rubber cover off and see if the plunger is missing (little plastic disc with about a 3/4" long stud sticking up)

wont be the first control that the rubber cover popped off and that little plunger got lost.

Ah - I see exactly what you mean and the part that is not there based on the link DENNIS461 posted - got one ordered. Thanks again everyone.

 

[Scott Danforth]

You can order thru iboats...,just follow the links in the volvo parts section of the iboats site