Hey. I'm new to boat ownership and this is my first post on the site. Here's the deal: This boat was given to us last winter by a friend after he parked this one for about 11 years. Before parking it, he had the motor rebuilt...don't know about the outdrive. Mechanically, the boat looks great. We had it in the shop once or twice and everything was double-checked and OK'd. We've taken it out maybe 6 or 7 times this summer without an issue...mechanically speaking...until this past weekend. While running at WOT, the boat suddenly shifted into neutral. After not being able to get it into gear, we got towed in so we could avoid damaging anything else. We ran the boat at home and the same thing is happening (no "clunk" or prop movement when shifted into either forward or reverse). I am hoping the problem is something with the shifter up at the helm or a wiring issue and not something wrong with the outdrive. Any ideas or tests I could run?
Thanks, Matt
P.S. There haven't been any grinding or "ugly" sounds, even when this happened on the lake, if that helps at all.
Thanks, Matt
P.S. There haven't been any grinding or "ugly" sounds, even when this happened on the lake, if that helps at all.