96 Mercury Force going backwards with the shift on forward

[Alfredo81]

Hi everyone and before I ask my question. Thanks for taking the time to help.
I recently bought a boat with a 96 Mercury Force 115Hp. The day I went to test it, the first thing that happened was that I put the boat in reverse and it move forward. I checked the cables in the control box and then in the motor and they are doing the correct movements. At least that's what the mechanic says. Is there any chance that the lower unit is a left instead of right and that is causing the problem. I checked and the prop is a right, but I really don't know. Thanks again and I hope that you can help me out.

 

[roscoe]

Have to clear things up a little.
What motor do you have?
I ask because there was no Force 115 hp made in 1996.
The last Force 115 was made in 1983 when Chrysler owned them.
In 1996, they made a 90 hp 3 cylinder, and a 120 hp 4 cylinder model.

By 1996, all Force motors were using Mercury made lower units.


It could be the seller cobbled together a boat, slapping on a different control box. Or they may have simply connected the cable to the wrong part of the control arm.

Some set ups push the cable to go into forward, some pull the cable to go into forward. The cable connected to the control box can sometimes be moved to an attachment location "on the other side of the pivot".

Not to pick on you, but to educate others, this could have been avoided by test driving the boat, BEFORE purchasing it.

I doubt you have a LH gearcase, unless the seller installed one from a different motor to make a complete motor to sell.
I can't remember if Force even offered a LF model in 1996.

As almost always on the forum, several photos of the engine, and control box may help to sort this out.

 

[The Force power]

Have to clear things up a little.
What motor do you have?
I ask because there was no Force 115 hp made in 1996.
The last Force 115 was made in 1983 when Chrysler owned them.
In 1996, they made a 90 hp 3 cylinder, and a 120 hp 4 cylinder model.

By 1996, all Force motors were using Mercury made lower units.


It could be the seller cobbled together a boat, slapping on a different control box. Or they may have simply connected the cable to the wrong part of the control arm.

Some set ups push the cable to go into forward, some pull the cable to go into forward. The cable connected to the control box can sometimes be moved to an attachment location "on the other side of the pivot".

Not to pick on you, but to educate others, this could have been avoided by test driving the boat, BEFORE purchasing it.

I doubt you have a LH gearcase, unless the seller installed one from a different motor to make a complete motor to sell.
I can't remember if Force even offered a LF model in 1996.

As almost always on the forum, several photos of the engine, and control box may help to sort this out.

I was kind of curious to find out, but I guess his "mechanic" fix it??

 

[Kip747]

I have the same problem with a 98 force 120