Commander classic shifter issues

Mike_76

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Hi all, I’ve recently acquired a 1987 sea ray Seville she runs good but the shifter has issues, 1st outing we lost neutral and “throttle only”, took shifter apart saw that where shifter cable connects to a post and that post also goes into another piece of linkage well the post came out of that linkage so put it back in, seemed to fix it, next outing lost forward gear took shifter apart and cable had completely come off the post, fixed it again but I’m not trusting it and the set screw for shifter lever doesn’t seem to hold shifter without loosening back up even with thread lock (hole is not stripped) also the neutral safety buttons on top of shifter does nothing.
Still “throttle only” button is not functioning.
Also the “trim up” button does not work, have to use “trailer” button to trim up Uhg,
Can I replace this with a new shifter?
Like the commander 2000? Or the 3000?
Something else?
Thank you in advance.IMG_0855.jpeg
 
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alldodge

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Can I replace this with a new shifter?
Like the commander 2000? Or the 3000?
Something else?
Sure can use any which indicate Mercruiser/Mercury control
Yours being a 1987 there may need to replace the cables to use 3000 or 4000.
 

Scott06

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Hi all, I’ve recently acquired a 1987 sea ray Seville she runs good but the shifter has issues, 1st outing we lost neutral and “throttle only”, took shifter apart saw that where shifter cable connects to a post and that post also goes into another piece of linkage well the post came out of that linkage so put it back in, seemed to fix it, next outing lost forward gear took shifter apart and cable had completely come off the post, fixed it again but I’m not trusting it and the set screw for shifter lever doesn’t seem to hold shifter without loosening back up even with thread lock (hole is not stripped) also the neutral safety buttons on top of shifter does nothing.
Still “throttle only” button is not functioning.
Also the “trim up” button does not work, have to use “trailer” button to trim up Uhg,
Can I replace this with a new shifter?
Like the commander 2000? Or the 3000?
Something else?
Thank you in advance.View attachment 404662
Trim up not working and having to use trailer to trim up is probably the trim limit switch on outdrive not working. You can jumper it out at the transom and see if trim works.
 
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