The switch inside my shift box which controls the shift solenoids broke a long time ago and I replaced it with a three way off-on-on switch on the dash and it has seemed to work fine...in fact, I've recommended this to several folks on this board. One thing I noticed was that my reverse never seemed to shift crisply after this fix but assumed this was just from old age of the engine.<br />I started the boat yesterday and could not get it to shift into neutral so I went to replace the switch and was struck with a thought...this three way light switch has no power in the all the way in position (forward), electrifies one solenoid in the middle position (neutral), and (here's the bad part) electrifies both solenoids in the all the way out position, thus neutral and reverse are fighting each other which would explain why reverse was never what it should have been with this setup. What I need is a source for the OEM switch inside the shift box or an off-on-on switch which won't electrify both shift solenoids at the same time, or some other idea to make this work properly. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Jim
