AugustMoose87
Seaman Apprentice
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- Mar 21, 2010
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Really hoping I can get some help figuring this one out... I've been chasing this problem for a while now. See http://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi...iner-outboards/549720-1978-merc-800-shift-cam and http://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi...boards/500139-shifting-problems-in-lower-unit
The motor is a 1978 800 (80 Hp, 4 cylinder) serial 4832396. I have been having trouble shifting in to reverse. I have replaced all three of the cams/cogs in the control box, as well as the shifting cam and follower in the lower unit. Yet I STILL can't shift in to reverse... The center "cog" (not sure what it really should be called) in the control box just slips past the shifting cam - the motor stays in neutral, and the control box is stuck in reverse. I can tear the control box apart, realign things, and I'm good to go, as long as I don't try to shift in to reverse...
Twice now this has caused a test drive for a possible sale of my boat to go south... Any thoughts before I take it to the middle of the lake and turn this motor in to fish habitat?? :frusty:
The motor is a 1978 800 (80 Hp, 4 cylinder) serial 4832396. I have been having trouble shifting in to reverse. I have replaced all three of the cams/cogs in the control box, as well as the shifting cam and follower in the lower unit. Yet I STILL can't shift in to reverse... The center "cog" (not sure what it really should be called) in the control box just slips past the shifting cam - the motor stays in neutral, and the control box is stuck in reverse. I can tear the control box apart, realign things, and I'm good to go, as long as I don't try to shift in to reverse...
Twice now this has caused a test drive for a possible sale of my boat to go south... Any thoughts before I take it to the middle of the lake and turn this motor in to fish habitat?? :frusty: