I rebuilt my little scarab sprint 18 from bottom to top, dropped in a healthy 4.3 with newer style Alpha gen 2 drive. I went with the billet 2 stick side mount shifter from dana marine. Im using the new button style shift killer assy.
Now to my problem, with this shifter I didnt need the sprung tube on the control cable since it would just pull on the kill button side and make the shifter want to return to neutral during running. so i 86'd that. when I shift into gear (forward or reverse) it works great, goes right in. when pulling on the stick to return it to neutral or go from F to R or R to F it will pull on the kill button so long while i shift that it always kills the engine before i get into neutral and returns to and idle state.
My idea of a solution so far is to add another spring to the kill detent arm on the assy to reduce load on the switch while i pull it out of gear. hopefully enough so when it comes to the very point where i really need the engine to kill for a second is right when its about to pull out of gear. Its simply just killing the engine for too long while i shift back into neutral.
Does anyone think this will work or is there i way i can get more pressure on the lower cable before it hits the button to kill the engine?
This is making it so freakin hard to maneuver not only while docking, but when im pulling up to the boys with there very expensive boats, i have to be very very careful. and be quick on the key so i can finish my docking or mooring.
Please advise, ive been pulling my hair out. I tried to add the spring tube back on the assy like it should be but it only added more tension to the wrong side and made it kill quicker and was making the engine kill sometimes while under way from the tube pulling to the kill button detent
Thanks in advance
Now to my problem, with this shifter I didnt need the sprung tube on the control cable since it would just pull on the kill button side and make the shifter want to return to neutral during running. so i 86'd that. when I shift into gear (forward or reverse) it works great, goes right in. when pulling on the stick to return it to neutral or go from F to R or R to F it will pull on the kill button so long while i shift that it always kills the engine before i get into neutral and returns to and idle state.
My idea of a solution so far is to add another spring to the kill detent arm on the assy to reduce load on the switch while i pull it out of gear. hopefully enough so when it comes to the very point where i really need the engine to kill for a second is right when its about to pull out of gear. Its simply just killing the engine for too long while i shift back into neutral.
Does anyone think this will work or is there i way i can get more pressure on the lower cable before it hits the button to kill the engine?
This is making it so freakin hard to maneuver not only while docking, but when im pulling up to the boys with there very expensive boats, i have to be very very careful. and be quick on the key so i can finish my docking or mooring.
Please advise, ive been pulling my hair out. I tried to add the spring tube back on the assy like it should be but it only added more tension to the wrong side and made it kill quicker and was making the engine kill sometimes while under way from the tube pulling to the kill button detent
Thanks in advance