Rodbolt, 1983 115 Merc shift issue...

walleyehed

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Rodbolt, haven't seen ya around recently...If ya happen to catch this post, or someone else that is a guru on the older mercs, I have a 115 that at WOT pops out of gear and STAYS out....no popping back in.<br />Customer said when it popped out, he pulled the thrott. back quickly to Idle as he costed to a stop-engine still running, tried to shift back into gear and nothing happened, no grinding, nothing. Went into reverse fine, then went into fwd fine and never popped out again.<br />Next morning at dock, had warm-up lever up slightly...1500-1800RPM, and for no reason it slammed into fwd gear.<br />He is bringing me the boat tomorrow, and this sounds like more than just a linkage issue..any thoghts???<br />Thanks,<br />Kenny
 

Laddies

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Re: Rodbolt, 1983 115 Merc shift issue...

Sounds like a bad control box
 

Clams Canino

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Re: Rodbolt, 1983 115 Merc shift issue...

Ya.... I'd disconnect the shift cable and play with it on the muffs a bit. To feel how it shifts by hand.<br /><br />-W
 
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