shift cable on 3.0 mercruiser

scornett

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i have a 87 sunbird cosair i can shift into drive fine and go but i cant get it to shift into nuetral from drive . if i turn boat of and shift it it works fine . i can start boat up put it in reverse and it works but i have to pull alil more father back than i should i can get out of reverse and back into drive ok with engine running but not other way around . anyone no what cable this might be or if i can adjust it somehow . or is it my gear shifter itself?
 

Bondo

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Re: shift cable on 3.0 mercruiser

Ayuh,... There's a Switch, where the forward cable meets the lower cable...

Sounds like your's is Disconnected...
 
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Re: shift cable on 3.0 mercruiser

ditto on that statement :rolleyes:

Probably cause of a bad lower shift cable, n it was stalling the engine, and they disconnected it.
 
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