On saturday I took my 88 Baja with a 140hp Volvo out for a little cruise as I have been doing for the past few weekends, the boat started right up, I let it warm up a little, got in it and cruised aroud the lake doing about 35-40mph as usual. I slowed down to a slow crawl and everything was still ok, as I approached the dock, I went to put it in neutral and it didnt engage, I then tried reverse and much to my amazement it went forward......So my problem is, my boat will not go into neutral or reverse, I had to shut the key off and cruise into the dock and luckily I was going slow enough that I didnt cause any damage to the boat. At the moment it is still in forward and when I turn the key the prop is turning. I am a new boat owner and do not really know too too much about what the problem could be. I have been told it could be the cable or the linkage or it might just need to be re-adjusted....Any information anybody can provide will be helpful.
