I am going to try to make a log story short. I took my boat to the lake the saturday before memorial day. I was backing away from the boat ramp when I switched from reverse to forward and I noticed that it had alot of tension on it and it would not kick into drive. So I got it back on the trailer and took it to a local marina to get repaired. They guy there said that someone would look at at the following week. At the end of the following week I called him and he said he had not gotten to it yet, so another week went by and still no sign of what was wrong. After about the 5th week...I would get the story "there back there now working on it we will call you back" On week six I got to talk to the owner and he said it was the control cable....(the cable that goes from the top of engine to the outdrive) He said because I have a Yamaha outdrive the part had to come from yamaha...he said it would cost about 80.00 dollars. I told him to proceed with the repair. On week 7 I called back thinking he had to be done. I finally got to talk to him and he said he had to go to the coast to work on a boat. I asked him what am I suppose to do? He boldly to me that I could come get my GD boat and he would throw the parts in my truck. I went to the marina to get my boat to much my suprise the outdrive was off, the carb was off, and the old cable was still on the boat!!! I took the boat, outdrive, carb and the new cable which he charged me 179.00 for home, I got my dad to help me replace the cable, the boat shifted great without the outdrive on nice and smooth. We checked the linkage in the outdrive and it switches from foward,neutral,reverse great. We reattached the outdrive with a new outdrive gasket tighten all 6 bolts and tested it agian this time it would shift smooth from neutral to reverse but when we tried to shift from neutral to drive it was stiff agian...we loosened the nuts on the outdrive and take the presure off it will shift fine. I have taken the outdrive off 10 times today and put it back on with no luck. I dont know what I am missing....
1993 Chaperral
L4 3.0L
Yamaha outdrive.
1993 Chaperral
L4 3.0L
Yamaha outdrive.
