Don, first thank you for all your invaluable help. Apart from other little mysterious problems, my main one today is this. I was running the boat on its maiden voyage after a complete overhaul. Everything was fine, I was waving at the neighbors for about 30-40 minutes. then the engine stalled and stopped. I nervously shifted to neutral and the engine started right up, I waited a little bit and when I shifted forward slowly at first nothing happened, it was calm day and I noticed I was not even moving water, when I fully engaged forward the engined stalled and died. I restarted and tried reverse, I had tried to adjust the gears before I left the dock because reverse was not fully engaging, but the shaft was turning rather freely, I could see this through the cabin hatch. Reverse was working but very slowly, I managed to get to the bulkhead, then got a tow back to the slip. At first I thought I had fouled the prop, and although I have not braved the cold water, I dont think the prop is fouled, since the shaft turns easily when I feather the shifter, it only siezes when fully engaged. Most of my adjustment was turning the nut towards the stern ,(counter clockwise while standing on the distributer side) I never was able to get the reverse gear to fully engage from the cockpit, to fully engage I actually have to go below and nudge it into position, and it will stay there. I read in your manuals and threads that this should be an adjustment of 1 or 2 nut positions, I know I did maybe 4-5. At first I thought it was a cutlass bearing or a fouled prop so I really have not messed with adjusting the reverse gear again, but reading some of the post somebody mentioned a Bearing. What do you think?
Gilbert Landin
cat 30
Gilbert Landin
cat 30
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