88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

[kyricochet]

today while taking the family out boating we i was in the water waiting to get pulled on a tube but buddy couldnt keep the motor running long enough to get it in gear because of needed carb work<br /> so being the intelligent one i got behind the wheel and started the motor i had the rev up up and immediatly dropped it and threw it in gear and it just set there like it was being revved in neutral could i have sheared somthing hopefully ?<br /> when in gear the prop turns freely like it where in neutral

 

[Walker]

Re: 88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

Its quite possible that you sheared the drive shaft. Do you have reverse or is it like foreward and doesn't exist. First thing to check is control cable movement. You could have messed up the control box.

 

[kyricochet]

Re: 88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

reverse is just like forward i get nothing<br />when shifting the control i can hear a clicking back in or around the motor<br /><br />if is the shaft , is it a costly item?

 

[kyricochet]

Re: 88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

also it didnt make any kind of sound when i threw it in gear didnt grind or jump or anything<br />just set there

 

[denniz]

Re: 88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

hydro.... you dont sound like the intellegent one, first of all running a engine with clogged carbs will burn up a cyl or two,second high rpm shifts will defenietly break something.

 

[kyricochet]

Re: 88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

i apprieciate the sarcasim thankyou <br />the carbs arent clogged the boat until today had been running fine the idle needs set up a few rpms <br />besides the carburators are not my worry at this time<br /><br />intelligence is a vertue ignorance is bliss isnt it

 

[kyricochet]

Re: 88' mercury 150 XR4 wont move

i found out what the problem was i sheared the tines on the prop insert thank god