Alpha 1 Gen II slow coming out of foward into neutral

[98Shabah]

On my 1998 Alpha One Gen II 3.0 I recently did a bellows job along with a lower shift cable replacement. I adjusted the new shift cable per the merc manual and ran it on the muffs in the driveway to verify proper forward and reverse engagement. Fast forward to yesterday, the shakedown run to start the season. Engagement of forward and reverse is great, also disengagement of reverse to neutral is not a problem, but when shifting from forward to neutral it takes 1-2 seconds after returning the control to neutral before forward will disengage. I've read "How To" on how the shift interrupt system works but am still a little foggy on what direction to take to correct this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[Don S]

Re: Alpha 1 Gen II slow coming out of foward into neutral

With boat in the water, watch the shift interrupt switch plate and see if when you put the drive from fwd to neutral if the switch is being activated right away or if it's slow to activate. If the switch is activated and it just takes a while to do anything, the the switch needs replaced.

 

[98Shabah]

Re: Alpha 1 Gen II slow coming out of foward into neutral

Ok, I'll do that the next time I take it out. If the switch is slow to activate when watching the shift interrupt switch plate what would be the next step? Would that be corrected through a minor cable adjustment?

Thanks