76 45 hp batt ingition motor hanging on a 76 14 ft chrysler runabout. Boat speedometer says I am doing a blazing 23 mph. Cocker spaniel up in the bow, ears flapping in the breeze and grinning ear to ear. One happy dog. Let me break here and explain that this boat originally had a 70 horse chrysler but took a dive to the bottom of the lake. I floated it but the 70 was a basket case. I aquired the 45 from a widow lady I know. The controls that came with the 45 was locked up due to rust so I just used the remote and cables from the 70. Back to the happy dog. I spotted a stranded boater so I went over to offer a tow. I pulled up, killed the 45 tied a rope to the other boat and restarted. I put her in gear, and took the slack out of the rope. As I tried to add power, the rpm went from 800 to about 1000 rpm. I advanced the throttle to full open with out any increase in rpm. I throttled back, scratched my head and tried again. This time it stayed at 800 rpm. It turned out that the shifter cable is workink fine, but the throttle cable will not advance the throttle, when hooked up. If I open the connecter at the very end of the cale, it appears to work ok. THe throttle tower is not stiff, so I towed the other fellow back in by manually advanceing the throttle, with a very upset dog because of going so slow.<br /> What could cause the throttle to not advance?
