New shift cable problems.

[Worrad1956]

Hi i have recently purchased a 1978 celebrity with a 165 and a MC-1 out drive. I've been doing standard maintenance and have ran into a problem. I replaced all bellows, shift cable etc.

I removed the drive in forward gear as per the manual, replaced the shift cable and bellows, aligned the motor and put the drive back on. Now they say to measure 6 inches when the shift cable is fully pushed into gear.

Here lies the problem, when pushed in i cant back the brass barrel of enough to even get 6 inches (it bottoms out on the locking nut for the sleeve, as if its going to far) but i can get close so i set it and put it into place, then when i shift it will go into neutral but no reverse. and if i adjust it for reverse the problem is opposite. i feel as if it shouldn't be at maximum adjustment on a new cable. The foot is in the shift shaft and isn't to one side. is there adjustment for the shift shaft on the bell-housing? I saw there was two flat head screws on this and this is all i can think of that could be adjusted to maybe fix this? The old shift cable seemed to work fine before removal but i replaced for piece of mind.

Any info i would greatly appreciate

Liam.

 

[dubs283]

measure 6 inches when the shift cable is fully pushed into gear.

in FWD gear with the prop locked so it does not slip out of gear, a bungee holding the prop works great

verify the shift foot is straight fore and aft, prop locked in FWD gear, attaching stud at bottom of slot, set cable to six inches back off four turns for non shift assist and your done with the lower cable

 

[Worrad1956]

Thank you for your help. So I found the problem I got a shift cable online and after Comparing the two the new one was clearly manufactured wrong. I put the old one back on just to verify and it works just fine. Ordered another new one genuine part this time!!

 

[achris]

Just be aware that there are 2 different measurements for those cables, in that era. The difference is easy to pick, the slot on the shift lever that the cable secures to.

For the short slot, 6", but for the long slot, 5-7/8"...

Chris.....