No neutral! No reverse!

[Dadoffive]

1983 Glastron X19, 3.0 Mercruiser, Alpha 1, Quicksilver 3000 shifter.
So I finally made it out on the water today since installing my new shifter, spark plugs, draining 2 year old fuel and have a few issues.

1) I have no reverse and no neutral even after engaging the throttle only button. When I go to reverse on the shifter the engine throttles up but stays in forward. Is this a cable adjustment issue usually due to the newer style shifter or what?

2) I wired in the failsafe switch and no matter which way I wire it the engine will start and run only when this switch is in the OFF position.

3) Anytime I tried to go to full throttle or exceed 3200 rpms the engine would cut out. Later in the day the engine stalled due to a vapor lock. Is the cutting out due to a weak fuel pump or something else?

4) I'm thinking of going to a Petronix electronic ignition conversion. Any suggestion for or against?

5) The engine had some pretty severe engine run on after turned off. What causes that?

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

Depends, did you follow the instructions installing the new box? start=neutral safety switch that prevents starting engine when in gear.
run= man over board kill switch, kills engine if lanyard is pulled.
bother the check the fuel filters, tank vent or anti-syphon
how do you know its ignition related, points can be tested and repaired, electronic is just on or off.

 

[Dadoffive]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

No instructions in the box but I just switched everything over the same way they came off. Neutral safety is working as designed.

Correct, man over board switch. Only works in the off position.

Not sure if it's ignition related or clogged fuel filter. The fuel pump is a bottom bowl filter type. How do I get it off? The fuel tank vent is clear, I assume, because when filled it up today it overflowed from the vent cover next to the fuel filler.

As far as going to electronic ignition I was just thinking of doing away with the point for ease of maintenance.

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

top right? remove the safety wire, loosen bolt, slide sideways, remove cup and filter

 

[Dadoffive]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

Yup, top right! Well that explains how to get to the fuel filter. Thanks for the help on that one.

 

[Bt Doctur]

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[Dadoffive]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

As far as the diagram, my throttle cable attached to lever 2 and the shift cable attached to lever 3. However there was nothing to attach to lever 1 or 4. Keep in mind when I was given the boat the original shifter (older style QS 3000) was stuck in the throttle only position. However, I don't recall anything else being attached to the 1 & 4 levers. Maybe I got the cables in the wrong positions?

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

throttle is 2, shift is 4 for a standard rotation outdrive. both control cable must enter the same place.

 

[Bt Doctur]

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[Dadoffive]

Re: No neutral! No reverse!

That explains it! I put 1 cable in each opening instead of both in correct opening. THANK YOU!!! I feel like an idiot!