omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forward

[doral1985]

I replaced the mechanical shift cable and it came with the shift housing attached, i also replaced shifter/ throttle control cables, something is wrong, im hoping its the shifter/throttle control where the cables attach. When i pull shifter out to warm up it works and shifting works except goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forward What did I do wrong? Its a original omc shift/throttle control.

 

[Roadrager50]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

Souds like the shifter is in backwards,either at the shift control up front or at the connections at the outdrive.

 

[doral1985]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

Tks for reply Roadrager50, I thought I had them right at the helm, and when I pull the handle out to warm up it is operating the throttle ok, I cant remember if there was 2 locations on the shift control yokr for the shift cable or just the one. I sure hope that the cables on the lower unit shift housing were put on the right way. the housing came with the omc mech shift cable. I will check at the converter box tmrw. fingers crossed its there its control cable senerio. tks agn

 

[ybcoach]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

i think you have a Hydromechanical shift cable instead of the pure mechanical. It works in opposite way.........

 

[doral1985]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

Tks YBCOACH, you could be right, the cable had the same number as my old one, I installed the lower shift housing as manual said, bit maybe the shift housing that came with the cable was configuired differently on the housing cables. Regardless its something in lower that needs reversing. I should have paid more attention to input/output shaft direction before assembling the leg back together.
I pulled the short cable out and pulled up on on the rachet end of the shifting rod when assembling, in your mind does that differ between mech and hydromech?

 

[ybcoach]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

i hope you have the omc manual or the seloc or something like that. The way the shifter cable is assembled together is for both cables the same,( hydraulic or mechanic) but you can have a test when everything is connected , pulling on the short cable end should drive the shifter rack DOWN for the hydraulic shifter = forward. For the mechanical shifter, pulling the short cable should lift the shifter rack UP.
If your drive is a full-mechanic shifter, and the rack goes down when pulling the short cable end, you got the wrong cable for sure. I've heard that some mechanics did alter the way the cables were wired around the pulleys in the shifter housing by filing down the dimensions of the larger puck on the cable so it would fit in the hole in the pulley. Also the edge on the cable itself was modified to fit properly. So they could use a hydro-shift cable on a mechanical shift outdrive. That was before Bombardier decided to get the cables in production again and shifter cables were obsolete. I know a new cable is very expensive, but it's worth every dollar.

 

[doral1985]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

Great balls of fire, Well guess its going to have to wait until fall to tear down and fix or modify, I still have the old shift housing to compare the operation. I want to get boating and i can live with the opposite operation of shifting for this summer i guess.
One thing about OMC you learn each step of the way when repairing tks again YBCOACH

 

[cr2k]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

You may find a lever that goes the other way on the control box or reverse a cam there to make it shift "right". I wouldn't try to change wires around in the converter box from stock they will wear each other out. That box needs to be routed one way or it tends to screw things up.

 

[doral1985]

Re: omc stringer 800 mechanical shif goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forw

Tks Captain, I was thinking about a lever but not sure if theres room on lower side of converter box, I think there is extra control cable comming from front shifter that could be secured ob opposite side of converter box, not sure what you mean by a reverse cam. Will take a look tmrw and see what i can devise, if I can make it work for this summer at least. tks again.