What exactly is the shift interrupter & what is it for? I did a search & couldn't really find an explanation. And does my '76 have one? It's a 140 3.0L #1(R) drive. Thanks.
What exactly is the shift interrupter & what is it for? I did a search & couldn't really find an explanation. And does my '76 have one? It's a 140 3.0L #1(R) drive. Thanks.
It kills the motor for just a second to allow you to shift into gear. Keeps the gear teeth from spinning while engagig. Yes you have one .
You say it kills the motor, Is it something that you can notice? I've never had it stall or studder or anything while shifting. There is a bit of an audible "clunk" while shifting out of neutral but nothing that ever concerned me.
It grounds the ignition for a split second to allow the rpms to drop, but not quite stall. Yes, you can definitely feel it. To see if it's working, just manually press the switch or press down on the rocker arm on shift plate. The engine should stall.
It actually is only used when shifting OUT of gear not into gear. The clutch dogs lock and it needs that split second kill of the engine to help disengage them. It doesn't get used when going INTO gear. On my Alpha I never felt it or noticed it.
It should only activate while in water and in gear going into neutral... Check out #9 here from the Adults Only Sticky at the beginning of the forum for a good detailed explanation from DonS:
Thanks Eric, don't know how I missed that part of the sticky but that explains it well.
I assume if the switch goes bad & the shifter doesn't want to come out of gear, that one could & probably should just cut the engine off, then shift to neutral & restart the engine once you're in nuetral?
Thanks Eric, don't know how I missed that part of the sticky but that explains it well.
I assume if the switch goes bad & the shifter doesn't want to come out of gear, that one could & probably should just cut the engine off, then shift to neutral & restart the engine once you're in nuetral?
I assume if the switch goes bad & the shifter doesn't want to come out of gear, that one could & probably should just cut the engine off, then shift to neutral & restart the engine once you're in nuetral?
Agreed, I guess what I meant was if it went out while I was on the water, trying to slam it in to neutral doesn't sound like it would be good on the clutch dogs so I figured shut it off in gear & then restart in neutral would ease the pressure on the clutch assembly. I wasn't meaning to use that as a "fix" for the problem as I don't advocate "band-aid" fixes, especially on watercraft. Thanks guys.
