Shifting no forward or reverse

Boomoo

Seaman
Joined
Oct 7, 2018
Messages
51
Was out on the lake all day my 87-year-old glass 20 foot cut it with a V-8 MerCruiser Alpha one stop in Fisht we got done it would not go in gear forward or reverse I pulled the cable off and it was like it was locked in when I got the boat on the trailer I found out that there were the lower unit meets the upper unit that the shifting thing jumped out of place when I put it back in place it will not go all the way up and seed it was out on the lake all day my 87 Carol glass 20 foot cut it with a V-8 MerCruiser alpha one stop in Fisht we got done it would not go in gear forward or reverse I pulled the cable off and it was like it was locked in when I got the boat on the trailer I found out that the little lower unit meets the upper unit that the shifting thing jumped replace gonna put it back in place it would not go all the way up in seat it self Once I pushed it up together it shifted great but it fell back down again I did have a water pump water impeller put on anybody have any idea it’s been a year since I’ve been on the site thank you
 

stonyloam

Vice Admiral
Joined
Mar 13, 2009
Messages
5,827
Yeah, the little stainless steel washer is missing from under the intermediate shift shaft in the gear case (lower) probably left it out when they did the impeller change. A temporary fix is to use a small cable tie or wire to hold the shoe in place until you can pull the outdrive.
PS: you need a better voice to text app 😜
 

Boomoo

Seaman
Joined
Oct 7, 2018
Messages
51
Lol yes I do and thanks we did use a dab of j b weld on it n it’s holding good till we get home in a few days
 
Top