Hello all,
First post, great to see a community of like minded individuals able to come together and help out!
My boat is a 1996 Four Winns Horizon 200 with a Volvo Penta SX Cobra outdrive:
Serial number T0808048
Product number 3868389
Engine number 502APHUE
My issue:
Bought the boat in late June. The boat had some skeg damage so I pulled off the lower unit to have the skeg repaired. While inspecting the lower unit I found that the shift cable looked fairly corroded and it was time to replace. The part number off the Teleflex cable was CC21416 with the corresponding OMC part being 0176116. I installed the cable with no issue on the outdrive but had a hard time getting my hands behind the control lever to install the other end. I recruited the help of my girlfriend (who has much smaller hands) to try and remove the whole control unit. Together we removed 4 bolts that we thought would remove the whole unit from the side of the boat..no luck. Put the bolts back in the same location. At some point my girlfriend was fiddling with the throttle cable and took out the center screw (with washer behind it) that is connected to a brass swinging arm that the throttle cable end connects with a cotter pin. She also removed the bolt that holds the plastic cover over the black nub on the cable (sorry don't know what its called). See below picture (not my controls but image found off internet)
The bottom arm is the throttle control. On my cable the arm is fully extended out for idle. I extended the arm, put the screw back on. I reinstalled the black nub to be in the left hole (the picture shoes the right). Girlfriend swore it was in that one. Started it up in the driveway and it was fine. No issues with idle (idled around 1000 rpm), shifted nicely into forward and reverse. I did not increase the throttle while in forward or reverse as I just had the hose connected to it. Decided to go down to the marina and take it for a ride. Started up no problem, shifted into reverse and forward fine away from the dock. As soon as I gave it a bit of throttle the engine rpm increased considerably to around 2500-3000 rpm. Tried to bring it back to idle and it idled very high at 2000 rpm. Shifted it back into forward (ouch) and gave it throttle and the bow came up but it would not plane. Brought the throttle back to idle and shut the engine off. I reached underneath the side wall and pulled the cable forward as to extend the arm again. It maybe moved a 1/4 inch. Started the boat back up and it idled nicely again. Shifted it into forward and putted back to the dock. Girlfriend was a little scared and I didn't want to advance the throttles again to see if it would occur a second time.
If I move the black nub over to the right (as pictured) that would decrease the length of the arm which would make the engine idle at a higher RPM, no? What am I missing here?
PS. When putting back to the dock I took a look at the outdrive and noticed a lot of air bubbles coming up from the transom area. Turned on the bilge and it was dry. Did a little research and read that the bellows have slots in the bottom which allow water to escape. At low RPM the engine doesnt have enough pressure to redirect the exhaust to the prop so it escapes from the bellows. Is this correct?
First post, great to see a community of like minded individuals able to come together and help out!
My boat is a 1996 Four Winns Horizon 200 with a Volvo Penta SX Cobra outdrive:
Serial number T0808048
Product number 3868389
Engine number 502APHUE
My issue:
Bought the boat in late June. The boat had some skeg damage so I pulled off the lower unit to have the skeg repaired. While inspecting the lower unit I found that the shift cable looked fairly corroded and it was time to replace. The part number off the Teleflex cable was CC21416 with the corresponding OMC part being 0176116. I installed the cable with no issue on the outdrive but had a hard time getting my hands behind the control lever to install the other end. I recruited the help of my girlfriend (who has much smaller hands) to try and remove the whole control unit. Together we removed 4 bolts that we thought would remove the whole unit from the side of the boat..no luck. Put the bolts back in the same location. At some point my girlfriend was fiddling with the throttle cable and took out the center screw (with washer behind it) that is connected to a brass swinging arm that the throttle cable end connects with a cotter pin. She also removed the bolt that holds the plastic cover over the black nub on the cable (sorry don't know what its called). See below picture (not my controls but image found off internet)
The bottom arm is the throttle control. On my cable the arm is fully extended out for idle. I extended the arm, put the screw back on. I reinstalled the black nub to be in the left hole (the picture shoes the right). Girlfriend swore it was in that one. Started it up in the driveway and it was fine. No issues with idle (idled around 1000 rpm), shifted nicely into forward and reverse. I did not increase the throttle while in forward or reverse as I just had the hose connected to it. Decided to go down to the marina and take it for a ride. Started up no problem, shifted into reverse and forward fine away from the dock. As soon as I gave it a bit of throttle the engine rpm increased considerably to around 2500-3000 rpm. Tried to bring it back to idle and it idled very high at 2000 rpm. Shifted it back into forward (ouch) and gave it throttle and the bow came up but it would not plane. Brought the throttle back to idle and shut the engine off. I reached underneath the side wall and pulled the cable forward as to extend the arm again. It maybe moved a 1/4 inch. Started the boat back up and it idled nicely again. Shifted it into forward and putted back to the dock. Girlfriend was a little scared and I didn't want to advance the throttles again to see if it would occur a second time.
If I move the black nub over to the right (as pictured) that would decrease the length of the arm which would make the engine idle at a higher RPM, no? What am I missing here?
PS. When putting back to the dock I took a look at the outdrive and noticed a lot of air bubbles coming up from the transom area. Turned on the bilge and it was dry. Did a little research and read that the bellows have slots in the bottom which allow water to escape. At low RPM the engine doesnt have enough pressure to redirect the exhaust to the prop so it escapes from the bellows. Is this correct?
