coincidence or did i cause this,

[smokeonthewater]

back off the choke a little

[wellcraftv20step]

sooooo, last night I put the drive on the boat with no issues . I then start the engine and I notice as I am going from neutral into forward and reverse their is no change in sound , I put the shifter in neutral and take a look at the drive to find that it is in gear. Forward I believe from memory ! Shift cable..... Outdrive..... Or throttle . now I"ll be at work all day stewing over this one. What should I be looking for ,thanks

[Liam]

when you puut the drive back on did you have the drive in forward gear and the shift lever pushed fully forward? That's presuming you removed the drive from the bell housing

[wellcraftv20step]

Thanks Liam, yes I had the drive in forward. I watched a youtube video at 4 this morn on shift cable adjustment, went out and followed his directions and it was way out of adjustment now it seems to begoing into reverse forward and neutral now by just spinning the prop. Its much to early yet to start her up . This is pretty much normal stuff when you buy a used boat. I am assuming I will still have some issue because why would the shift cable be so far out of adjustment to begin with

[wellcraftv20step]

I stated her up today and the prop was disengaged as I had hopped. Put the throttle forward and sure enough she went in gear ,but I still heard no momentary cut out from the shift interrupt switch and when I put it in reverse she stalls, back to the drawing board

[spareparts]

First, get the engine running, disconnect both cable from the shift plate and manually shift it from fwd to reverse(using the cable to the drive) making sure it will go both ways(engine running prop spinning), then put the cable in full forward position. Set the length from the center of the barrel to the center of the eye end on the cable to 6 inches. You will have to hold some pressure on the cable to keep it in full forward gear while you measure it. Don't change anything on this cable from here on. Put the shift cable on the shift plate in its original position(closest to the pivot point of the arm). Engine still running, use the shift arm to move the cable back and forth, still making sure you get forward and reverse. Then put it in forward, move the shifter to forward position and adjust the shift cable from the shifter to align with the shift plate. Now think about the shifter being a clock, with the handle straight up for neutral(12 o'clock) you want forward to go in by 10:30 and reverse by 1:30. Adjust the cable from the shifter to the shift plate to change this, do not change the cable to the drive from its original 6 inch measurement. If it moves too quick(11:30-12:30) you can lessen the amount of movement by changing the cable end in the slot on the arm

[wellcraftv20step]

ok Spare I will give it a try tomorrow, thanks