Alpha shifting problem
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Alpha shifting problem
I have a problem with my Alpha drives shifting out of gear when the boat is running in the water. They shift with no problem when the boat is running on the trailer hooked to a hose. Any ideas whats gong on?
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shifting prob
alpha drives use a micro switch to momentarily kill the engine . its located on the bracket where the forward cable connects to the lower cable going to the drive . its poss 1 of 2 things . 1 the swith is bad or 2 the lower cable has to much drag on it and trips the switch . very common to be the lower cable . it will always shift good on the trailer as the prop has no load on it . hope this helps
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if the engine is not dieing when you shift , it is not the cable. check the micro switch for proper operation, with it on the hose lift up on the shift bracket, it should kill the engine, if not it is the switch or adjustment or wiring.
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I've found you MUST use the Merc cable for this application.
Good luck,,
Kurt
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try lightening up the spring on the piece that activates the micro switch, it sounds like things are working to well and not activating the shift interupter, does it kill the engine when you activate it by hand.