Hard to shift back into nuetral under load.
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Hard to shift back into nuetral under load.
I have a 87 Formula 242 ss with a 454 magnum and an alpha drive. I bought the boat a few month ago and have had a problem since i bought it. It will shift fine when not in water and when the boat isnt started but as soon as i have it in the water and i put it into reverse to get off trailer i go to shift back inti nuetral and it comes off the controlls. The bracket inside the controls bends. Does anyone know what would cause this to happen? Any suggestions will be helpful. Thanks
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On the shift bracket is a switch, #14 in the illustration. While at idle, press in on that switch and it should stall the engine. If it does not you have to find out why. It is designed so that as you shift it momentarily presses that switch and stutters the engine, this unloads the shift dogs and allows the drive to come out of gear.
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On the shift bracket is a switch, #14 in the illustration. While at idle, press in on that switch and it should stall the engine. If it does not you have to find out why. It is designed so that as you shift it momentarily presses that switch and stutters the engine, this unloads the shift dogs and allows the drive to come out of gear.
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Setting your idle low is also helpful 500rpm if you can get there...you can then throttle to a good idle speed after shifting. As important as the switch setting in my humble opinion (esp when the switch doesn't work) .
Setting them up is a challenge as you may have already discovered- the manual doesn't seem to be of much help...
Setting them up is a challenge as you may have already discovered- the manual doesn't seem to be of much help...