Originally Posted by bstasch (Post 2584337)

I finally put the boat in the water. After a few weeks replacing manifolds and risers, all filters and a few fluids, new plugs and so on, backed the trailer into the water, started the boat, and low and behold, NO REVERSE. AFter several attempts, it finally went, took her for a nice run (felt great) and back to the lift and again, NO REVERSE. I know there are several possibles, but does anyone have a suggestion on what to check first? It is a 26 prowler with a 502 MPI.

Originally Posted by LordStanley74 (Post 2585046)

We had one hell of a time putting my bravo 1 drive back on. The shift lever has to be in reverse when placing the drive back on. It should push the cable and lever into neutral when the drive is completely on.

Did you take your drive off and pull your engine when replacing all your parts?
Did you move your shift bracket housing?

Originally Posted by bstasch (Post 2585604)

Hey LordStanley, this is the second time you've responded with advice (GLM manifolds, retorqued to 40 and prob solved), thank you. No, I did not pull the engine or drive, and prob is only intermittent, I believe the folks that responded concerning cable and bracket are correct. I noticed that one of the bolts that hold bracket to riser is not tight, too long. I am replacing with shorter bolt or even stack a washer and try again. Thanks GO4BROKE & hp500efi.

Originally Posted by LordStanley74 (Post 2586050)

Not a problem!!! We pretty much did the same thing to our rigs this year. I was lucky that the previous owner had mounted the shift braket on the transom. So that was one less thing I had to worry about.

Did you notice a RPM, HP or speed gain after your tweaking, during the first run???

Originally Posted by LordStanley74 (Post 2586050)

Not a problem!!! We pretty much did the same thing to our rigs this year. I was lucky that the previous owner had mounted the shift braket on the transom. So that was one less thing I had to worry about.

Did you notice a RPM, HP or speed gain after your tweaking, during the first run???

Originally Posted by bstasch (Post 2589565)

LordStanley, unfortunately, no i do not have a GPS. On the list of many things to update or buy. Why do you ask, speed?

Originally Posted by bstasch (Post 2589568)

I forgot to ask earlier, what is involved in relocting shift plate to the transom. I did find that mine was loose and after tightening, I have reverse. But once in a while, I need to really push the shifter down to get it to go, it must be an adjustment and after reading what that is like, I need some special tools or mor eknowledge.

Originally Posted by LordStanley74 (Post 2589648)

When you're in the market to get one, I highly suggest getting the standard horizon CP180i. Its fits perfect to the right of the compass. Its low profile keeps it from sticking up over the windscreen, so when you put on a cover, you dont have to remove the unit.



I have no idea. The previous owner had it done when he was swapping engines. It looks like its just screwed into the transom. Only advice I can give is use short screws...... Im not sure how thick the 26's transom is.
When Im out tomorrow I will get a closer look to see how they mounted it.

Originally Posted by bstasch (Post 2591537)

I will keep that in mind when i go to get mine. Thanks for any insight on the transom mount and I was already thinking about 1/2" screws just for that reason.

Originally Posted by LordStanley74 (Post 2592491)

They mounted it above the exhaust, dead center on the transom.

1/2 stainless screws/washers