Recently got a new outboard - was inspected etc and all seemed well. Its a mariner 30hp 2 stroke electic start manual tilt oil injection from the late nineties.
Was working fine until today when it started doing something odd. When selecting forward on the remote I went forwards no surprises there. Neutral is neutral. But reverse is forwards too! This caused a slipway scrape when I tried to motor onto the trailer and found my reverse gear no longer existed. The remote is operating correctly, the gear select on the engine moves correctly and seems to engage, only the wrong gear.
Any thoughts as to what is going on? I hope its not a gearbox issue. I'm fairly disappointed that my new supposedly reliable rig has failed on it's third outing despite having it all professionally looked over. It hasn't hit anything and worked fine until today.
Recently got a new outboard - was inspected etc and all seemed well. Its a mariner 30hp 2 stroke electic start manual tilt oil injection from the late nineties.
Was working fine until today when it started doing something odd. When selecting forward on the remote I went forwards no surprises there. Neutral is neutral. But reverse is forwards too! This caused a slipway scrape when I tried to motor onto the trailer and found my reverse gear no longer existed. The remote is operating correctly, the gear select on the engine moves correctly and seems to engage, only the wrong gear.
Any thoughts as to what is going on? I hope its not a gearbox issue. I'm fairly disappointed that my new supposedly reliable rig has failed on it's third outing despite having it all professionally looked over. It hasn't hit anything and worked fine until today.
Hi, it is more than likely the long nut that joins the down gear rod to the gearbox gear rod that has worked its self loose, it also should have a lock nut.
Further development attempted to start for a flush but now won't start seems to be stuck in gear. Does that support your theory Ian (I could picture a loose bolt jamming the gears?) or does it point us in another direction?
You can move the remote fine and the shifter at the powerhead moves, but you can't freewheel the prop in neutral
Hi Rik
I am guessing that you have had the impeller changed in the not to distant past, this long nut has to be undone to be able to remove the gearbox, my guess is that the lock nut was not done up and the vibration and moving the gear leaver has resulted in it comming undone.
