Season may be cut short by 2 weeks

[Great lakes pirate]

Well we were hoping to keep the boat in until mid october but it looks like I am going to pull her early to pull the drives.

After a nice cruise on Saturday my Port engine stalled while heading toward my slip at idle/coasting speed. I had the engine in reverse and noticed that it wasn't pulling at all so I looked down and the tach was at 0 rpm (she has never stalled on me in the past). I pushed the shifter forward into neutral and started the engine back up. Once the engine was started I pushed the shifter foward and nothing happend (no thrust). So, I used the other engine to get us into the slip and tied her up.

Once in the slip, tied up I again tried to put the drive in forward and there was no thrust. I put it in reverse and the boat moved back a little.

SO, no forward Bravo 3 but I have reverse. The shifter seems to function as normal(no additional friction/binding). I have been doing some research and it sounds like a problem with the shift linkage.

Is there anything I can check without pulling the boat for the season or do I just bite the bullet and yank her.:smt089 Not ready for winter.

 

[beachcombersc]

Check your props for lines...

 

[Great lakes pirate]

Went to the boat last night to trouble shoot. I fired up the engine and both reverse and forward now work. Go figure.

 

[Gofirstclass]

Do you have a lot of sea grasses or milfoil weeds where you boat? Could be you wrapped a bunch of grass or weeds around the props. That could cause it to stall and provide no thrust. After sitting for a day the weeds might have come loose? Just thinking outloud here.

 

[Great lakes pirate]

We do have a bunch of weeds this time of year. First thing I did yesterday was to check for junk in the props. They spun freely. The wierd thing is that now the engine doesnt want to idle without a little throttle. I replaced the IAC and it still idled rough. My mechanic says one of my injectors is leaking, causing the engine to flood. Does this make any sense? If I were to have a couple leaking intake valves would this cause a rough start or a stall condition?

 

[Bob & Sue]

Went to the boat last night to trouble shoot. I fired up the engine and both reverse and forward now work. Go figure.

Could be the shift cable is stretched or frayed I had the same problem last spring if it is drive needs to come off.

 

[Great lakes pirate]

Well, if it's any consolation, so far this fall weather, much like the spring, has sucked big time. I was planing on keeping my boat in until the end of October, but I am ready to pull it now.

Sad but true....