[C38] Transmission Shift problem

[Max Soto]

Bill is right. The shifting in the dock advise is true, i do this every time  I also turn the shaft by hand to make sure there's  in between down there. With my first sailboat I was at a buoy on a river with lots of current, and when i yield for the guy on the buy to release the rope I shifted and inmediatelly the engine stopped. There was a small log between the rudder and the prop. The result, bent prop blades, shaft, strut and some part of the fiberglass on the rubber was gone. 

 Back to the subject!
 But if the transmission lever is ok, you can also check the cables support inside the pedestal. It has a cotter pin that holds both cables still. Maybe a cable could have slipped out it. 
Regards, Max

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On Jul 5, 2012, at 21:51, 1derful at comcast.net wrote:

> While pulling into slip today, my boat would not shift into forward.  It stayed in reverse.
> 
> Feels like the lever is loose someplace.
> 
> Fortunately I was half-way into down-wind slip and jumped to dock.  If it had happened a little earlier I would have trashed a lot of vessels.
> 
> Good way to meet fellow boater?
> 
> Any suggestions on trouble-shooting?
> 
> Just a reminder to Bay Area Catalina owners....there is a party at Richmond in a couple of weeks.  Check it out at www.SFcats.org.
> 
> Some people worry about event being in Richmond.  What is the big deal....don't you all carry a 9 millimeter?   LOL
> 
> This part of Richmond is totally safe.  It is within a reserve dedicated to "Rosy the Riveter" who helped build the Liberty ships in Richmond during WWII.
> 
> Kaiser ran the place and that's where the present Kaiser-Permanente came from.  Kaiser didn't want his workers to lose time waiting in a doctor's office so he brought the doctors to his shop.
> 
> TMI?
> 
> Patrick
> 
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