GnrlPatton
Well-Known Member
- Jul 12, 2010
- 722
- Boat Info
- Current: 1998 370 Express Cruiser
Sold:1988 230 Weekender
- Engines
- Twin Cat 3116T
Was heading out for my annual trip to the San Juans. I just finished topping off the fuel tanks and was waiting my turn at the Ballard Locks. I noticed that my port shifter felt odd, it was really difficult to shift in/out of gear, like something was binding up. This happened 2-3 times while I was waiting. The last time, I had shifted into gear, and when I tried taking it out of gear, something snapped and I no longer had the ability to take it out of gear. And of course, I was heading straight for the lock waiting wall. I shut down the port motor and managed to save it from hitting the wall by about 2 feet. Yikes.
I limped back to a dock and opened up the shifter cover and found that one of the tabs that the shift cable connects to had snapped off (gold colored tab in my pic). I noticed that there was a tab connected to the shift lever (black colored tab in my pic), so I moved the cable over to that one and everything worked as a temp fix, and I went on with my trip.
I'm now looking for a replacement. I think it's a Morse shifter (separate from the throttle), but so far I'm not able to find a source for replacement parts, so thought I would ask the experts here (I searched threads but didn't find anything).
Helm view, with the shifter on the left of the wheel:
This is the part that snapped, you can see the jagged edge of the part is separated from:
Location of where it snapped, along with the black tab that I moved the shifter cable over to:
Thanks,
Kevin
I limped back to a dock and opened up the shifter cover and found that one of the tabs that the shift cable connects to had snapped off (gold colored tab in my pic). I noticed that there was a tab connected to the shift lever (black colored tab in my pic), so I moved the cable over to that one and everything worked as a temp fix, and I went on with my trip.
I'm now looking for a replacement. I think it's a Morse shifter (separate from the throttle), but so far I'm not able to find a source for replacement parts, so thought I would ask the experts here (I searched threads but didn't find anything).
Helm view, with the shifter on the left of the wheel:
This is the part that snapped, you can see the jagged edge of the part is separated from:
Location of where it snapped, along with the black tab that I moved the shifter cable over to:
Thanks,
Kevin