You have the first step: disconnect the cable at the lever and see if the tx lever moves.
Rich > On Apr 27, 2014, at 7:36, Eric Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just replaced the PYI dripless "stuffing box" on Cat's Paw, a 35 C&C Mk II. > With lots of help from the list last fall, got the old one out and just > replaced it with a new one last weekend. The re-installation went very > smoothly and I thought all was well. But when I fired up the Perkins diesel > yesterday (still on the hard), the shift lever is stuck in neutral. I > noticed that was true last weekend just after the install, but figured the > engine needed to be running to get it in gear. No banging needed on the prop > shaft to drive the shaft back into the coupling, so I don't think there was > any strain on the transmission. Would like advice about where to look for > the jam. In the shift lever from the pedestal? In the transmission itself? > Maybe disconnect the shift cable from the transmission and see if I can then > move the shift lever? Advice from the list soon would be greatly > appreciated. Launch date is slated for this week, but if the prop shaft has > to be disconnected from the tr anny to fix things, launch needs to be delayed. > > Thanks for advice! Don't know what to try. > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
