Brad, What is more likely is that somebody replaced the engine control assembly or the boat has been repowered. On Edson’s model 816 engine control, the shift lever was located directly above the wheel shaft with a lever extending horizontally to port. To engage the engine in forward, the lever would be pushed down which in turn pushed the cable downward inside the pedestal. Many folks didn’t like this arrangement which necessitated reaching through the wheel to engage the transmission and it was somewhat less than intuitive. As such, folks would switch out their controls to the model 870 controller, with throttle on starboard and shift on port (which appears is what you have on the boat). The issue now is that the cable orientation still remains the same, with forward pushing the cable down and reverse pulling the cable up.
The most common fix for this is to unclamp the shift lever at the gearbox and re-orient the shift lever 180 degrees to reverse the throw of the cable at the engine. There is no reversing mechanism or different hook up inside the pedestal to fix this, it must be done at the gear box. You will also need to re-align the cable clamping at the engine so the angle of the cable relative to the shift lever on the gearbox is properly aligned. I would strongly suggest making this change, especially with your new levers that have directional indicators on the lever. Somebody inexperienced will undoubtedly push the lever the wrong way in a panic situation and it will result in a phone call to your insurance agent. The engine control details can be found here: http://www.edsonmarine.com/support/PDFs/installation/EB396EngineControlInstr.PDF Good luck! Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bradley Lumgair via CnC-List Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 7:38 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Bradley Lumgair <[email protected]> Subject: Stus-List Throttle and shift leversi I reset the tension on the throttle cable before splashing this spring so the throttle would stay where set. Broke the plastic throttle lever on the weekend. So I ordered both the stainless ones from Marinepartdepot for less than half what Edson is asking. Hoping it's not a rip off The shifter lever on the left side of the pedestal seems to operate in reverse of what would be logical, as in I pull the lever back to shift to forward, is this standard for a 1985 33-2? Or has someone messed with the routing of the linkage? Thanks Brad "Pulse" 1985 C&C 33 Mk II Lake Huron <webkit-fake-url://96cd2591-da09-4da9-85e4-11242e10ed07/imagejpeg> <webkit-fake-url://c0349ea9-cccd-48dd-8107-470a1694b813/imagejpeg> I'd rather be sailing
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