Re: [OMC-Boats] Forward Clutch Won't Engage on Late-1967 3-wire Shifter - Update

yikes. this strikes fear in the hearts of .......me.

both the up and down wires are pretty accessible before they get to
the outdrive stuff.

a) any technical reason why a person couldn't put an inline fuse on
both those wires just for situations like this? It would be pretty
easy to do.

b) any technical reason why OMC didn't back in the day?

(there i go again, wanting to put fuses on everything)

On Aug 16, 2009, at 7:54 PM, ANDY PERAKES wrote:

> Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. I was a bit surprised there
> was no fuse -- at least not one outside the stern drive (I guess
> there could be one inside, but it doesn't show on the schematics and
> doesn't seem a likely place to put one). What I didn't get to do
> was test the resistance of the coils so I guess that's next, but
> barring any big surprises from the group, it looks like I'll be
> taking my first foray into the lower unit. It still seems odd to me
> that the coil would go so quickly like that, but I guess it's
> possible. There's no sound like something chunking around or loose
> when I turn the prop by hand or run in reverse.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Mandelas" <dmandelas@...>
> To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...
> >
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:20:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Forward Clutch Won't Engage on Late-1967 3-
> wire Shifter - Update
>
> Since you have power all the way back then I guess its not a fuse
> which would protect the forward coil.
>
> Don
> 1697 Sportsman 155
>
>
> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:17:09 -0400
> From: aperakes@...
> To: omc-boats@...
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Forward Clutch Won't Engage on Late-1967 3-
> wire Shifter - Update
>
> I was able to trace power all the way back to the stern drive so its
> not the shifter switch or another break in electrical power. At
> this point it doesn't appear to be something I can repair in the
> water so we're starting to paddle. Obviously a fried coil is one
> possibility; can anyone name any other high-probablility
> possibilities? Thanks!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ANDY PERAKES" <aperakes@...>
> To: omc-boats@...
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 5:15:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Forward Clutch Won't Engage on Late-1967 3-wire
> Shifter
>
>
> So once again I made the mistake of trusting someone else to ensure
> the ski
> line was clear of the drive and once again got a harness cable wrapped
> around the drive. Only a small ding in the prop and a slight bend
> in the
> shear pin (for which I had a spare and easily changed), but now my
> forward
> clutch won't engage (reverse work's fine). I have the late-1967 3-
> wire
> set-up out of the shifter, but unfortunately I can't see any more
> than that
> given the conditions. (I should add I'm on the water so I don't not
> have
> access to any manuals, limited tools, and its a bit too rocky to be
> poking
> around very much.) If anyone happens to see this and has any
> thoughts I can
> try before giving up and paddling back in, I'd sure appreciate it.
> Even
> though I have a 3-wire, I've already tried Lee's 5-wire trick of
> shutting
> down in neutral and backing in reverse; didn't work. Thanks!
>
> Andy
> 1967 Reveler
>
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Received on Monday, 17 August 2009