60 hp electric shift slow into forward gear!

[maximus]

I have an early 70's 60 hp electric shift outboard. It runs great, but I having been having issues with it. When I select neutral it goes right into neutral instantly, also reverse is instant, but when I put it in forward it sometimes won't engage for several minutes. I have put muffs on it and watched it. The prop will not move for anywhere from 8 seconds to 3 minutes then it engages and takes right off. I have tried running Dexron through it hopes it just needed cleaned and put in a magnet to catch shavings. Also use the type c lower unit oil. Any suggestions would be great!

[boats.net]

Solenoid may be bad, but they are no longer available.

[maximus]

I have ran ohms through the 2 wires and they both test good. How can you tell for sure if it's a selonoide?

[boats.net]

Would have to take gearcase apart, check linkage and shifter is working ok, then bench test solenoid to see if moves plunger as soon as power up.

[maximus]

Everything in the gear case works good. Could it be the switch on the controls is going bad?

[phillnjack]

yes it could be the control box simple attach a pair of wires and do a direct link to see if that helps.


phill