[C320-list] Shift lever pin breaking

[harold brown]

Just curious. Can't you go below and shift the
transmssion by hand or is there too much torque. I've
done once on an old Gulfstar that had an extension on
the lever for just such an emergency. Jim Brown   
"Desafinado"
--- brucestanley <brucestanley at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Len
> 
> my C320 # 1084 suffered a similar NO SHIFT drama.
> 
> It was 11pm and we were reversing into our marina
> pen. The cable (Teleflex)
> Froze!
> 
> The boat was still under warranty and the Mechanic
> could not understand why
> it happened.
> 
> Our C320 was approx 7 mths old at the time.
> 
> The cable was frozen ('rust' like frozen) and was
> replaced.
> 
> I think the outer casing was Light Blue in colour.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> 
> Bruce Stanley/ Sydney Australia
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Len" <aqua5len at gmail.com>
> To: "C320 List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:38 AM
> Subject: [C320-list] Shift lever pin breaking
> 
> 
> > Anyone have experience or heard of the shift lever
> shearing the pin so you
> > can't shift forward-neutral-reverse??  Happened on
> my boat with someone
> > else
> > at the helm.  Called vessel assist, was towed in,
> new getting fixed.  Have
> > no experience with this.
> >
> > Len Krane
> > AQUA5   #1070
> >
> 
> 
> 



       
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