[C320-list] Shift lever pin breaking

[brucestanley]

Hi Harold
Yes you can shift the transmission at the gear box by hand.
That is how I got it back in the marina pen.

Bruce Stanley/ Sydney Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "harold brown" <jbrown5093 at yahoo.com>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shift lever pin breaking


> 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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