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70 HP motor seems underpowered. How do I troubleshoot.
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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 423689" data-attributes="member: 3278"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Your control cables are not connected! See my last post.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">That's what I thought based on your last post. Get them adjusted then connect them. Pull the cover off of the trunion anchor bracket (stainless cover over the top of the "U" shaped openings just below your cables). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Starting with the shift cable. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Find the "slop center" of the neutral position on the engine shift lever. Then, by pulling and pushing the cable end, find the "slop center" of the cable with the control box in neutral.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">With the two centers found, adjust the trunion on the cable until it slips into the trunion anchor without moving the cable one way or the other.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Throttle cable.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">The throttle cable should be adjusted to where it holds the throttle arm closed with just a little tension. Just enough that it returns to the fully closed position every time the throttle handle is returned to idle. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">On the shift side the cable is always adjusted to the engine, not the other way around....ever. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 423689, member: 3278"] [size=5]Your control cables are not connected! See my last post. That's what I thought based on your last post. Get them adjusted then connect them. Pull the cover off of the trunion anchor bracket (stainless cover over the top of the "U" shaped openings just below your cables). Starting with the shift cable. Find the "slop center" of the neutral position on the engine shift lever. Then, by pulling and pushing the cable end, find the "slop center" of the cable with the control box in neutral. With the two centers found, adjust the trunion on the cable until it slips into the trunion anchor without moving the cable one way or the other. Throttle cable. The throttle cable should be adjusted to where it holds the throttle arm closed with just a little tension. Just enough that it returns to the fully closed position every time the throttle handle is returned to idle. On the shift side the cable is always adjusted to the engine, not the other way around....ever. [/size] [/QUOTE]
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