E-Series Shift Controls Reversed

[Mike Serra]

So we had our second trip today on our new 242 LS E-Series and had an interesting experience. I put the port engine in reverse. Verified on the Port engine gauge and gave it some power. The boat moved forward. Put port engine in neutral and tried starboard in reverse and the boat still moved forward.

After getting it back to he house, I had my wife watch the buckets while I was flushing the motors. Put the port engine in reverse and the starboard bucket moved to the reverse position. The starboard controls moved the port bucket.

Called the dealer and they said all techs are out for the weekend and would get back to me in Monday. I am hoping this is something I can correct without returning to the dealer as they are 250 miles from the house.

Has anyone seen this before?

 

[itsdgm]

Wow. That's the first time I've heard that one. Come to think of it, after ten years of ownership, I don't think I've ever looked at mine. Somebody missed that one at the factory.

Personally I haven't replaced my cables. So I don't have the specifics on how to disconnect the cable at the throttle/control end. But your solution should be to simply swap the cables at the throttle/directional controls. It should be pretty simple. there is a chance that after swapping that you might get some shaking in the throttle controls when on the water. This would be caused by a reverse bucket hanging down slightly in the flow of water out of that jet. It is a simple adjustment to simply raise the reverse bucket slightly. Good luck, hope that makes sense.

 

[Julian]

Dumb question...sorry....but you didn't have the "single Lever" button pressed did you?

 

[Mike Serra]

Dumb question...sorry....but you didn't have the "single Lever" button pressed did you?

It was not in single lever mode. Good question though.

 

[Mike Serra]

Fixed it. Swapped the throttle cables in the motorized shift box under the helm.

I feel that this should have never left the factory like this. I think someone from the QC department called out the day my boat rolled through.

 

[haknslash]

This is why I don't believe that every boat is water tested at the factory like some believe. There is no way a tech would sign off on this boat driving like that. IF they do water test each boat, what does that tell you about their QC department ?

Glad you got it fixed.