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I recently took my Merc 1150 in for service. The shift shaft seal needed replacing and the impeller was shot. I picked up the boat and of course took it out on the water. When I put into forward gear, the boat went in reverse, and vice versa. Is this an simple mistake made by the technician during repair. Is it something that is simple to fix? Maybe he attached the linkage backwards....PLEASE HELP.
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Yes it is simple to fix. It is also pretty sloppy for it to get out the door that way.
There is no real way to assemble the linkage backwards. What likely hapened was that the shift shaft was 180 degrees out of phase when the lower unit went back up. He should be able to fix it ASAP and while you wait and watch. 20 minute deal.
I always put them up in neutral because there is a definate "snick" that holds the shift shaft in the neutral spot.
I'm fuzzy on if there was is way to actually assmeble the shft shaft itself in the lower unit with the part that runs the "clutch" set up backwards. I don't have one apart to look at this minute. But I'd bet my 1st scenario is the likely thing that happened.
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