Lorne, Every boat’s throttle settings are designed so that you push a lever forward to go faster forward and back to slow the boat down. Any other orientation is completely counterintuitive and would not be an acceptable application for any production boat builder. In an Edson pedestal, there’s no way to hook up the throttle so that the cable is “pushed” to go faster in forward, only pulled. Your engine controls are likely to be covered in this document:
http://www.edsonmarine.com/support/PDFs/installation/EB396EngineControlInstr.PDF That said, the only way your throttle controls would be “reversed” if someone were to have changed how the cable connected to the secondary fuel pump rack on the diesel and even then, the throttle on the diesel is opened by a cable pulling the lever on the engine, not pushing. Given your lack of proximity to the boat, I wouldn’t attempt to diagnose this problem from afar. If you’re under such a tight time line, hire a mechanic with sailboat diesel experience to straighten this out prior to your arrival. Yes it will cost you a few dollars to do so, and while you’re at it, have the mechanic change the raw water pump impeller, clean out the accumulated debris from the bottom of the fuel tank, change fuel filters and strainers, bleed the fuel lines and run the diesel up to operating temperature. These are not items that will be called out in your survey, but are part of the routine annual maintenance that should be performed on the boat, especially when it has been idle for several months. With the rush that you’ll be in to get the boat ready and off the dock, you don’t want to get a mile from the marina and have the engine conk out on you. Once you get the boat where it needs to go, then take the time to get to know your engine and how everything works, or better yet, take a class on basic diesel mechanics or buy Nigel Calder’s book on Diesel engine maintenance and read up before you get to the boat. I hope this helps Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Lorne Serpa via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 1:59 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Lorne Serpa <lorne.se...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List 1988 30MKII 2GM throttle reversed Thinking about it, the transmission would be reversed not the throttle right? . How would I reverse that? Survey says it's a Kanzaki transmission. On Jun 15, 2016 11:50 PM, "Lorne Serpa via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: I'm going over my survey which I was not present for. I'm 2000 miles from my boat at this time... But the survey person said my throttle is reversed. How would I fix this? Is it likely backwards on the helm side or on the engine side at the carburetor /throttle valve? Why would the PO have it reversed to begin with? I'd like to know in advance of me arriving so I know what kind of task I have ahead of time and tools/parts I might need. I need to sail away within a day of arriving to pick it up and would have one day to repair /reverse it to correct direction ASAP. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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