Well the next couple months certainly will not be images of glamorous ports of call or of adventures on the sea. While working the winter season in Florida, I do my best to tick projects off C'est la Vie's to do list. Current project... replace the throttle arm/shift lever in the cockpit. Like most boaters my projects typically begin by purchasing/ordering parts or materials. Previously I have had great success with ordering from
Jamestown Distributors, but this time around they substituted or replaced my shift lever with a different model. Perhaps the Teleflex/Morse MV-3 is the newer version of the MV-2. The workings of the two models sure appear compatible. I just wish Jamestown had contacted me about the switch not just sent a different model that requested. But, wait it gets better/worse. The shifter they sent was damaged. An arm on the throttle control was bent and inoperable. fortunately I was able to harvest an identical arm off of my old, MV-2 unit and replace the bent part. I plan to contact Jamestown tomorrow to share with them my frustrations.
When I removed the old throttle unit I discovered that the cut out created in the side wall of the cockpit exposes some balsa core so before I reinstall the new throttle I am going to seal up the core to prevent the possibility of water intrusion. Looks like all in all the project should go smoothly.
In the name of full disclosure this picture was taken in 2008, but the conditions here this evening are not too dissimilar. Due to work obligation and foul weather, I've not made much progress on installing the new shift/throttle controll.
