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Greetings all
My Mk5 is equipped with the trustworthy 1GM10 by Yanmar. Since I bought the boat a year ago it has been perfect until the moment I was leaving the harbour for my first race and would not start. I quickly traced the problem to the engine stop lever not returning properly after the cable has been reset. The lever appears to have a coiled spring wrapped around it but perhaps after 25 years it has gotten a little tired and cannot push the lever back. Now each time I stop the engine I quickly jump below, pull off the steps and reset the lever by hand. A little annoying. The lever is welded to a small shaft that goes into the engine so I cannot see how to take it apart to replace the spring. Anyone with an idea to jury-rig this lever or replace he spring I am all ears.
Other than that I have to admit that I am truly falling in love with my Mk5 and I am slowly forgetting about all the pain and toil of rebuilding her.
Brent Driedger
S/V Wild Rover
C&C 27 MkV #15
Brent Driedger
S/V Wild Rover
C&C 27 MkV #15
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My shut off cable failed last year - it was getting hard to pull, then wouldn't push back in. Finally it "pulled out" and left the engine running. On the hard when testing just prior to launch. I found the shut off lever you are talling about really fast!
I got a new cable through a local diesel shop that also services yanmar - I suspect you can have a new spring ordered. Untill then you may be able to jury rig a thin wire or line from the lever back to the shifter and throttle leverage assembly area inside the locker - just open the locker and yank the wire/line. Handier than going below all the time.
Barry Oasis, 1987 Mk V
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