MV-1: Step-by-step teardown, clean and assemble.

Spent a few hours on it yesterday. Controller feels like butter. Finally got the throttle lever to lay horizontal facing aft. Problem I was having is when 2 PO's ago had Mickey Mouse reinstall the engine after a rebuild, he must've put the "fork" that holds the throttle cable at carb, backwards and on the wrong bolt on intake, preventing WOT. I flipped it around, moved it forward and I now know why my boat didn't have much top end. Wow, the carb really opens up now and I gained some speed and rpms! Thanks for the help.

Gotcha, just post the pics up and we can get a better idea of what we need to do. I just use the photo editor on my pc to resize. Also if you have an I phone and you select the medium file size when emailing pictures that file size works for CCF.com

Ok, I made a super cool illustration in the photo below ha.

The Yellow lines signify the throttle cable.
The Green line is the gear cable.
The red arrows show the movement as the throttle returns to neutral.

The spring in the throttle cable track mechanism sits in front of that piece and pushes rearward on it. The reason it does this is because as you move the control forward or rearward towards the gear slots the throttle cable arm has to move also. The reason the mount has a spring and moves along in the track is so that it can compensate for the movement of the throttle are between neutral and in gear so that the throttle cable stays in the "idle" position and doesn't bring the throttle into motion until the boat is already in gear.

So if you reverse the direction of the red arrows that would show you the movement into the forward gear position.

That picture isn't the best but it shows the MV3 control in the neutral position.

Todd, it should just be set in and stays in place with some grease. It doesn't take much.

If you have everything apart then give it all a good clean, grease it up and put it all back.

My guess is you're having trouble with the plates on the backside where the throttleand trans cables attach. That's where I went wrong. There is a spring that is supposed to assist the cables and I had it backwards. It seemed logical the way I put it together but it took Zach and I looking at another boat to figure it out.

Sorry, I don't have pics of this since we were working in the campground on Green Lake!

While we're not professionals when it comes to these I think it's safe to say we can help you smooth everything out.

I still battled some minor adjustments on mine after cleaning but with the help of Zach and Joe we caught the problem after pulling it off and taking a look at the back. One of the smoothest boats I own now.

Upload some pics and we'll do our best to get you skiing tonight.

There used to be a guy on here that makes really nice ones. Way better than what you'd buy from any of the dealers. He might still post in one of the for sake areas.

Looks awesome

I bet your spring is broken. Do that before trying to find a replacement lever part.

Zach @ N3 - do you really have replacement parts for the little piece that locks the lever in place (the part that says "TOP" on it)?

Yes- it arrived on Wednesday. I'll get it to my plaque guy and see what he can do.

JP,
The culprit just may be the spring. 1st- do this-- There's an allen screw on the bottom of the throttle. Leave the throttle in the upright position, loosen this set screw, and take the arm off. Then look at the guts there on the backside of the throttle arm . You'll see the locking paddle and a spring. You'll see how it comes apart- a roll pin I think. The spring should be about 3/4"-1" long. This spring if broken- take it to your neighborhood hardware and find one close. I think I got some that were 2" in length and cut them in half.
If this spring is broken- take pics to show us- and if you can't find a spring- let me know and I'll send ya one.

Or fly me down and I'll fix it for ya !!

PM Zach at N# Boatworks. He has a replacement lever. They are hard to find.

Some guys have successfully replaced the spring, but on mine the pawl was too rounded off to work, so I replaced the lever.

It is a great safety device, worth the cost of repair. Cheaper than a funeral for sure.

Steve,

Here is the Correct Craft Fan Frequently Asked Questions. It disappears off the front page and I have to bump it up now and then. Thanks for the reminder.

CCF FAQ

I've got an MV-1 in good shape that I could let go..... but I am pretty proud of it!

What's kind of interesting is that first MV-2 went for big money, like over $250. Then, right after that, a couple more surfaced immediately. It's like a couple guys were like... hmmm... I have something like that sitting in the garage.

I think it should....I'll look.
BTW, Is it still NOS if it's disassembled? Ha!