On my engine the throttle lever at the engine has a hole above the pivot point (red) and one below the pivot point (green). If your engine has a similar setup, you need to switch from the upper hole to the lower or vice versa.
Nicely done Loren!! …Wish we had that kind of engine compartment room to provide for a similar system or some sort of bell crank to reverse the push/pull efforts.The principle is simple, but the fabrication can be challenging. When we changed out the OEM Universal diesel for a new Betamarine, the throttle did need to be reversed. Interestingly enough the old Universal did have a little actuation reverser mounted on the engine, as supplied by Universal. Our engine installer fabricated one for the new Betamarine. I have a picture of it in a blog entry. The mechanism is simple, but then you have to find a place to attach it.
Picture #2 in this entry shows it well, and I could take some more if requested.
O34 - Wiring & Engine Detail, part 2
These photos show the Halon bottle in place, and also a much better look at the inside of the compartment where the meter and terminal strip are mounted. As an "extra" there is a shot of the new coolant overflow tank showing how the level in it...ericsonyachts.org
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That was it Jerry, THANK YOU. On our engine that lever is accessible from under the galley sink and from above, so reinstalling the cable was kind of by feel as you can't really get a good view. felt one of the holes and hooked it up not realizing there was another. Thank you again and thank you to all who responded, you guys are awesome.
Loren, I also have a Betamarine. I have been wanting to fix my reversed throttle and stumbled upon this thread. Looks like I would have to do the same thing you did. Just wanted to confirm that (before I open up the pedestal) there is no part of the linkage in the pedestal that can be reversed to make the throttle lever work correctly.The principle is simple, but the fabrication can be challenging. When we changed out the OEM Universal diesel for a new Betamarine, the throttle did need to be reversed. Interestingly enough the old Universal did have a little actuation reverser mounted on the engine, as supplied by Universal. Our engine installer fabricated one for the new Betamarine. I have a picture of it in a blog entry. The mechanism is simple, but then you have to find a place to attach it.
Picture #2 in this entry shows it well, and I could take some more if requested.
O34 - Wiring & Engine Detail, part 2
These photos show the Halon bottle in place, and also a much better look at the inside of the compartment where the meter and terminal strip are mounted. As an "extra" there is a shot of the new coolant overflow tank showing how the level in it...
