Shifter is a bit of a pain to remove. I can only relay what I did on my classic (08). pop off the center cap, remove the nut that is visible. Shift lever will now slide off. Remove the bezel and you will see six bolts. Three closer to the center, three farther away. Remove the three center bolts. As you remove the last one, the shift lever is going to fall free. On my classic, I removed the seats, the seat pan, and then a piece of angled aluminum on the drivers end used to hold the pan on that side. I could now get my hand up behind the throttle mechanism that is buried and catch it as the last bolt was removed.Before you go to that trouble, if you can get a hand in there (dont know where the tank is on your boat, but if under the seat like mine you probably have a similar setup). The two cables from the throttle control (throttle and shift) are stiff. If a cable gets pulled in between them, it will probably jam just where the cables go into the throttle mechanism. You can probably feel in there (if you can get your hand in) and probably clear the jam without going to the hassle of removing the throttle control.Since BCB rigs the boats after they are built, there should always be a way to get a hand on the back of the control unit. Might take a double-jointed gorilla with skinny arms, but there should be a way. Another alternative is one of the segmented wire pullers. They are stiff and will generally go through everything.2008 Pantera Classic2014 Mercury Pro XS 200
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