Quicksilver controls

[TD_Maker]

I have a brand new set of Quicksilver Top Mount controls installed on my boat. Will these controls work with other brands of motors besides Mercury/Mariner?

 

[tazrig]

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Don't see why not unless they're some type of funky electronic setup. If it's just a throttle cable or two and possible a key switch it should work on just about anything out there not requiring something electronic.

 

[Georgesalmon]

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I'm thinking the opposite. Your control will only work with merc/mariner. The control cable attachments and electrical wiring are very different for other brands of motors.

 

[TD_Maker]

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This is my point. I know Mercury cables are different than OMC style cables, which I am sure Yamaha cables are different still. The Quicksilver box only seems to accept Mercury/Mariner type fittings, but I was not sure if adaptors were available. No electric involved accept for Tilt and Trim switch...which is no big deal.

 

[Don S]

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This is my point. I know Mercury cables are different than OMC style cables, which I am sure Yamaha cables are different still. The Quicksilver box only seems to accept Mercury/Mariner type fittings, but I was not sure if adaptors were available. No electric involved accept for Tilt and Trim switch...which is no big deal.

You can get adapters for the standard control cables with threaded ends on both ends, then buy kits for the cables at both ends.
Teleflex Cable Accessories - iboats

The controls themselves have been reversible as far as push vs. pull for years. Just depends on what control you have and what you will be hooking to.

Post a picture of your control.

 

[tazrig]

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This is my point. I know Mercury cables are different than OMC style cables, which I am sure Yamaha cables are different still. The Quicksilver box only seems to accept Mercury/Mariner type fittings, but I was not sure if adaptors were available. No electric involved accept for Tilt and Trim switch...which is no big deal.

Cables are cables. I had a Morse top mounted set of throttles with Yamaha cables going to a couple of Mercruiser i/o's and they all worked fine together. The cable doesn't know or care what it's getting hooked up to. It's the ends that go onto it that determine if it will fit, but every engine type has different fittings. Not a big deal. Just get the adapter you need for your specific engine and you should be fine. It's the throttles with all the electronic cables and wires that tend to be engine specific.

 

[Don S]

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It's the throttles with all the electronic cables and wires that tend to be engine specific.

Wiring is usually not that big a deal either. Connectors would be different, but you just cut them off and splice the wires together for the trim. Kill switches are in some Merc controls, and not a big deal either.

 

[TD_Maker]

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Maybe I should clean this up a little. I have a brand new set of old style Quicksilver (Top Mount) Controls recently installed on my rebuild project. Right now I use them on a 1987 Mercury 70 hp. Lets say I repower to an new-to-me Johnson, or Yamaha, or whatever. I realize Morse Controls are universal with adaptors, but I am not sure if Quicksilver (Mercury owned Brunswick) controls can be adapted to fit a different brand motor. There is no electric involved except for a very simple tilt switch in the handle. Just bare bones push-pull cables with Mercury ends.

I have reached the point with my motor that I may start the parting out process. Should I keep my controls or sell them too?

 

[Frank Acampora]

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Mercury and OMC use different cables with different anchors to the engine. The anchors are molded-on black plastic cylinders (possibly brass) for Mercury. Older style OMC have threaded plastic adjusters at the engine end. As far as I know, there are no engine end adapters made for these cables. You may be able to keep the Morse control box but for sure you will need to buy different cables for the OMC.

Why not stop driving yourself crazy and simply get controls specific to the OMC?

 

[Don S]

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You have brand new control, no reason to replace it. Like I said before, get the standard 33C cables with theads on each end. Like this.

Then get Merc adapters for the control ends, and Johnson adapters (I posted the link earlier) for the other end. (should you get a Johnson) if you get a Yamaha, the cable has the correct end

The controls themselves can change inside if you need to change direction of shift or throttle from what Merc was.

Trim wiring may have different colors, but not a problem, they still have the same type system.

I have a brand new set of old style Quicksilver (Top Mount) Controls recently installed on my rebuild project.

There many different "Old styles" of top mount controls, post a picture of what you have, I have the manual to show how to hook the cables up for the direction you need.

 

[TD_Maker]

Re: Quicksilver controls

Frank,
I do not have a Morse control set. I have Brunswick Quicksilver Controls.

Don,
Thanks for the info. I will post a photo or model number just as soon as I look at it again. However, you have answered my question though. I will keep the new Top Mount Control I already have, buy universal cables and get the appropriate adaptors for any engine I may buy. That completely answers my question.

Today I looked at a very low hour 2005 Mercury 90 with Trim and Tilt, oil injected two stroke. It was a fresh water motor on a pontoon boat. The owner repowered to a 60HP Four stroke Mercury. What do you guys think an engine like this is worth? This motor would hook up to my existing cables etc.. Ballpark?

 

[Silvertip]

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There is one other issue and that concerns the amount of "throw" or "travel" the cables have. All engines may not have the same throw and you cannot adjust the cables to compensate for that. If the control box is adjustable then this is not an issue. If it isn't, it might be. This is especially problematic if the control box has less throw than the engine requires as full travel on the box cannot make the engine linkage go full travel. Conversely, this is not a problem if the engine requires less throw than the box provides because the controls don't need to move full travel to make the engine linkage go to full travel.