switching from a force to a merc. need help

[fourbarrel75]

I'm trying to find out, how to hook the control<br />cables up on a 40 hp 1979 merc. I have two cables<br />from the the box, one is going to the gear control<br />and the other one is going to the throttle control<br />When I work the shift on the control box,the <br />throttle will not move, but it will go in to gear.<br />The throttle will move slightly with the fast idle<br />lever.Both cables have been ajusted.The gear control is shaped like a horse shoe when engaged,<br />It curves around under the carburator, theres a<br />pin and a carter key hole at the end of it. but<br />I'm not sure of what goes there. ANY IDEA????

 

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Re: switching from a force to a merc. need help

Welcome to iboats.com, 4-barrel.<br />I don't think we can help much. The best thing to do, would be to sell the original control with it's motor, (or keep it with the original if not selling), and buy one for your motor on ebay or a local boatyard. I'm not saying it can't be made to werk, but would be a rig, and cost more than you'd wanna spend to machine the needed hardware.