Hi all,
I recently repowered my 2004 Alumacraft Trophy 180 with a 2001 Mercury 175 efi. I did the motor swap myself from an Evinrude 115 and I came to learn switching brands posed some issues in itself. Dash gauges aren't set up to connect to the merc wiring (had to hard wire the tach), original oil/temp alarm gauge was for the Evinrude specifically, speedometer tube is different diameter, etc...
The original set up was a PANEL mounted control (which I sold with the Evinrude) with a separate key ignition not on the controls. The throttle lever was the only thing protruding from the side wall of the boat, with the cables and wiring inside and a straight shot down the gunnel. After a lot of searching, I was unsure of any panel mounts for the Merc so I ended up getting a side mount control box that I knew was the same style the Merc was originally connected to. I wanted the wire harness to match, and also the built in alarm. I have ran the boat several times and things work but I had to kink the cables a bit from the box back into the gunnels and its just not the way it should be.
Does anyone know of a PANEL mounted control that would work with this motor so that I can run the cables behind the side wall right from the controls and mainly that the control's wiring harness will plug right into my motors 8 pin plug? I am confused with the different wiring set ups (8 pin, 11 pin, 14 pin...) and what options there are to make this work the way it should be.
I recently repowered my 2004 Alumacraft Trophy 180 with a 2001 Mercury 175 efi. I did the motor swap myself from an Evinrude 115 and I came to learn switching brands posed some issues in itself. Dash gauges aren't set up to connect to the merc wiring (had to hard wire the tach), original oil/temp alarm gauge was for the Evinrude specifically, speedometer tube is different diameter, etc...
The original set up was a PANEL mounted control (which I sold with the Evinrude) with a separate key ignition not on the controls. The throttle lever was the only thing protruding from the side wall of the boat, with the cables and wiring inside and a straight shot down the gunnel. After a lot of searching, I was unsure of any panel mounts for the Merc so I ended up getting a side mount control box that I knew was the same style the Merc was originally connected to. I wanted the wire harness to match, and also the built in alarm. I have ran the boat several times and things work but I had to kink the cables a bit from the box back into the gunnels and its just not the way it should be.
Does anyone know of a PANEL mounted control that would work with this motor so that I can run the cables behind the side wall right from the controls and mainly that the control's wiring harness will plug right into my motors 8 pin plug? I am confused with the different wiring set ups (8 pin, 11 pin, 14 pin...) and what options there are to make this work the way it should be.
