Yamaha Motor on Boat w/ Mercury Controls

[PenleyFace]

Am looking at buying a new boat (Bentley pontoon) that comes equipped with Mercury Controls.<br /><br />Already have a working '84 90hp Yamaha (with 703 Side Control Box) that I want to put on the new boat.<br /><br />1) Is it better to keep the Side Control Box (with the oil/overheat warnings) or buy a 704 Single Binnacle Control Box? If I buy it, I guess I won't have an oil/overheat warning?<br /><br />2) Whether or not I buy the Binnacle control, would I also need to buy new guages as well, or can the guages, ignition, etc. work with the Yamaha motor?<br /><br />I'm just trying to figure out how much trouble (i.e. money) it'll be to put this motor on a new boat. Have looked at similar posted topics but couldn't find much to go on.<br /><br />Thanks for any help.

 

[deejaycee_2000]

Re: Yamaha Motor on Boat w/ Mercury Controls

As far as my knowledge goes the guages and controls work on each other, but I might be wrong, I have a yamaha on evenrude controls and guages and they work perfectly.