1966 500 merc sn#1939837

[duckbuster38401]

CAN U PUT A TILLER HANDLE ON THIS MOTOR?

 

[achris]

Re: 1966 500 merc sn#1939837

NO!

 

[verno]

Re: 1966 500 merc sn#1939837

Old mercs can be adapted almost infinitely. "If you have the right stuff". The tiller motors have a completely different pan and the midhousing hardware is configured differently. I have made that very change. I have or rather had a 65 merc 500 (the only thing original is the powerhead) and have changed to tiller. It has required buying two parts motors. One to get the midhousing. And the other to get the pan for tiller and all the electrical and shift stuff for tiller. This required many many hours of searching and researching. (these motors had to be the right models to make this all work) Unless you know a local inline merc guru you face a real challenge.

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: 1966 500 merc sn#1939837

Hi Jason,<br /> Yes, you can, but as BoatTinker noted, it's not as easy as slapping a handle on there and going on your way. I've got a '69 35hp tiller that uses much of the same hardware you'll need. I believe the '66 uses the later style tiller parts and was the first year for that style. It also incorporates the shifter. You can see a pic of my 35 and a '66 50hp on my website (see my profile). The tillers turn up with some regularity on eBay and will require a fair amount of disassembly to install it. The anchor for the tiller is part of what would be the steering arm for the remote steering attachment. On my 35 it was a bolt-on, but it is different on the 50 which is where changing the belly pan and steering anchor arm come in...<br />- Scott