Hello. I am renovating my boat and thought that replacing the control cables might be a good idea because the engine grinds when switching gear. It is also pretty difficult to feel when it goes into neutral and it's very easy to jump from one gear to the next one skipping neutral. It feels stiff on gear but loose on neutral. Also the throttle button seems to be stuck.
My outboard is a 2005 Mercury 150hp XL SWB 2-stroke oil injected, serial# 1B043582. On a 1997 Angler 204FX boat.
The remote control that I have seems to be old and the box is sprayed with a silver paint. However I can see a quicksilver logo under the paint, not sure if it's Mercury brand or Quicksilver, the previous owner might have replaced the box at some point. Anyways, it seems to be the top mounted Mercury Binnacle angular box version with trim tab control. I found this part# 88688A26
This is how it looks:
I am not sure if it uses Gen 1 or Gen 2 control cables. Boats.net states that I can use either of these as both are compatible.
Since the remote control is having some issues as well, I was thinking about replacing the whole thing with a Mercury Binnacle 4500 Gen 2 part# 8M0059686. That one looks like this:
For some reason the one that I have (top pic) is more expensive than the newer one (bottom pic).
Is the bottom one really a newer model?
Is it worth replacing my current remote control?
Thank you!
My outboard is a 2005 Mercury 150hp XL SWB 2-stroke oil injected, serial# 1B043582. On a 1997 Angler 204FX boat.
The remote control that I have seems to be old and the box is sprayed with a silver paint. However I can see a quicksilver logo under the paint, not sure if it's Mercury brand or Quicksilver, the previous owner might have replaced the box at some point. Anyways, it seems to be the top mounted Mercury Binnacle angular box version with trim tab control. I found this part# 88688A26
This is how it looks:
I am not sure if it uses Gen 1 or Gen 2 control cables. Boats.net states that I can use either of these as both are compatible.
Since the remote control is having some issues as well, I was thinking about replacing the whole thing with a Mercury Binnacle 4500 Gen 2 part# 8M0059686. That one looks like this:
For some reason the one that I have (top pic) is more expensive than the newer one (bottom pic).
Is the bottom one really a newer model?
Is it worth replacing my current remote control?
Thank you!
