OMC binnacle outboard controls

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Ive read that the sixties style OMC outboard controls are like jigsaw puzzles, can be turned this way and that, according to what way you want to have them configured, left or right ... anyway, it occurred to me that two sets could possibly be put together to make a dual binnacle, sorta like the one that OMC put out in 1961 - <br /><br />this sound like a feasible idea?

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: OMC binnacle outboard controls

You mean back to back... I've got a set here in my hands (they are reversible, btw). The only thing I see being a problem is the throttle friction knob is not reversible, so one would be ahead of the throttle (port) and one would be behind (starboard). It's just a looks thing, and I don't know if it would look that bad...<br />Also, the idle stop does switch sides (it needs to) so that wouldn't be a problem..

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: OMC binnacle outboard controls

right! they reverse to mount left or right, right? eh, looks are relative, the BIG picture is two outboards running off of one control, woo hoo, Ill have to try a 360 just for the hell of it!<br /><br />LOL, the one woman Hellfire Missle Battery has been callin me a pack rat for a while ... its going to be changed to Wharf Rat when she sees all these maritime experiments piling up!<br /><br />

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: OMC binnacle outboard controls

Get some chromed skulls for the shifters. <br /><br />One other thing - they're held together by 4 wood screws that go through the two chambers (shift & throttle) into a piece of plywood on the side of the boat or whatever. If your thinking of mounting them on top of a console, you'll need nuts and bolts , and some way of holding them on to it!

 

[sharkcat]

Re: OMC binnacle outboard controls

Hey 2 posts no innuendo ..Guess your cured.Now you want to play with 2 levers .Hope your experiments work & you get your lower unit lube sorted .Thanks for the emails & I think the corn is 2 years old

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: OMC binnacle outboard controls

Innuendo? isnt that italian for bunghole bandit intimate relations??<br /><br />hehehe<br /><br />never "cured"<br /><br />too much of a ham!!!<br /><br />LOL