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30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/18/16 06:52 PM
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My Mercury control box is starting to act up a little when shifting out of neutral. I notice it mostly going in to reverse. I am thinking about just buying a complete new one but I have concealed controls. I am sure the holes will not line up. The other option is to go with a surface mount unit or try to get parts and fix what I have. Problem with getting parts is the age of the box and having boat out of commission while waiting on parts. I have not checked part availability or prices. I am thinking even If I find the parts it might be just as cost effective to replace the box.
2200 Bay Champ/200 Mercury Optimax 2017 Tundra TSS 4x4 Crewmax 5.7L
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/18/16 09:59 PM
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gary purdy
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Post a picture of you control. I have a good 2006 model hidden control.
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/18/16 10:44 PM
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Post a picture of you control. I have a good 2006 model hidden control. just the handle?
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/19/16 03:19 AM
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/19/16 03:48 AM
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gary purdy
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This is a new one: eBay item number:
262261256896
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/19/16 06:17 PM
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This is a new one: eBay item number:
262261256896 thanks, I take this as recommendation to replace the unit
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/20/16 09:08 PM
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whole thing..... item # 331771321064 or copy and paste.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Sidemount-3000-Shifter-BOAT-/331771321064?hash=item4d3f1c9ae8:g:EHQAAOSwpzdWtQQT&vxp=mtr
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/21/16 11:31 AM
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Yep, replace the whole box.
Gman
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/21/16 04:08 PM
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thank you for etting to make realize that things wear out. Now waioting for a new shifter/thottle.
eddie b lane
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/22/16 06:45 PM
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whole thing..... item # 331771321064 or copy and paste.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Sidemount-3000-Shifter-BOAT-/331771321064?hash=item4d3f1c9ae8:g:EHQAAOSwpzdWtQQT&vxp=mtr thanks for the thought but this one is no even close. There is one that is a direct replacement but years listed are 86 - 93. Mine is a 85. I just need to crawl under my dash and check the wire colors going to my key switch.
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/22/16 10:04 PM
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gary purdy
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Only key switch wires are the safety switch yellow w/red stripe.
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/22/16 10:19 PM
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jus a tad.. 3 holes instead of 4 but jus noticed, on tha ebay one, that tha "neutral button" is missin'... thats tha first thing that gets broken when someone not knowing wth they're doing tries ta pull tha handle and/or controller off usually....
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/23/16 03:25 AM
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One I saw on Ebay looks just like mine except the cover over the plate behind the throttle handle. It has what looks like 4 wires coming out of front side. I assumed the wires wires go to the key switch. It has been about 10 years since I replaced my cables and do not remember whether or it had the same wires.looking at it again I am guessing trim switch wires.
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/23/16 04:01 AM
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tha cables, wires and colors will all be tha same jus may be routed a little different on all surface, flush, binnacle from tha start of tha 8 pin male plug harness (motor end) from its origin in '80/'81 (maybe earlier, maybe a year or two later..to long ago) i think till '05/'06 when tha 14 pin showed up so no worries there.....
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Re: 30 year old control box - fix or replace?
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02/23/16 10:33 PM
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gary purdy
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Your right only other wires out of the control will be the T & T wires
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