Hot Foot Throttle Cable

Mine broke at the pedal this weekend. I have old OMC style controls ( 90 Johnson GT 150) I tried to put the cable in from the handle control and it was acting like it was not getting fuel. I removed cable ( Teleflex) has a # that ends with a 14 which means that is the length. My dilemma, there aint NO way it needs to be that long. Maybe 12 but I need to order one today. Should I just order the 14, the pedal seemed fine before, little stiff but it gassed the engine. Thoughts?