Old Merc 650 Control Issue

mainahbud

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Hey all,
New to the site, and boating!
I recently picked up an old 1979 Steury boat, I believe it is a V416. It had an older Mercury 500 (1960's? chrome front cover) with a trashed lower unit when i bought her.
I took a chance and found a guy that had an older (again 60's? chrome cover) Merc 650 (S/N 2311974) that had been sitting 10 years. Picked it up for a whopping $50 not knowing if it ran. Long story short new plugs, and a fuel filter it fired right up first try and ran beautiful.

SO the real reason I'm posting..
The 500 controls that are on the boat do not fit the motor, and i can not seem to find any info on where to get the correct cables.
It seems the bottom shift cable needs to have a square end on it?
I will get some pictures in a bit.

So i guess my questions are:
Where can i get the correct cables
OR
Can i swap the brackets inside the motor to accept the cables.
ALSO
how do i find out what year the motor is?

Thank you in advance!
 
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