OMC to Mercruiser Swap

d00bs24

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I am going to swap out my old OMC engine, transom, and drive to Mercruiser. I understand that I need to swap out everything from pulleys to prop. I was able to get my hands on a free donor boat with a full mercruiser set up. Only problem is the donor boat has side mount controls and the boat I am putting it into is top mount controls. On top of that cables for the controls will also be too short. My question is :

Can I use my old OMC top mount controls with the Mercruiser engine and drive or do I need to purchase a top mount Mercruiser control box and the proper length cables? I remember looking into doing the SEI kit before and there was a mention of the mercruiser being a pull instead of a push or something along those lines.
 

Don S

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Re: OMC to Mercruiser Swap

Depends on the control used on your old OMC. Some can be changed, some can't.
Post a picture of your control, maybe someone knows for sure.
 

d00bs24

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Re: OMC to Mercruiser Swap

Ok Don. Thanks for the quick reply. Will a picture of the top of the Control box do or should i try and get underneath of it too?
 

Don S

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Re: OMC to Mercruiser Swap

Just the part you can see is all that's needed to ID the type.
 
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