82 mercury tiller handle throttle cable

greese munkee

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I bought a 1982 80hp merc with remote steering for a jet. I am replacing my 1966 50hp merc with a jet. I'm trying to put the tiller off the 50 onto the 80. It's all bolted up and the shift is hooked up and working fine. The problem is that the throttle cable is to short by 2 1/2". There is a lot of different sizes that are out there to buy on-line but I can't get anybody to measure one for me and they are not cheap to just guess. My cable itself is 20" long and my cable tube is 5 3/4" long, (the stainless sleeve). Both of these items need be 3" longer to work. Does anybody have any specs or know were I can get specs or help on this problem. Thanks, Jay
 
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