switching mercury to evinrude outboard

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andrewo

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I have a 1977 viking deck boat that has a mercury outboard on it with a 20 inch transom to cavitation plate measurment. Can I replace this with an evinrude outboard that has a 22 inch transom to cavitation plate measurment and will all cables and lines hook up accordingly without fabrication? This is my first boat so if anyone knows a good book I could look at to learn about this stuff, would be great. thanx
 
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F_R

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Re: switching mercury to evinrude outboard

The length will be OK. OMC ran their cavitation plates deeper on the older models.

As for the controls, in a word: No. In fact, even with the same manufacturer, the controls changed often. You need the year/model of the motor and go from there.
 
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