50 horse n 70 horse

peacock16

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I was wondering if anyone could help me. Still new to this site. Looks like there's a lot of good guys out there helping others out. Wondering if I could take the control box from a 79 johnson 70 horse motor and switch to my 75 evinrude 50 horse motor. Looks like everything should hook up the same. I just can't get any power out of the 5x hrs controls to the motor. Nor can I get it to shift into reverse also. Any one no if they would be inner change able? My control box says johnson now with the 50.
 

JB

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Re: 50 horse n 70 horse

Howdy,

Welcome to iboats. :)

I think that might work, peacock. Compare the plugs for the wiring harness, if they are the same, go for it, and good luck. :)
 

peacock16

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Re: 50 horse n 70 horse

Thanks jb. Ill be trying it out later today and I will let u no if it ends up working or not.
 

peacock16

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Re: 50 horse n 70 horse

Alright I got it to work. Plug matched up. Now I just need to figure out how to adjust the control cables? Anyone have any good ideas or reasonings on adjusting the cables to work properly? Anything would help. Thanks for any input
 
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