Mercury controls for Johnson?

[EagleNuke]

I have 15 hp johnson J15ELCEC that I want to convert from tiller to remote. I've seen someone that has a full setup at a good price, but the controls are for a Mercury. Can that work, or is a major difference in how they work?

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Mercury controls for Johnson?

I always thought the two systems were incompatible, due to throw length, at least. There may be aftermarket controls that can be adjusted to fit either.

 

[EagleNuke]

Re: Mercury controls for Johnson?

Thanks for the reply. Guess it will take more research.

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: Mercury controls for Johnson?

Not just length, direction, too. Mercs are very different from Johnsons in shift pattern - they won't interchange... Get the correct controls.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Mercury controls for Johnson?

Chine, the Johnnys push the throttle open, right? Merc's pull the throttle open.

 

[oldboat1]

Re: Mercury controls for Johnson?

sorry to piggyback, but I would be curious about that too -- have an old Chrysler Sailor that I want to use, and the shift operation seems to be opposite of the control boxes I have (pre-Merc/Force, but might be able to use a Merc box).

 

[tomhath]

Re: Mercury controls for Johnson?

You see those controls bought and sold all the time. There's no reason to jury rig stuff.