Need help finding shift and throttle cables

[patrickj]

I have a 1989? Force 85 that came off a bayliner fish n ski. I moved the motor to my barge and I'm trying to fin linger cables. I'm having an extremely difficult time finding them. Can anyone link me to the correct ones?

these on the motor end have a little stainless piece that threads on and has like a ball type connector, the control side has a barrel deal that sits in a big plastic block and the end is threaded through a circle with a peg sticking off it that goes through the throttle handle bracket and is held on with a small cotter pin

 

[jerryjerry05]

They sell cables here.
E-bay has them too.

On one end of the cable is letters and numbers stamped into them.
That's the length, it might be in inches??

Figure out the length, then ebay
"MORSE CONTROL CABLES" and a bunch of sites opens.
Find your length.

Why do you need a longer cable?

Too long and it works against you.

I found 4 cables for under 90$
Look around.

Oh yea: Don't buy USED.

 

[patrickj]

Because my barge had an evinrude, swapped to the force, but the cables that came with the force are 4 foot too short and the evinrude cable ends are wrong

 

[patrickj]

Ok, so I got the cables I needed, got them on and adjusted. Now the motor wants to crank and crank and crank before it finally pops off, before I replaced the cables it started at the hit of the key every single time. Choke is working, could it be something with that neutral switch?

 

[jerryjerry05]

If it's cranking, the N switch is working.
You might need to set up the idle since you changed the cable?
Use the high idle position on the shifter for starting?

 

[patrickj]

I unhooked the new cable and hooked back up the old one. And I noticed the old one when in the no acceleration position holds the throttle arm just a tad bit forward like maybe an 1/8th inch, put the new cable on it held it completely closed. Adjusted it a few turns and now it fires up instantly again like it always has. If I'm looking at it correctly that 1/8 inch doesnt really move the throttle blades, but moves the arm that goes to the stator or trigger under the flywheel, apparently that's the secret sauce