Control cables

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Can anyone tell me the length of the control cables please? I meant to measure them before flying home for a few months but with the usual kerfuffle of paperwork and officialdom I forgot. I don’t know how much difference it would make but the engine is a Volvo Penta D2-55F.

Also, can anyone point me in the direction of the correct trunnions for the connection to the control lever or are they a standard fitting?

Thanks,

Peter

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Hi Peter –

We finally remembered to get approximate measurements for the cable lengths on our boat, which has a Perkins 4-108.

Throttle cable is about 2.5 meters.
Gear shift cable is about 2.2 meters.

We took a couple pictures of the bottom side of the Morris control so you can see the red cables coming into the the connectors on the bottom of the control.

Hope that helps –
Marilyn

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Thanks Marilyn, that’s very helpful.

The small parts I’m trying to identify are the trunnions at the top which connect the cables to the levers. I gather they come in various forms but I don’t know which one to get for the Nic 38 control levers.

Peter

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Hmm – I wonder if we have different controls. This is what ours looks like. In the earlier posted photos, you can see where the red cables connect to the control – I think. We’ve never done any work in this area, so we’re not familiar with these trunions you speak of.

Marilyn

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Hi Marilyn,

Thanks for the pic – that’s the same control as mine. The cables are held in place at the bottom as per your last pics. What I need to buy are the fittings that screw into the end of the cables and then attach to the gear and throttle levers with a small stud which is an integral part of the fitting at the top.

Not to worry tho’ – Nothing has broken. I just want to have them on board as spares just in case of! The existing ones must have been in place for at least thirty years so it seems a wise precaution. All I need them to do is another nine months which is the length of my next trip. Then I can strip it down and take one of them home with me.

A million thanks,

Peter

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