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Bucc, I don’t think you want all that cable below the deck and behind the seat, if you run the cables along the side all the way to the transom and then into the drainwell area along the bottom of the drainwell past the engine then they loop around back to the motor. The loop ends up right in front of the motor. Also I always used the measurement from the control box back to the transom over to the centerline then add 3 feet not 4. You also might want to add only 2 feet for the port cable so you don’t have excess cable in the drainwell.
Dan, I understand your concern with too much cable to contend with.
I did some measurements this morning.
I measured the current cable lengths, then calculated how much longer
they’d need to be to arc behind the rear seat.
Then I did a measurement from the instructions ……
center of control box to stern, plus starboard side
of stern to center of motor, plus 48″.
The results…….
Current cable lengths…..
Port – 9′-7″
Starboard – 8′-6″
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Current cables length plus extra needed to go behind rear seat –
Port – 10′-11″
Starboard – 10’5
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Cable length per instructions..
14′ (including extra 4′)
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As is, the throttle cable is about 16″ too short,
and the shift cable about 23″ too short.
The 14′ calculations for the manufactures instructions are probably
close, as my measurements on the current cables “lacking” did
not include any extra for a loop and movement of the motor.
Will be curious to see what Dave comes up with on his boat
with cables configured properly.
Thanks for all the help and input!
Prepare to be boarded!