Need some Merc help

[wiscoboater]

Hi guys,
I need some help here. I’m not a Merc guy, and I’m quite unfamiliar with them. I picked up a 1967 Merc 200 that was a tiller motor. Thanks to 20mercman he steered me to a NOS conversion kit for it on Ebay and I picked that up. Now my dilemma is the controller. I see at least 4 or 5 different styles/types of Merc controllers searching on Ebay. What model of Merc control should I be looking at to hook this all up? I know the 200 uses a unique cam inside the control box, but what is the proper box?
Another option I’m throwing around in my head is going Frankenstein and using an old J/E two lever controller since I only need throttle and shift (no electric start or choke on this motor) Can the Merc cables be used with the J/E controller?

Confused in Wisconsin

[billw]

I don’t know of any simple way to use OMC controls on a Merc. While anything is possible, it would not be simple.

If someone doesn’t have a simpler way to answer your question, I just checked and I do have enough literature to be able to give you a correct control box part number and numbers for internal parts of that control box. However, I would need to know what your serial number for the engine is and also, if you have electric start on the engine. (Not even sure that was available in ’67; but I go by serial number, not year.)

Long live American manufacturing!

[wiscoboater]

Thank you Bill,
The serial# is 2151677. The motor has no electric start, and I do not want to add one. This motor is for a 10′ wooden Gentleman’s racer styled after the like boats from the 50’s. It’s all about going fast…no frills.

[dave-bernard]

Call me 1 914 310 7086. Dave.

[billw]

Looks like Dave must have a simpler way to answer your question; but if you still need any info, just let me know.

Long live American manufacturing!

[chris-p]

Wannabe let me know what you find. I have a 1975 Mercury 200 I want to add as a kicker to my fishing rig and would like to run controls for it as well so I don’t have to lean off the transom to shift it and adjust throttle!

[dave-bernard]

Chris yours is new enough and should take the square box single lever normal shift. if memory is correct.

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