Eliminating Hot Foot

[ironmachineus]

My '82 Champion bass boat/'82 Mercury 150 BlackMax has a hot foot throttle. I despise this thing, and want to convert back to the hand control. The hand control is still on the boat, and is currently just used for starting, tilt/trim and gear selection. I can't seem to figure out how to get the throttle unit apart to re-install the cable. There two screws on the plastic control box, but the unit doesn't come out when you take these screws out. It seems like the throttle/shift handle is in the way. I don't want to break anything, and the box is all plastic. Any ideas on how to convert this back? Thanks!

[SalmonBum]

Where are you located?

Even if you get that thing apart, the hand control may only be for shifting. It might not have a hook up for Throttle. My buddies is like that.

[ironmachineus]

It definately has throttle controls, as it's marked on the control box and there's a place for the cables to go in.

[SalmonBum]

Thats good. I had to take apart my control box on my tracker last yr. There were a TON of hidden screws, widgets and whatnot. I think the kicker was a set screw located on the on the bottom side of the Neurtal Button. It was a Hex head.

[black max]

sometimes the companys already put a throttle cable in and hide it under the rear deck coiled up, check you control box for 2 cables going into it then remove the hotfoot cable from the motor and hook up the coiled one. its the top cable on the engine, if you have to install a new throttle cable get one the same length as the shift cable, it should be marked on the cable jacket about a foot from the motor end of the cable.