Outboard Control Cables Installation - Jon Boat Side Console Conversion - Part 2

In this video I go through the entire process of installing & adjusting the wiring harness, throttle and shift cables for a new 2023 Yamaha F25 Outboard with controls. I go over how to install the throttle and shifter cable ends, adjust the linkage, install the cables to the control box and more. This easy to follow start to finish guide will walk you through setting up your own outboard's control cables and control box.
Jon Boat Side Console Conversion series:
Part 1 - Measuring for Control Cables
- • How To Measure Outboar...
Part 2 - Outboard Control Cables Installation
- • Outboard Control Cable...
Part 3 - Outboard Steering System Installation
- • Outboard Steering Syst...
Part 4 - Side Console Installation
- • Jon Boat Side Console ...
Part 5 - Side Mount Control Box Installation
- • Jon Boat Side Console ...
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[@sethnowlin2]

can you share the part numbers of the yamaha parts you got for the conversion?

[@mvboutdoors]

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[@tyronebrown9409]

My friend has the same boat, you killed this boat builded good luck you ⛵ .

[@mvboutdoors]

Thanks man!

[@valentinecherake3812]

Very interesting in doing this for my own boat also

[@dzrrdz6834]

Thanks fpr making this vid!

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

THANK you.. best videos on here by far,, about this... unfortunately my new yamaha F20 4-cycle does not possess the plate yours had with the stabilizer ridges for the groove(s) in the throttle/shift cables(s) to stay put. Nor is there shapes inside like other examples. Maybe it just uses the spots in that big bracket that holds everything... a little weird ; I wish I had the $90 tech manual.. I hope I can get it free digitally for dropping 5K in a new motor etc.

[@mvboutdoors]

Yeah looking at pictures online it looks like there is no support bracket for the cables/wiring it just routes through the rubber plug.

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

@@mvboutdoors I got weird and confused us both, I think I have the same setup you do (yay!), and I confused us by referring to a different video (not you, my bad) with a removable plate neither of us has, that , when mounted, sticks into the engine housing and grabs the cables inside there (larger motors no doubt) ... I do, indeed, have the ouside bracket you have, and I just now got the cables seated nicely in them. I see those pics without the cables supports online, too, but luckily mine does (maybe that's the tiller version where the shift cable still goes in but the throttle hole is un-cut and routed elsewhere). Now I need to look at those nuts on the threaded portion of the cables and understand how it is going to actually adjust anything (my head's not wrapped around that yet) ... err, wait.. maybe the cable routinely withdraws all the way past and into the threaded portion, so hitting the nut would stop it? Otherwise I'm not seeing what the nut you call a lock nut adjusts anything... Thanks again for the best video by far; I'll get it thanks to you and no thanks to Yamaha not yet mailing my serial number card which is seemingly when they enter the serial into the website so I can access any literature available (probably just the same, light operation manual, not the tech manual).

[@mvboutdoors]

@@OtterLakeFlutes glad I could help, it's definitely a learning experience but so much better to do it yourself that way you can easily make adjustments on your own knowing how it all works.

[@Inov8iveN8ive]

Hey just a heads up, all the bolt holes are cast aluminum, good idea to use hand tools and ratchets rather than impact drill. Could easily strip of crack the housing

[@mikep3186]

I have the same 703 to a 9.9.. when I shift forward or backwards.. there's excess movement in the 703 controller before it will increase or decrease speed.. how do you adjust the cable so it responds right away instead of having to go through dead space? Thanks!

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

So I have the whole, thick, multi-pin electrical wiring cable and harness/plug hooked up to the motor and the motor hooked up to the battery. But what are the wires still sticking out of the Yamaha 703 Clone-trol box? They are capped off, red, greenish blue, yellow, and black. Dangling. Hopefully redundant, to be tucked away? Don't tell me I have to, also, hook these up to something... it looks like I see them tucked up (capped off, unused) inside your example 703.

[@mvboutdoors]

They are for gauges, nothing you need to hook up I just tucked them away

[@ibonigartua4719]

Hola buenos dias MVB 2:45 de que metrica son los circlip??

[@mvboutdoors]

Sorry I dont know

[@petestockunas7128]

Excellent video, and just about to do this exact same procedure. Much thanks!

[@mvboutdoors]

After doing it for the first time in this video it really wasn't bad! Good luck with your project

[@CFD339]

Thanks for this. Mounted my new F25 yesterday and there's zero documentation with either the owners' manual or the 703 manual on the hookups at the motor side. Yamaha makes great motors and terrible doc. Between this and the Command Link gauge installation, it's a bit of a tetris game.

[@mvboutdoors]

Yeah I noticed the same thing when I went to install this, couldn't find any info on it online. Glad it was helpful!

[@saeedkobiakov8351]

Hello, thanks for the videos!!! so i m doing the same conversion from tiller to wheel and i m having problem to find that little throttle cable kit that i need to mount first in order to connect the cable itself . Do you have the part # for it? it has like 5-7 pieces in it.

[@mvboutdoors]

One step closer to getting out on the water!

[@PowerhouseOffroad]

Looking good! I'll just be back here with my tiller if you need me mr. Fancy!

[@marekszymecki4454]

Witaj. Obejrzałem z zainteresowaniem trzy odcinki. Z zamontowania przekładni kierowniczej, montażu manetki gazu i montażu przewodów do silnika. Nie znam języka angielskiego, ale wszystko co robiłeś pilnie oglądałem. Wszystko jest teraz dla mnie jasne. Pozdrawiam z Polski. Marek

[@mvboutdoors]

Cieszę się, że podobał Ci się film!

[@boatingsibbingandwandering3262]

Many Many thanks for this video. It was incredibly useful and very well explained. Just fitted a pair of cables to my Yam 75hp 2 stroke and it went very well thanks to your video :)

[@mvboutdoors]

Awesome! I'm glad to help!

[@Oversoul225]

I'm watching your videos to get ideas to upfit my 1548, and need to convert my tiller 2015 F25 to remote. So, I stop watching your videos and start googling. I find what parts are needed to take the tiller off and convert that (I think I have them now anyway, most of the internet's replies to converting from one to other is sell the motor and buy one made for it from factory). I find the needed remote control (703) and search for installation to get an idea on other parts.... And Google brings me back to your build haha!

[@mvboutdoors]

Haha, what a wonderful loop you've found yourself in. Good luck with the conversion!

[@kustomlook3434]

Ok I’m confused. Did you just put grease on the threads of the cables instead of the holes that pivot on the pins behind the clip?

[@mvboutdoors]

I greased the threads, the pins and the end piece

[@donsmith4170]

you called both the cables throttle cables?? Which is it?? I think the bottom one is shifting cable maybe??

[@mvboutdoors]

2:00

[@davehood1401]

Nicely explained bud