Thanks cc.
Talking to my mechanic, he said it is usually about $1,500 to swap cable-controlled outboard motors of different brands from one boat to another. He said, in his experience, it is much easier to pull out the old cables and fish through the cables of the replacement motor than trying to make adapters.
(I am just a parrot, not having ever done such a swap myself.)
I would hope that my engine temperature gauge and RPM gauge in the dash would read accurately when wired to the replacement motor. However, I guess I might have to also purchase some replacement gauges that correctly match the output signal from the motor.
(I do know some guys that do major rebuilds on classic cars. I have heard them bitching about trying to calibrate the speedometer and odometer to read correctly on their rebuild.)
