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essen48183
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Initially Posted - 04/24/2009 : 21:11:47

I have a kit with lots of plastic bushings and brackets to hook up a remote throttle to a new model nissan 9.8. There are no directions or pictures, none in the engine shop manual either. Can someone take a picture of the engine side of the remote cable connections for me? Thanks.

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Response Posted - 04/24/2009 : 21:14:57

Essen,
I've got a Tohatsu 9.8 and can take some pictures (might even have some already, I'll look). My setup's different from yours, but the cable hookup should be very similar. In fact, I'm reasonably certain that the cabling diagram's online for Tohatsu, let me poke around a bit & see if I can find it.

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Response Posted - 04/24/2009 : 21:19:08

There are a number of controls diagrams here: http://powertiller.net/Adapter_Kits.htm

Let me know if these help.

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Response Posted - 04/25/2009 : 07:23:10

Oh man, what a good find.... unfortunately I have the nissan 9.8A3 which I think is the same as an A1 or A2(shaft length) .... the diagram for that model isn't clickable on your link. Good find though for others. I think your Tohatsu 9.8 is identical to my nissan 9.8 (the same shop manual is used for both so they must just be cosmetically different)

Here is a picture of the parts laid out if that helps you get the proper shot for me.

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Response Posted - 04/25/2009 : 10:22:09

Essen,
I may not get to the boat today (almost certainly not, we're going to a parade shortly). You kit looks nearly identical to mine.

However, if you follow some of the clickable links on that page, you'll find that various bits & pieces will only fit in one place. I ended up guessing where the long & short links go. The trickiest part was moving the choke lever from it's original place into the new hard rubber piece. I had to do some fitting with an exacto knife to make it work. Plus getting the new linkage to fit was sort of tricky, but only a bit. The bronze bolt replaces the shift lever on the outside of the housing with it's spring washer, bushing & o-ring. It looks like you're missing an "S" connector, I only see one in the upper right of your photo. The four clips on the right side hold the cable ends and linkages in place, probably the biggest pain of the whole thing. Trying to get those on while keeping the nylon washers in place and not dropping them is a trick. The angled plate grabs your control cables, they have a notch cut into them that mates up with the catches in the plate.

Searched back through my posts & found this one that might be a bit helpful: http://www.catalina-capri-25s.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17890& SearchTerms=power,tiller

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Response Posted - 04/25/2009 : 14:20:44

Thanks for asking me to take a second look... I see my motor there now!

(Slapping myself on the forehead!)

"NSF8A NSF9.8A 8 & 9.8 HP PT-NT 8A"

I shouldn't need a picture now. Thanks for all your help!

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Response Posted - 04/27/2009 : 20:19:42

Oh yeah, Nissan 9.8 tiller successfully converted to remote for $110 for the kit from internet outboards.com (and $50 for the teleflex cables from the local marine store) I went ahead and sawed the tiller handle support off in a way that I can weld it back on (not that I ever will) and I now have full turning ability as well without setting the motor and weight 10" aft on an outboard mount.

If anyone wants the fixed Garelick mount (it came with my boat uninstalled with all hardware and directions), let me know. $50 and free shipping will pay for those cables

It is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001447NEC/ref=asc_df_B001447NEC782210?smid=A3AZEU1266GEG2& tag=dealt5800-20& linkCode=asn

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Response Posted - 05/02/2009 : 11:10:45

The Tohatsu is the same as the Nissan. I have a 9.8A3. In the owners manual, http://www.tohatsu.com/tech_info/own_man_pdfs/Toh_MFS8A3_98A3.pdf, pgs 11-13 may be of some help. also the pic below is of my remote set up but it goes to the pedestal not the factory remote.

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Response Posted - 05/02/2009 : 12:14:07

Jay, that's a nice motor you got there. I got it installed with those diagrams. The nissan version has a large aluminum "hoop" in the front that needed *trimming* to allow full range of motion. You've got a better setup there.

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Response Posted - 05/03/2009 : 08:03:06

Glad to be of help. This one did have a tiller arm that dealer removed, it came with the remote equipment but we set this up attached to the Edson pedestal. I have also attached an ezsteer to it.

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Response Posted - 05/03/2009 : 08:06:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by zebra50
 I have also attached an ezsteer to it.
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Did you attach it to the front plate there? If you hooked it up to the front, there's several of us that would like that pic/description.

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Response Posted - 05/07/2009 : 09:29:48

No not to the front. I have it attached to the rear of the motor/rudder. Not really a problem there, when I raise the motor for sailint, I disconnect the arm and attach to a line above the rudder to keep it out of the way

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