Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Just got my first boat and have plans for a total overhaul... Eventually. It's a 1988 24' party barge with a 1998 mercury Bigfoot 60 motor. I'd like to find a manual on the motor so I can familiarize myself with it. Anyone know anywhere to download or order one of these? It also has a 2 stick Morse throttle which I'd like to switch to a single stick. Is this easily done. Thanks for any help!

I bought a repair manual for my Honda online. A Merc dealer should be able to round a owners manual for you.

See a Dealer about the binnacle mount throttle and cables for it as well. Shouldn't be too hard. I have replaced cables before so attaching them to a new throttle shouldn't be that difficult. I bet youtube has a video for that. I swear you can learn brain surgery there.

I got mine from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Mercury-Mariner-4 ... ard+manual

I have a pdf copy but it only goes to 96. If you want a copy let me know. it's 15 mg should go through most email accounts

OkieToon wrote:... I'd like to switch to a single stick. Is this easily done. Thanks for any help!

I too have a two lever binnacle and was going to swap it to a single lever then decided just to repower from the Merc to a Yamaha .

However, when searching for the Merc's single binnacle, ebay has/had several for sale. That's where I'd suggest you look. It'll be cheaper than dealer's cost. Best of luck.

I wouldn't buy the one from Amazon since that is a Clymer. You should be able to find the real Mercury manual.

If you want to see if there is one online, go here:
http://boatinfo.no/lib/library.html

I bought this control for my boat.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400721213964?it ... 60&vxp=mtr
It is a Gen II so requires Gen II cables. Works way better than Gen I controls(I replaced my Gen I)) which I would stay away from.