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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1648 Center console or stick steer?
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<blockquote data-quote="JL8Jeff" data-source="post: 425162" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>Depending on where you decide to mount the console, you may want to wait until you have it mocked up to determine which cables to get. I went with a Uflex steering cable 16' long. Probably could have gone with a 17' if I wanted to run it out the front of the console to keep it along the edge of the deck and a little more out of the way. Take your time and search around Ebay and you can get new cables shipped at a really decent price. I also got the battery cable wire off ebay and put ends on them myself. You might be able to find a complete steering installation kit with helm, wheel and cable for a decent price as a package if you search around.</p><p></p><p>A quick tip if your floor is a slight V like mine is, I think the dealer installed the console in my boat originally for the previous owner and they took a piece of angle aluminum, cut a small V notch in the middle and bent it to match the floor contour and riveted it to the front of the console so that aluminum angle piece would be flush with the floor to rivet it to the floor cross beam. I wish I took a picture of it before I installed it but I forgot to.</p><p></p><p>Here's a quick picture showing the angle piece riveted to the floor. There is a gap about 1-1/2" between the console and the front deck which leaves room to put the fishing net and all the leaves that fall during the season. :lol:</p><p></p><p>And don't pay attention to the flooring that came unglued from the deck edge, so much for outdoor contact cement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JL8Jeff, post: 425162, member: 12995"] Depending on where you decide to mount the console, you may want to wait until you have it mocked up to determine which cables to get. I went with a Uflex steering cable 16' long. Probably could have gone with a 17' if I wanted to run it out the front of the console to keep it along the edge of the deck and a little more out of the way. Take your time and search around Ebay and you can get new cables shipped at a really decent price. I also got the battery cable wire off ebay and put ends on them myself. You might be able to find a complete steering installation kit with helm, wheel and cable for a decent price as a package if you search around. A quick tip if your floor is a slight V like mine is, I think the dealer installed the console in my boat originally for the previous owner and they took a piece of angle aluminum, cut a small V notch in the middle and bent it to match the floor contour and riveted it to the front of the console so that aluminum angle piece would be flush with the floor to rivet it to the floor cross beam. I wish I took a picture of it before I installed it but I forgot to. Here's a quick picture showing the angle piece riveted to the floor. There is a gap about 1-1/2" between the console and the front deck which leaves room to put the fishing net and all the leaves that fall during the season. :lol: And don't pay attention to the flooring that came unglued from the deck edge, so much for outdoor contact cement. [/QUOTE]
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