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| Author: | crimepays [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Hello, I am a newbie to the site. Does anyone know the length of the shifter cable on a 2003 268 Vista? It has a 5.7 VP Duoprop. I would like to have the new one on hand before remove the existing cable. After reading several threads, this appears to be a common problem for the VP. |
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| Author: | Graham R [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
If you look up the cables for the 268 on the four winns parts website, the shift cable is the longer of the two (the last 2 digits refer to the length in feet). If you can get one, I'd really recommend the TFExtreme one. it transformed the shift quality and ease on my VP drive this year. Graham |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Looks like the stock cable is 18'. #041-0172 CABLE, CONTROL 18 #CC17218 (That's a Teleflex part number). You can look up original part numbers at http://www.fourwinns.net/partbook/basem ... l=268V-D03. Before buying, you might see if Teleflex has a Tfxtreme cable for it. People who have them, love them. |
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| Author: | crimepays [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Thanks for the promt response. Located a TFxtreme at Overtons for 49.99 and ordered immediately. Thanks Again! |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Why did you need to replace the shift cable? |
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
firecadet613 wrote: Why did you need to replace the shift cable? Like he said, it's a well known issue with these cables, they get stiff and break without warning at an early age. 3 or 4 years is about all you can expect out of the stock cable. When they break, you are stranded. Wise idea to replace his on a 2003. |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Did you replace yours on your 2000? |
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Yep, when we bought it. It needed it again when we sold it. |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Wow. Just hard to shift or what? |
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
It was adjusted to the max when we bought it, so I replaced it. After several years it got harder to shift and apply throttle. I would have replaced it this season if we kept the boat. They will fail with very little warning, and it's not worth it to be stranded. It's one of the few things on that boat that you DO NOT follow the old saying, "If it's not broke , don't fix it" Replace before it fails. |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
How do you replace...just r&R? |
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| Author: | Graham R [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Undo the clamps/ nuts at both ends, ( after removing rear cover on the drive and the shifter from it's panel), attach new cable to old one with duct tape and just pull it through the transom/ rubber tube into the boat and up to the helm. Re- attach clamps and adjust. Graham |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Is this the cable that goes to the outdrive or to the engine, or both? |
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| Author: | jsimon [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
Quote: They will fail with very little warning, and it's not worth it to be stranded. That's for sure. Last fall when I put my 268 up for the winter that cable was fine. Launch in the spring and I couldn't hardly shift it. Make it hard to dock that's for sure. Had it changed and couldnt believe how easy it shifted. So mine was on its way out for awhile and I didn't even know it. |
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| Author: | Graham R [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shifter Cable Length for 268 Vista |
firecadet613 wrote: Is this the cable that goes to the outdrive or to the engine, or both? The throttle cable has a pretty easy life and experiences virtually no load; the shift cable on the other hand has one end that lives in the sea and there are more angle changes. Graham |
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