[muddywater]

I just got home and measured my throttle and steering cables. The steering cable was exactly 12 ft plus an additional 1'3" for the attached bar that goes through the motor mount (I don't know if that is included or not). There was ZERO free play/extra cable on the steering cable. The throttle cable on the other hand was a different matter. While still attached to the motor and run under the deck, I pulled the entire attached throttle binnacle with cable all the way midway up the front deck. It was 13'plus probably add another foot for the curve it was making to go under the deck, so about 14'-15'. Those are probably both the original cables that came with the boat. The old Merc throttle cables are still good but the steering cable was shot and the ancient steering tilt system was frozen solid. The only reason I still had it at all was so I could measure it to order a new one.