eBay finds

3 Morse MV-2 Controls. All look pretty decent, with 2 of them being unused, and 1 still in it's original box with all hardware and instructions:

Morse MV-2 Controls

For the Brave down $300

For the Brave down another $300

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seller looks sketchy

Riley wrote: Not us.

Don’t worry, I know the secret identity of LBCB.

robdubbleu wrote: Those MV-2's should be a direct replacement for my 1976 Ski Nautique? They look like it, but would like confirmation before I pull the trigger on one. Thanks!!

Rob,
Your 76 has a MV1 but the 2 will work. What's up with your MV1?

uk1979 wrote: I thinks some are already watching 92 SN good luck

Wow, this one must be one of the very special Cypress Gardens boats equipped with an odometer!

"The odometer displays 01138"

Not many hours but it was most definitely run hard and put up wet.

Was certainly not cared for or even covered. A real shame!

8122pbrainard wrote: robdubbleu wrote: Those MV-2's should be a direct replacement for my 1976 Ski Nautique? They look like it, but would like confirmation before I pull the trigger on one. Thanks!! Rob, Your 76 has a MV1 but the 2 will work. What's up with your MV1?

Pete, to be honest there may be nothing wrong with my MV1. The boat is currently in the shop for floor, carpet, and re-gel. The Morse control is one of the few things left on it. I might go up there tomorrow and pull it off the boat so I can inspect it from the inside before I spend good money on a new one. I recall it being very stiff and a little clunky feeling but that may be no fault of the control itself. (The boat was given to me and I never used it before starting this restoration, so I never got much experience with it)

On the flip side though, part of me wants to replace it with a brand new one regardless since almost everything else on it is getting restored. I also have been reading up on the MV1 vs MV2 debate and I like the idea of added safety.

Cheap 82

robdubbleu wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: robdubbleu wrote: Those MV-2's should be a direct replacement for my 1976 Ski Nautique? They look like it, but would like confirmation before I pull the trigger on one. Thanks!! Rob, Your 76 has a MV1 but the 2 will work. What's up with your MV1? Pete, to be honest there may be nothing wrong with my MV1. The boat is currently in the shop for floor, carpet, and re-gel. The Morse control is one of the few things left on it. I might go up there tomorrow and pull it off the boat so I can inspect it from the inside before I spend good money on a new one. I recall it being very stiff and a little clunky feeling but that may be no fault of the control itself. (The boat was given to me and I never used it before starting this restoration, so I never got much experience with it) On the flip side though, part of me wants to replace it with a brand new one regardless since almost everything else on it is getting restored. I also have been reading up on the MV1 vs MV2 debate and I like the idea of added safety.

The added safety is great, especially if you are going to let kids use the boat. It's really not stupid money if you compare it to the MV-3, which IMHO is not as good of a control.

We had a very stiff MV-1 and over the course of the winter I just put a few beads of gun oil around the shaft and operated the level occasionally. By spring, it work as well as if I had taken it apart and spent all day cleaning it and putting it back together.

It’s not a big ordeal to tear down clean, and re grease and it’ll be every bit as good as new. Save the money for the new mv2 and buy new cables and it’ll be better than new. And the $12.99 for a kill switch that everybody hates and bypasses is one of the best safety devices you can have.

Consider me unconvinced of that... prevents someone from knocking it out of neutral inadvertently but that’s it..[/QUOTE]

That's the intension.

TRBenj wrote: And a full day to disassemble, clean and reassemble? Only in Maine! Lol. That’s a 45min task around these parts.

Ha, I guess you're Speedy Gonzales. Rob, pull it apart and let us know how long it takes you.

Orlando76 wrote: Tim is flat wrong. It’s an hour and a half job. 45 minutes to R an R but you spend 45 minutes looking for that ball and spring that sprung across the garage.

LOL, and only 45 minutes if you have a fairly clean garage...