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Old 11-19-2013, 10:47 AM
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Hello, I have a 1991 32' fountain, which I am trying to finish up the dash. I am trying to find an adapter to go from the old school three screw steering wheel to a modern wheel. I have ordered two adapters, one from Hardin marine and one from Livorsi. Both have been wrong. Any help will be appreciated. Below is a pic of the old wheel and a pic of the back of the new adapter. Sorry, I do not have a pic of the old wheel back.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/6z79qvc795...20dash%202.jpg
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Are you keeping the CRT unit? If so, I believe the wheel bolts to it, no adapter used there. Been several yrs ....
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No I pulled it. I found an adapter, square on one side and three bolt on the other. It got me to the point I am at now. I just ordered another adapter from gaffrig which I am hoping will be the last one. Thanks.
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you should be able to remove the steering wheel with the hub assembly as a unit and install a new hub and wheel,,,

thats all I did
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I have an older boat which has the square style of steering. I thought I had it covered through Gaffrig but it turns out the adapter is obsolete and no longer available. I now have another hub coming from Harden which is going to use the old hub adapter and go from a three screw to a six screw. Man, what a pain in the azz. Hopefully this will work. If not, I am going to have one made at my plant, should have done this last month.
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It's a sign to install hyd steering
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Originally Posted by US1 Fountain
It's a sign to install hyd steering
It is a old school mercruiser hyd assisted mechanical system. Someone else can explain how it works, but it looks like a hyd system on the drives and it works very well.
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