# 21633501 Control Cable | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Volvo Penta's standard control cables are manufactured of corrosion-resistant material with an outer sheath of HD polyethylene. They are designed following Volvo Penta's extremely stringent requirements for efficient operation with minimum play, and are permanently lubricated to ensure minimum friction and long service life. This is the 30 ft (9.14 m) length.

## 🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta D11B3-A MP
-   Volvo Penta D11B4-A MP

-   **Engine Family:** D

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Standard control cable, 30 ft (9.14 m)
-   1.588 kg
-   Corrosion-resistant construction with an HD polyethylene outer sheath, permanently lubricated
-   A single-engine installation takes two cables and a twin installation four
-   Supersedes 1140201
-   Listed for the D11B3-A MP and D11B4-A MP engines
-   Neighbouring lengths in the same range: 21633500 is the 29 ft and 21633502 is the 31 ft
-   Volvo Penta Control Cable, 30 ft
-   Fits Volvo Penta engine remote control systems
-   One of the range covering 5 to 50 foot (1.5 - 15 metres)
-   Length: 30 ft
-   Range: 5 to 50 foot (1.5 - 15 metres)
-   30 ft, 9.14 m
-   Corrosion-resistant material with an HD polyethylene outer sheath
-   Permanently lubricated for minimum friction and long service life
-   Length ft: 30
-   Length m: 9.14 m
-   Fits: Volvo Penta mechanical control installations

## 🔌 Function

Connects the helm control to the engine throttle, the reversing gear or the sterndrive shift mechanism, transmitting lever movement along a push-pull inner wire so the engine follows the control head.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Increasing effort needed at the control head to shift or open the throttle
-   Shift going through neutral with a clunk, or hunting for engagement
-   Slack that has to be taken up at the trunnion again a few hours after adjustment
-   Chafe marks, flattened sections or a cut outer where the cable passes a bulkhead
-   Threaded end fitting seized, bent or stripped when the adjustment is disturbed

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Work the length out before ordering: shortest practical route from control mechanism to engine or transmission connection, plus a 200 mm radius at every bend, rounding up to the next listed length - a cable must not be shortened to suit
-   The standard range runs from 5 ft (21633476) to 50 ft (21633521) in one-foot steps and the published weights do not climb cleanly with length, so order by the measured run rather than by mass
-   The low-friction Xact cable in the same 30 ft length is 21407243 if the run is long or has several bends - check the end-fitting requirement at the control head before changing range
-   These cables use the same connections as Control Cable 333, so they go straight onto a Volvo Penta engine remote control system in its place
-   The range is supplied in fixed one-foot steps from 5 to 50 foot; order the length the run actually needs rather than cutting a cable down
-   Select the exact cable length: fewer bends mean better operation and durability
-   Measure in as straight a line as possible between the control mechanism and the engine or transmission connection, and allow a radius of 200 mm for every bend, so length = A + B + 200 mm
-   If the measurement falls between two standard lengths, select the longer cable
-   The cables must not be cut to size
-   A single engine installation requires two cables and a twin installation requires four

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   21633501 → Supersedes 1140201

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   1140201 earlier number superseded by this part
-   21407243 - Volvo Penta Xact premium low-friction cable, 30ft

### Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

-   RECMAR: PRE3300C30
-   SeaStar / Teleflex: CC33030 standard 33C cable
-   SeaStar / Teleflex Xtreme: CCX63330
-   EDGE / Multiflex: 33C premium control cable, 30ft

## 📦 Condition

-   Genuine Volvo Penta part
-   Brand new
-   Supplied in original or equivalent packaging

## Details

- **Price:** 176.9 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Engine Controls
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 176.90 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 21633501 Control Cable | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Updated: 2026-10-09