Motor swap from 40 horse to 88 horse

[onapontoon]

I am brand new on here and only have 1 year of boating under my belt so please be patient, I have a 24 foot pontoon with a great running 1986 40 horse Evinrude VRO, I got a great deal on a 1988 88 horse Evinrude that also runs great, is there any tips on what I may run into to swap these motors out? Thank you for any help
Dave

[boats.net]

It should be a easy swap controls and harness should connect to it.

[onapontoon]

thank you I have not been able to get them side by side but everything looks identical

[onapontoon]

you were correct, less than 2 hours and back in the water