I Have Serial # But No Cowling (Cannot Find Year Or HP)

[bobgritz]

I have a 70's/80's Mercury with no cowling nor any markings indicating HP. The id plate indicates their typical 7 digit serial number but using their secret codes it could fall between the range of 1001 different motors.

It seems infantile to cross reference carb numbers or other miscellaneous engine parts to narrow my search and it seems doubly unprofessional if this is Merc's only method of attributing my serial number directly to a specific model and year.

I assume dealer's references are capable of determining specific year built and hp but is there a reference (on-line) that we plebes can access for this info.

 

[aussieflash]

Re: I Have Serial # But No Cowling (Cannot Find Year Or HP)

Post serial #.How many cylinders.

 

[bobgritz]

Re: I Have Serial # But No Cowling (Cannot Find Year Or HP)

... I appreciate you jumping in to help but "but is there a reference (on-line) that we plebes can access for this info". What's the secret ... why are Mercury specs so difficult to obtain???

 

[carholme]

Re: I Have Serial # But No Cowling (Cannot Find Year Or HP)

Well if you are not going to post the s/n, try this:

http://www.marinshopen.se/Motorer/Modellguide/tabid/440/Default.aspx

Gerry

 

[bobgritz]

Re: I Have Serial # But No Cowling (Cannot Find Year Or HP)

Gerry ... thank you so very much! I just hate asking for the same thing over and over and not being able to get the info myself. It turns out that it's a 1970/2 cyl, now I need to try and find a cowling for it. Thanks again for the link.