Anyone know where I can find one of these?

[TitanTea]

This is a mercury tilt kill switch for my Mercury Thunderbolt ignition 500 50 h.p. circa 1976.... I need to buy a new one...

 

[TitanTea]

Re: Anyone know where I can find one of these?

Anyone? Anything good or bad?

 

[j_martin]

Re: Anyone know where I can find one of these?

I would query eBay for parts for that motor, be it stator, magneto, or whatever. Use the query to track down one of the boat motor graveyards around the country.

Does it make or break when it's tilted? Thought is that a more modern tilt switch could be made to work. V6 merc, for instance, has one that shorts when tilted. Then again, it could be mounted at a different angle.

hope it helps
John

 

[emckelvy]

Re: Anyone know where I can find one of these?

If you have any kind of scrapyard in your area where they dispose of metal, old outboards, etc, you can find one of these on many of the old Mercs you come across.

Failing that, note your motor's Ser. # and look up the part number here:

http://www.mercruiserparts.com/SelectModelType3.asp?class_id=2


Here's a typical example:

http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show...2.png&inbr=437&bnbr=2&bdesc=TOP+COWL+ASSEMBLY


P/N: 58124A8 SWITCH ASSEMBLY, MERCURY LATER MODELS Previous P/N: 33385A8

Note this part is NLA (No Longer Available). However, your local Merc dlr might have some old stock left on the shelf; likely a very slow-moving part.

Or check with these guys, they have lots of old parts kicking around:

www.sea-way.com/ (206) 937-7373.

HTH..........ed

 

[mjp]

Re: Anyone know where I can find one of these?

Try partman.com. I just got a part from them.
Mike