year of mercs

[finger]

ive tried finding the year of my 2 older mercs but i cannot locate them..

any help would be appreciated.

4hp - 3168606

9.8 hp - 7136223

 

[carholme]

Re: year of mercs

The 4 hp comes up as:

4 40 1-cyl 3028361 3296136 1971 USA

From here:

http://www.marinshopen.se/Motorer/O.../Mercury2takt1cyl225hp/tabid/479/Default.aspx

Parts listing:

http://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/551.cfm

The 9.8 comes up as a Canadian built engine:

9.8 1979 ML 5206550 - 5541279 7125989

From here:

http://www.maxrules.com/models/Merc_model_files/7p5-9p9.html

Parts listing:

http://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/297.cfm

Gerry