How do you find out what year my outboard is?

How do you find out what year my outboard is?

The serial number can help you determine the year of your engine. Your serial number or model number can be found on the engine’s mid-section. Often this plate is also marked with the engine’s year too.

Do outboard motors have serial numbers?

Outboard boat engines, much like automobiles, have serial numbers assigned to them after production. Each engine maker uses a different placement point for these numbers and also use a different code to interpret the alpha-numeric cipher. This is the boat engine’s serial number.

Where is boat motor serial number?

Transom Plates: The serial number tag is located on the inner transon plate inside the boat; or, on the upper swivel pin. Outboard motors, have serial numbers assigned to them after production.

Where is the model number on a Mercury outboard motor?

The sequence of letters and numbers (or just numbers) at the top of the identification tag or instruction plate is your Mercury outboard’s serial number. On newer Mercury outboards, the tag or plate will also show the motor’s year of manufacture below the serial number.

Where can I find my Mercury outboard serial number?

For Mercury outboard engines 8hp and higher, your engine serial number (ESN) tag can be found halfway down the transom assembly on the right (starboard) side, just below the engine’s powerhead. For engines 6hp and lower, you can find your Mercury outboard serial number on the top of the swivel bracket.

Where is the serial number on Mercury outboard?

For Mercury Outboard, your serial number will be located on a rectangular tag on the starboard (right) side of your motor on the transom mount. In engines 8HP and higher, the ESN is on starboard (right) side – halfway down the transom assembly, just below the engine’s powerhead.

Where can I find the serial number on a Mercury outboard?

Where’s the serial number on a Mercury outboard?

What Year Did Mercury start making 4 stroke outboards?

When the phased-in environmental regulations on marine engines took effect in 1996, Mercury was able to meet the new requirements with a complete four-stroke outboard line, complemented by its first-to-market, low-emissions, direct-injection two-stroke OptiMax technology.

What year is my Mercury outboard motor?

If the model year doesn’t appear on yours, the serial number, also located on this plate, is the key. If your Mercury outboard is a 2006 model, or newer, you can use the online Mercury Parts Catalog to look up the model year. Enter the engine’s serial number in the block provided and you get the engine’s model year and a comprehensive parts list.

How do I find out what year my mercury boat is?

The Serial Number If your Mercury outboard is a 2006 model, or newer, you can use the online Mercury Parts Catalog to look up the model year. Enter the engine’s serial number in the block provided and you get the engine’s model year and a comprehensive parts list.

Does mercmercury use model years for parts?

Mercury has never really used model years for much of anything other than “sales tools” in dealerships. We WILL need your serial number to look up correct parts.

How to find the model year of a 1997 Mercury Motor?

There is no way to find the model year of motors with significantly higher serial numbers than listed in these guides. There is NO serial-to-year cross-reference chart for 1997 and later motors. Mercury has never really used model years for much of anything other than “sales tools” in dealerships.