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What year is my Mercury Mariner?

What year is my Mercury Mariner?

Locate the serial number plate by looking on your motor’s transom bracket; the plate will have “Mercury Marine” written on the top. The serial number is the top number on the plate. The number directly beneath this is the year it was manufactured.

How do you read a Mercruiser serial number?

Mercruiser sterndrive engine serial numbers are formatted as follows—0W555555. The first character is the number 0, not the capital letter O. Serial numbers that do not follow this format, rather have seven numerical digits, were manufactured before 1980.

How do you read a Johnson outboard serial number?

The number to the far right is the model run or suffix. The next two letters to the left are the part of the code that determine the year. Johnson Evinrude uses a simple code if the outboard is a 1980 to the present model.

When did Mariner stop making outboards?

1999
In 1999, the decision was reached to end Mariner sales in the U.S. but to continue distribution internationally in markets where it remains popular. In the U.S., loyal Mariner owners were downhearted.

Where to find the serial number on a Mercury outboard?

You can find your Mercury outboard serial number and model number on an ID tag on the mounting bracket, or in some cases on an engine block freeze plug. See below for a Model Number Description Guide and Serial Number to Year chart. Extra long shaft (25″/635mm) driveshaft housing.

What’s the model year of a 1997 Mercury outboard?

Mercury did not publish model year information for 1997 & newer outboards. The year is now normally noted on the serial number sticker. NOTE: Mercury DOES NOT Use Model Years For Parts Lookup. This Chart Is For Mercury’s software. So if your serial number is “01234567” you would use only

Do you need a model year for a Mercury?

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.

When does a Mercury outboard engine come out?

To confuse matters further, Mercury has been known to change the design of a particular engine mid-way through a year. So a part that fits a specific Mercury outboard model manufactured in February of a given year may not fit the same model manufactured in October of that same year.