"I just bought a used 20hp mer
"I just bought a used 20hp merc. Ser#2188389 Stamped on the mounting area of the motor,(not like the picture on the website showing the tag on the side of the motor).
Not sure what year it is since the numbers seem to be less than the starting numbers for 1969 and greater than the ending numbers for '68. Any insight to what year it really is?
I ordered a manual for years '65-'89 but if anyone can tell me what the mix ratio is and what is the best oil to use, before the manual gets here that would be nice.
As a note, I did ask the previous owner what the mix was but he would only mumble something about using 3 quarters of a cup of oil to 5 gals and was going to look see if he could find the cup he used, but he kept wandering off into other things to say and it was starting to get dark....etc. Also does it make a difference whether you use premium or regular?
I haven't yet had the opportunity to run it on the water (won't until I get a gas mix..) but had it run by the seller and it started OK and idled fine, and it shifted into both forward and reverse OK. Noticed the prop has been filed a bit on two of the blades and it appears to be a tad irregular visually. Any recommendations as to whether the prop is going to cause any bad vibration?
So, I need a year
Gas mixture ratio
and insight on prop problems."
"I just bought a used 20hp merc. Ser#2188389 Stamped on the mounting area of the motor,(not like the picture on the website showing the tag on the side of the motor).
Not sure what year it is since the numbers seem to be less than the starting numbers for 1969 and greater than the ending numbers for '68. Any insight to what year it really is?
I ordered a manual for years '65-'89 but if anyone can tell me what the mix ratio is and what is the best oil to use, before the manual gets here that would be nice.
As a note, I did ask the previous owner what the mix was but he would only mumble something about using 3 quarters of a cup of oil to 5 gals and was going to look see if he could find the cup he used, but he kept wandering off into other things to say and it was starting to get dark....etc. Also does it make a difference whether you use premium or regular?
I haven't yet had the opportunity to run it on the water (won't until I get a gas mix..) but had it run by the seller and it started OK and idled fine, and it shifted into both forward and reverse OK. Noticed the prop has been filed a bit on two of the blades and it appears to be a tad irregular visually. Any recommendations as to whether the prop is going to cause any bad vibration?
So, I need a year
Gas mixture ratio
and insight on prop problems."