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| 1999 Mercury 50hp, 3 cyl, 2-Stroke - ... |
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David Cracknell
Member
Username: stromzilla
Post Number: 38
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 10:10 am: | 
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Why does Mercury have to use a marking system that fades over time? The number appears to be 6905214. Does that sound right? There also appears to be digit before the 6 but it looks like a zero. I need to order parts but with the Merc system I must know the serial number. |
Graham Lamb
Senior Member
Username: galamb
Post Number: 5637
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11:46 am: |
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David, I suspect that "6" is actually a "G" as in 0G905214 which would make it a 1999, 50 horse.
That production number (serial) is also stamped into a welsh plug somewhere on the powerhead. So it can be found even if the sticker is totally missing. |
David Cracknell
Member
Username: stromzilla
Post Number: 39
Registered: 06-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 02:32 pm: |
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Graham - Thank you. I went out and checked the number again using an eye-glass and it is a "G" and not a 6. However, it appears to be G905244, not 214. Is that still make sense for a 1999 50 HP? |
Graham Lamb
Senior Member
Username: galamb
Post Number: 5651
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 10:51 pm: |
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Yep, still a 1999 model - production range was up to 0G995099.
The number itself has no information encoded and the the next serial number up from yours was not necessarily on another 50 horse.
Merc assigned a (chunk) of numbers to the factory during 1999 for the total run of motors. So if they were say building 100, 50 horse motors at a shot, and the next 100 motors they built were 90 horse models, the next serial after yours could be on a 90 horse....
As the years pass and the tag fades to unreadable often the only easy way to tell the horsepower is by the numbers on the cowl or the casting numbers on the carb(s)... |
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