What year is my mariner 40 2 stroke

[plumbershands]

only number i can find appart

only number i can find appart from yammaha nos is 0004858 on a silver disc / core plug kind of thing am in need of a recoil starter unit and external throttle arm and tiller arm and cables amongst a few othe parts any help gratefullly received

 

[galamb]

"If you have Yami numbers 676,

"If you have Yami numbers 676, then it's a 1979 "B" model, or 6E9 would make it a 1984 "C" model.

If it's a C you may find parts easily. Depends what you have there..."