What Year is this Mercury?

**WillySteve** · 10-07-2017, 01:44 PM

Sum'a you old hands may remember, I'm guessing mid 60's?
I can't find anything on it that resembles a serial number so in the dark as to where to start looking for some parts!

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**FUJIMO** · 10-07-2017, 05:38 PM

,,,Model year 1968 6 horsepower. Great running engine in their day.

**FUJIMO** · 10-07-2017, 05:39 PM

**ghost28** · 10-07-2017, 06:29 PM

Such a cool old motor

**Capt.Insane-o** · 10-07-2017, 07:12 PM

You're not going too get anywhere fast.... But those are the best putting motors made.

**Bodhi** · 10-07-2017, 10:10 PM

Very cool indeed

**WillySteve** · 10-08-2017, 08:18 AM

Looks like a seal will fix it!! when It came in the complaint was that it would die sometimes and not restart. Sometimes hard starting and sometimes not start!

Found a small gas leak where the arrow's pointing, all else checks out good. It would only leak when I pumped the bulb really tight!!!!

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**Capt.Insane-o** · 10-08-2017, 07:58 PM

part number is 1399-99. those motors have to have a new impeller every year too.

**22R** · 10-09-2017, 10:54 AM

I have a 68 9.8 that looks just like it. Runs like a clock.

22R

**WillySteve** · 10-09-2017, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o

part number is 1399-99. those motors have to have a new impeller every year too.

Is this number for the seal or what? 1399-99 is not listed at Pro M?

**Capt.Insane-o** · 10-09-2017, 01:02 PM

Float bowl cover gasket

**Capt.Insane-o** · 10-09-2017, 01:03 PM

That motor is a 68

**bearclaw** · 10-09-2017, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o

That motor is a 68

Yep (according to the decals, anyway). When I was a kid, a buddy had a '67 on a Meyers 12' tin can. It would easily plane the two of us (good ol' Carl, always underrated them

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7.2 cu. in. twin, with itty bitty pistons! Even as a kid, I was always amazed that you could barely tell it was running at idle. I currently have a '66 in the garage, but I always thought the '68's had the coolest decals. 1968 was a recession year, so there seem to be the fewest produced and available these days. That's back when you bought a durable piece of equipment and expected to last forever and not wear out before its time. And taken care of, they did.

If you no longer have a serial plate on the undercarriage, you may find the serial also stamped on an flat spot on top of the upper cylinder.