PSDPlayer
09-06-2014, 07:05 PM
After spending a few days looking through google images, forum posts, and going down with pictures of this thing to the local Mercury guys. I come to the forum that pops up the most when I punch in possible ideas as to what cluster of an engine I may have here.
Ok. Buddy of mine bought a boat. He mows yards for a living. I am his mechanically inclined friend.
Boat is a 1996 Stratos. He wants to go fishing and get there fast I guess.
The engine that he was told that was on it was a 2001 225.
It is not.
The slug in the block atop the starboard cylinder makes the block a 1985 2.0L ELPTO. It has 5 bleed ports. The one missing is cylinder number 3.
What does not make sense is the rest of parts.
The Cylinder heads are "newer" 1 piece heads. (According to the local Mercury guy and I was told this is a good thing.)
The bottom half of the crankcase has a pressed in hose barb at the TOP where the upper crank seal appears to be.. A check valve at the Bottom where the lower crank seal appears to be. And 2 hose barb locations on the port side just below cylinder 2 and below cylinder 4. It also has 12 check valves. All have been removed. All have been cleaned and returned to functional.
The Carb Adapter Reed Block has Horizontal 7 Petal Reed Blocks (Or 14, 7 top with 7 bottom, however you want to call it). They are all inline and not staggered (Offset to the left and right). It has 1 small hole under the carbs for cylinders 1,3,5. It also has 6 tap spots for vacuum (1 at each cylinder on the side under the carbs. Starboard side had some brass fittings in it with 1 plastic. Port side had all plastic.
The Carbs on this also do not match the 85 ELPTO. They are WMH-2A.
It seems someone got creative and assembled something from a few other sources.
Anyone want to take a shot at this?
Ok. Buddy of mine bought a boat. He mows yards for a living. I am his mechanically inclined friend.
Boat is a 1996 Stratos. He wants to go fishing and get there fast I guess.
The engine that he was told that was on it was a 2001 225.
It is not.
The slug in the block atop the starboard cylinder makes the block a 1985 2.0L ELPTO. It has 5 bleed ports. The one missing is cylinder number 3.
What does not make sense is the rest of parts.
The Cylinder heads are "newer" 1 piece heads. (According to the local Mercury guy and I was told this is a good thing.)
The bottom half of the crankcase has a pressed in hose barb at the TOP where the upper crank seal appears to be.. A check valve at the Bottom where the lower crank seal appears to be. And 2 hose barb locations on the port side just below cylinder 2 and below cylinder 4. It also has 12 check valves. All have been removed. All have been cleaned and returned to functional.
The Carb Adapter Reed Block has Horizontal 7 Petal Reed Blocks (Or 14, 7 top with 7 bottom, however you want to call it). They are all inline and not staggered (Offset to the left and right). It has 1 small hole under the carbs for cylinders 1,3,5. It also has 6 tap spots for vacuum (1 at each cylinder on the side under the carbs. Starboard side had some brass fittings in it with 1 plastic. Port side had all plastic.
The Carbs on this also do not match the 85 ELPTO. They are WMH-2A.
It seems someone got creative and assembled something from a few other sources.
Anyone want to take a shot at this?