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04-29-2019, 07:23 PM #1Member
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Mercury s/n ?????
Can I tell what Mercury block I have by the numbers in the plug on top of the block?
It has a big "W" and then B291874
only ones I can find ..
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04-29-2019, 08:09 PM #2
Mercury 200 xl 1987 2.4l
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04-29-2019, 08:19 PM #3Member
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04-29-2019, 09:53 PM #4Member
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05-01-2019, 06:47 PM #5
Sure looks like a legit bp
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05-02-2019, 11:55 AM #65000 RPM
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On the Race part catalogue
0B290... is starting serial number for a model for the 2.4 EFI
So it is possible to be a legit motor.
Mercury's serial numbers are consecutive of what they produced, but their production line could switch backwards and forwards between models quite randomly.
I do not know of a public site where, we the dealers can look up exactly what a serial number, was model wise.
It probably exists somewhere, but I have never come across it
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05-02-2019, 03:11 PM #7
After looking it up its sayin 88 2.4 200 carbed motor ? Weird
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05-03-2019, 01:03 AM #85000 RPM
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The look up charts only really tell you the year
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05-03-2019, 05:59 AM #9
I ran the serial number thru Mercnet since we are a Mercury dealer
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05-03-2019, 06:28 AM #10
200 1988 xl b241881 - c100861 Bud Conner "Heathen" "Defending Our Constitution"
FOR ALL ENGINE APPLICATIONS
DRY Film Lubricant for Piston Skirts & Cranks + Thermal Barrier Ceramic Coatings for Piston Tops, Combustion Chambers, Valves etc !!
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05-03-2019, 07:32 AM #11
hp efi "oval port"...…… justa naked 200 block from hi perf.
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05-03-2019, 09:34 AM #125000 RPM
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They did not make 60 000 odd 200 XL motors in 1988.
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05-03-2019, 09:58 AM #13
don't know 60,000 but do know they built both bp and op (unpainted production block, usually identified, but like merc does, not always with a "200" stamped in one of tha welsh plugs) hi perf in carb and efi in '87/'88….. not an "odd" motor..
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05-03-2019, 10:09 AM #14The Historic Photo Master
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05-03-2019, 10:17 AM #15
what makes it "unique" number comes up as a "production" number (in lieu of a "hi perf" designation) which most 200 "hi perf op's " will ina normal hunt... tha "naked block" but a "production number" is tha dead giveaway...
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