60hp mercury outboard motor serial number not found

kwf

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On my 60 hp mercury motor I found a id plate that has a serial number 6462436. I tried looking up the serial number but mercury says the serial number cant be found. How else can I identify this motor? It has 3 spark plugs. Im a novice as an outboard motor mech. So and help will be greatly appreciated!
 

Vic.S

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well I make it a 1984 model from the model number lists on Brunswick Marine's website

numbers for 1984 60 hp run from 6428681 to 6609650

Confirmed here
http://www.autorepairmanuals.biz/page/599222

and other lists in Don.S's sticky
 
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kwf

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Thanks to Vic. S I have pretty much determined that my mercury 3 cyl. 60 hp motor is a 1984 model. Now on to the next step. My boat is a 1971 SportsCraft-Sportsman, 24 ft., it does not have a tilt and trim, I would like to install a tilt and trim kit but as I'm searching the internet, all I can find is tilt and trim replacement motors, I need the whole tilt and trim installation kit. My other question is, how difficult is it to install a tilt and trim on a boat ? And how costly?
 
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