Ok I am confused? What is it that I have?

tallcar

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Ok, made a deal for what I was told is a 1995 Mercury outboard.

Now the fun,

Serial number: OC132570 Not sure if first number is Ohh or a zero.

Now I do not see that come up in any list I have found showing it being a 95 motor, now for the fun, the front cowling has a plate that states it is a 45 hp Mercury, but under the power head it reads "Classic Fifty"

help.

Thanks

Oh, I am told this needs l/u looked into and a base gasket so simple fix, but got to know the year.
 

dlplost

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Re: Ok I am confused? What is it that I have?

0C132570 comes up as a 1989 3cylinder 50hp. Ignore the leading "0".
back in the mid 80's merc changed the way they rated the HP, originally it was rated at the output shaft on the power head (50hp), they changed it to rate it at the prop..(45hp), then called it a 45hp "Classic 50"

Here's the ref i use:
http://www.maxrules.com/modelindex.html
 

tallcar

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Re: Ok I am confused? What is it that I have?

Thanks so much, I went to verify what I believed to be true that it is in fact a 4 cylinder, so I would like to thanks you both for assisting me with the identification of this motor.

regards

Richard
 
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