what year is my mercury

123456m

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I have looked everywhere cant find my no.589?824 the fourth number is scratched off. 35 mercury .Been setting built carb ran perfect .2 days later had dead cylinder compresion good.charging goodyou can start tinkering with it and changes.thought switch box but someone said they would either be good or bad .this comes and goes but always under load one cylinder dead no fire.any help be greatly appreciated
 

Dunaruna

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Re: what year is my mercury

I cannot find an exact year but that number is circa 1981 for all mercs.

It is an exact match for a 1981 40 hp 2cyl.
 
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