1996 Mercury 40 HP. what to be aware of?

iamsaws

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I am going to restoring my grandfathers boat soon. You can see that thread here.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=581918

It has an lightly used 1997 oil injected Mercury 40 HP on it. Starts and runs great, has good flow from the impeller.

It's on a 18 foot starcraft, gramps only used the boat to putt up to his spot on the lake.

It does actually get the boat on plane fairly easy with 2 people in it. For now I will deal with the
slightly under powered motor for the boat.

Does anyone have info about this motor? good, bad ? Is the oil injection reliable? I have the manuel will need to sit down and read it.

thanks!
 

iamsaws

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Re: 1996 Mercury 40 HP. what to be aware of?

thanks!

The motor is actually a 1997.

Does anyone have or know where I can get tilt and trim for this motor?

thanks!
 
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