Mercury V135 Black Max Questions

TyeeMan

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Hey everybody,

I was loooking at a boat last night with my sister and brother in-law, the boat is for them. I have a couple questions I was wondering if somebody could help me out with.

The boat is a 1990, I'm wondering if the motor is a 1990 as well. Here is the serial #OC240001. Can one tell the year of the motor by this serial number?

Also, I'm not that familier with Mercs, always have been an OMC guy until I got into IO's. Is there any major issues with these motors, or are they pretty bomb proof? This particular one looks and runs like a milion bucks.

Is this motor a steel sleeve motor or a chrome cylinder motor?

Thanks for your help!
 

Chris1956

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Re: Mercury V135 Black Max Questions

Maxrules says it is a 1990 motor.
 

Chris1956

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Re: Mercury V135 Black Max Questions

Motor is a good, proven design. Heck, IMO OMC copied it's design when they built their 60* V6 motors.
 

TyeeMan

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Re: Mercury V135 Black Max Questions

Thanks Chris1956, I appreciate it!

Any other comments are welcome if anybody wants to weigh in.

Thanks again
 
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