Millions of SBC have been made over decades with a huge customer base. Racing,recreational,industrial,boats,SUV,trucks,cars etc. that put demands on parts, and upgrades. Aftermarket companies dedicate huge resources to making sbc parts, and cross references/interchanges etc. Also the abundant...
Not a chance they will make parts NLA. All these companies and their planned obsolescence. They don't care about parts/maintenance after sales. It's all about Market share, and volume sales of new engines.
Unfortunately the transom serial # isn't registred. Any chance you have the engine drive, or engine serial numbers?
TRN: 0D646810 6020000ES MERCRUISER BRAVO I/II
standard sparkplug is BUHW suppressor/resistor plug Buzhw
Falls right on a change up year to bp8hn-10 I would double check with a serial # For some reason it won't let me attach a chart.
90-976583
You can order them online through different sites. Also it never hurts to check with your local Mercury dealers to see if they have any well used manuals they would sell you for cheaper.
I don't know the exact specifics but, starting approx. 1999 ingredients in pressure treated lumber were changed up to be more environmentally friendly. This started causing problems with corrosion in Lund transoms. The copper in the PL was causing a chemical reaction with the aluminum transom...