australian serial chart?

[dodl]

Hello,<br /><br />Finally, i think i found the serial number of Mercury 500.<br /><br />There IS a place at the block where the following is stamped in:<br /><br />"full jeweled super thunderbolt H" "831-1739"<br /><br />Is the 831-1739 the serial?? If it is, i can't find it in any chart. Some postings here suggest, this could be an australian serial. Are there charts for australian models?<br /><br />Here is a picture too....<br /><br />

<br /><br />many thanks<br />martin

 

[andrewkafp]

Re: australian serial chart?

Australian S/Ns do start with 8* , but your 831* doesn't match that motor. Mine is 8055* Aust and it's a 50 (Not 500) about '81.<br /> http://www.myfishingpictures.com/watermark.php?file=527/1413DSCN1292-med.jpg <br />Your's is pre 1978 by the band colours and looks like a 1972-74. The S/N should be found on the bracket, but brackets and plates can be replaced.<br />Haven't found an Aussie Chart.. And I live there.

 

[bubbakat]

Re: australian serial chart?

By the markings it is just like mine which is a 1972 50 h/p merc 500

 

[andrewkafp]

Re: australian serial chart?

This is a 72.. Looks the same except the "Mercury" text slopes the other way.<br /> http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/008149.jpg

 

[dodl]

Re: australian serial chart?

Hmm, but your motor looks different...<br />Mine is kinda "rounder"...<br /><br />

<br /><br />but many thanks!<br /><br />I found another number <br />144035652<br />Could this be a serial? One digit too much, right?<br /><br />cu<br />martin

 

[andrewkafp]

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Thats because it's a bigger motor and they had different types of covers for the different HP's<br />My motor is this one<br /> http://www.myfishingpictures.com/watermark.php?file=527/1413DSCN1292-med.jpg and is "Rounder" like yours coz it's a 50. That 1* number doesn't line up with anything.Reckon it would start with a 3* and have 7 digits.<br />Try an image search on the web for 73 merc or 72 merc and see what surfaces.

 

[bubbakat]

Re: australian serial chart?

I'll snap some pics tommorrow and get them up and you can compare with mine

 

[andrewkafp]

Re: australian serial chart?

Bubbacat.<br />I have no doubt that you are right. Nobody knows your motor like the you. I know every inch of mine and can spot the same year anywhere.From '72 through to '74 they look alike, but a without that S/N you can only go by the blue bands on the wrapper and the bottom cowling.