Paging Elvin....help!

buckeye_sean

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I would send you a PM, but it appears you don't have that option enabled.

If you recall my previous thread about my Merc. 9.9...(Nissan)
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=237368

OK, I have been all over looking for a waterpump kit and actually ended up ordering it from a huge Merc. dealer up by Lake Erie a few weeks ago. I called to check on my order today and they said all these kits are back-ordered till April 17th and there are none available anywhere in the USA. On top of that even though it says April 17th there is apparantly no guarantee. So in a worst case scenario, these could be back ordered for months...some kind of parts supply problem I guess.

Elvin, I would have gladly ordered the kit from you if I could be sure it was the same thing. I have been told gear case parts are often different. Is there any way you could provide me a link to an actual picture of what this kit looks like? (In addition to the impeller etc. I also would need the housing and cup if that helps.)

I want to thank you in advance for anything you can do, and I realize there aren't always pictures available even to folks like you. So I'm not holding you to anything.

I just can't believe for a motor this new from a dealer like Mercury there aren't any water pump kits available. I could understand if it were a head or something like that....but a water pump kit???

Again, thanks for any help you can offer. You're an asset to this board.
 

TOHATSU GURU

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Re: Paging Elvin....help!

We snapped an image of that one and put it up on our website. You can now download free parts books directly from our website too. Just look at one for our 4-stroke 9.8 to see if the parts look the same. The only difference should be the upper motor cover and the Tohatsu positive front shift handle system.
 

buckeye_sean

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Re: Paging Elvin....help!

Update....

Elvin, thank you so much for that link. FWIW, yes those parts look identical to my merc parts. So if anyone else is in my boat (no pun intended) these parts should work if you have one of the later 8hp or 9.9hp 4 strokes. Only reason I didn't buy it is because it looks like it is lacking the housing which I needed.

NOTE: AFter an exhaustive search, I did manage to find a complete water pump kit at West Marine - they only had 3 in stock, so now they're down to 2. Only way to find them was to enter the exact mercury part # on their website. It doesn't show up even for their CSR's when searching model # etc. You MUST have the impeller kit part #. If anyone needs it, PM me.
 
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