TRRANGER Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 Wrench, I am aware of your feelings on Mercury engines. But I am looking for a used 175 / 200 Mercury motor. I have an 87 Mercury now that has run flawlessly till today, and she has decided to have a catastrophic failure. 1987 to 2000 is the general vintage I am trying to find. I am willing to look at salvage yards if you know of any or complete boat that might have good motor. Any help greatly appreciated. Any other forum member that might be in the know on this your help would be appreciated as well.
fishinwrench Posted March 6, 2022 Posted March 6, 2022 3 hours ago, TRRANGER said: Wrench, I am aware of your feelings on Mercury engines. I don't mind them if you don't 🙂 I just won't claim to love them just because others do. I don't know of anything in that HP range and vintage that is available right now..... but one could fall out of the sky tomorrow. If it does I'll let you know.
Dutch Posted March 6, 2022 Posted March 6, 2022 You might find one at a boat dealership. We always had a few around.
grizwilson Posted March 6, 2022 Posted March 6, 2022 16 hours ago, TRRANGER said: Wrench, I am aware of your feelings on Mercury engines. But I am looking for a used 175 / 200 Mercury motor. I have an 87 Mercury now that has run flawlessly till today, and she has decided to have a catastrophic failure. 1987 to 2000 is the general vintage I am trying to find. I am willing to look at salvage yards if you know of any or complete boat that might have good motor. Any help greatly appreciated. Any other forum member that might be in the know on this your help would be appreciated as well. I may have a line on a 06 225 $7,500 if that is of any interest seems a bit high to me. Just curious had you disabled the oil injection system? “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein
TRRANGER Posted March 6, 2022 Author Posted March 6, 2022 Thank you for info. All help is appreciated and any lead will be checked in. Thanks guys
TRRANGER Posted March 6, 2022 Author Posted March 6, 2022 14 hours ago, fishinwrench said: I don't mind them if you don't 🙂 I just won't claim to love them just because others do. I don't know of anything in that HP range and vintage that is available right now..... but one could fall out of the sky tomorrow. If it does I'll let you know. Just hope it lands softly, Yamaha is an option as well. fishinwrench 1
TRRANGER Posted March 9, 2022 Author Posted March 9, 2022 Thank you guys for the searching and leads, found after some investigation the failure was not as catastrophic as initially thought. All cylinders had even compression but found the main shaft bearing seized and a cracked lower unit case. Still bad but better than 5 to 7 grand. grizwilson and gotmuddy 2
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