[goodhope]

Identifying your Mercury outboard motor can be challenging, particularly if your motor was built prior to March of 2001. If your motor was built after March 2001, the identification is significantly easier since there's only been one change in the method of developing model codes for new products, and that change--adding a consumer-readable date to the information on the motor--makes it less difficult to identify the latest versions of Mercury outboard engines instead of just depending on the logo on the engine cover.

[heraldtravis77]

Look to see if there's a date stamped above the serial number. If so, then the second-to-last position in the model code now represents the production era. There is no longer a model year on Mercury engines, and the model code will no longer be updated every 12 months. Mercury will update the model code only when significant changes occur. here

[nimnul]

Read the plate on the transom bracket of the motor plate with the words, "Mercury Marine," prominently featured at the top. Also on this plate you'll see a model code if the motor was built before September 2006. Before that date, the second-to-last letter in the code was used to identify the model year, and the code was automatically updated every 12 months. A plate stamped with the model code "1-225V23DD" is a Mercury 225XL (the "225" in the code) Verado (the "V" in the code), and the "D" in the second-to-last position is "2005," the fourth year following the March 2001 return to production following Mercury's October 2000 Chapter 11-related closure. (See Reference 1)

[jb55]

A Fun Old Porcelain Sign and Ancient Tools

[morpheus]

NOTE: Mercury DOES NOT Use Model Years For Parts Lookup. This Chart Is For
Reference Only, Since Many Aftermarket Parts Manufacturers DO List Parts By Year

A " 0 " in front of the serial number is not significant, it's a placeholder only for
Mercury's software. So if your serial number is " 0 1234567 " you would use only
the " 1234567 " part of it when looking at the chart below here

[Madoff]

Wondering
"Where-'n-'Ell"
to get great parts for your outboard?

[KanyT]

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SUPPLY THE SERIAL NUMBER when checking parts for Mercury-Mariner motors!! ONLY THE SERIAL NUMBER matters for parts lookup; no model years are used.
Years are a convenience only, where referenced in the listings, as a rough guide.
WE CAN NOT BE SURE TO GET YOU THE CORRECT PARTS WITHOUT THE SERIAL NUMBER more

[octopus]

Cooling System Repair Parts
mercury - u.s. mariner [links]

[fellowtraveler]

PISTONS
(Pistons Include Rings & Wristpins)

[InterArmaEnimSil]

Just For Fun: 200 HP MERC REBUILD
bill tackles a V6 overhaul! more