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Old 08-27-2019, 08:00 PM   #1
richard crow
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Default 8ba mercury flathead

is there any way of telling if an 8ba flathead is a mercury eng with out taking it apart
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Old 08-27-2019, 08:10 PM   #2
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Default Re: 8ba mercury flathead

Pull the pan and look at the crank plugs maybe. Or if pan's off I guess you could check stroke. Or check stroke with a head off.
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Old 08-27-2019, 08:23 PM   #3
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Dang, I said all this and then saw same thing down below.
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Old 08-27-2019, 08:46 PM   #4
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See my post in Richard Crow's previous thread on this. There a few more possible indicators.
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