Most all the US outboard companies are working with Japanese companies for
their 4 strokes.

Thanks for the heads up. It might be easier to get the Mercury serviced?

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Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:56:55 GMT, "Bill Kiene"
wrote:

Mercury has just released a new lighter 9.9hp - 4 stroke.

It is 84 pounds. It has a handle for carrying too.

There are waterways all over the globe that have a 10hp max. There are
lots
of lakes in BC, Canada with this restriction.

Nissan has a very light 9.9 4-stroke, so I
looked it up and compared it to the Merc.
They're the same engine. Much of Mercury's
4-stroke line - at least the power heads -
are from Yamaha, I believe.