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Share and share alike,,well yes and then again no. The single cylinder
models rapidly evolved. Amazingly, almost all improved design parts can be back fitted to earlier design. All are the same, but, all are different one way to put it. Between the two years there are fundamental changes in design. Within the two years there are variations in details.
In tearing down a 1941 KB3 Mercury, I damaged the crankcase, a friend had given me a 1941 Sea King less tank and magneto,,,an easy swap. A friend had a 1946 WD3 with a damaged tower. The Sea King tower was the same and worked just fine. It started, ran and pumped
like a fire engine. BUT, Kiekhaefer postwar Mercury and Wizard models began to have frustrating difference for parts swoppers,
Louis