Re: Elgin/West Bend lower unit questions

[jerry-ahrens]

Since Mercury Marine bought out US Marine, who bought out Chrysler, who acquired West Bend in the first place, I have found that Mercury may have some parts [that were used on Force motors] that would work. Impellers are one thing that you can find if you research it a bit. I gonna go through my 12 Elgin [West bend] this winter, and I thought I’d look at some old Chryslers or Force parts catalog’s. If you could find someone with a Mercury Marine Electronic Parts Catalog, you can look up the old Chrysler, and Force parts there. The EPC still even shows the old Mercury OB parts catalog’s, all the way back till the beginning. I’ll bet some older Chrysler parts from the 10, 15, and 20 hp range may interchange. When I work on Force motors, I can still see a lot of West Bend engineering and idea’s that have been carried over.