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May 8, 2018 at 10:08 pm
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I’m a Merc fan, but save yourself some grief and $$ and get a later 50’s Johnson/Evinrude 18. They are quite common but there are really nice color combinations. They use the Universal magneto so the parts are common and cheap (compared to Merc). No surprise special tools needed. Water pump parts are cheaper, easier to find, less chance for a bad lower unit (Merc didn’t use stainless back then). If you like the Johnson/Evinrude, you can venture of into Mercury land in the future. YMMV