hi all,
i thought it might be a good time to tell everyone where the parts have been coming from. as you can see from roger's posting and mine some of the parts are history. i think i'm going to make a lamp out of my crank. here's the break down so far:
needle bearings for crank and piston: mercury, yes they still make them and they are not too bad as far as cost. .17 per for thre crank bearings and .15 for the piston. my merc dealer gave me a discount since i bought a bunch.
roller bearings: napa auto, yup the auto store. they even had the upper and lower crank bearings on the shelf. be sure to ask them if they can do better on the price. they will.
seals: napa again.
rods: ebay has several sellers who sell parts all the time. you can send them a message on one of the parts they are selling and they will respond. the rods come from gunter marine sales in ft worth texas. i bought several things from him and he's a great guy.
crank shaft: gunter marine. like mark75h saod there are a lot of d cranks out there.
the no longer avaivable parts from mercury: call the dealer and have them send you a list of which dealers still have these parts. they are drying up though.
pistons: richard ollhoff. great guy!!!!! his number has been posted on this thread by paul.
gen 3 stacks: richard ollhoff again.
hiope this is of some hellp to those thinking about jumping into a project like this. come on in, the waters fine!!!!
now back to polishing!!!!
frank
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