On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:38:42 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


One in three failed yes. However it was not a mechanical failure - it
was an electrical failure. You yourself admitted, along with Bill,
that a stator failure is almost unheard of in any outboard engine.

Whoa! I had stator failures on two Mercs in the 1990s, a 90 hp and a 115
hp, both in their first season. Merc had some signficant stator problems
on its engines in the mid-1990s, and since then, I have read of stator
failures on all brands of outboards.

Wouldn't know Harry - I'm just reporting what I was told by some
people I trust.

Later,

Tom