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Harry Krause

Jack Redington wrote:
lid wrote:
On 5 Mar 07, "rbstern" wrote:

Anybody know who manufactures the current Merc 75/90/115 four stroke
outboards?

Until this year, Mercury used Yamaha powerheads.
But this past weekend I attended a boat show and noticed major
differences in the appearance of new Mercs and Yamahas. I quizzed a
sales guy and he told me Mercury is making their own powerheads now. I
haven't checked further so take that for what it's worth (I'm normally
a little skeptical of car salesmen selling boats). But there's a
definite difference in their appearance.

Rick

Mercury and Yamaha got into a big lawsuit a couple of years ago. As I
understand it, Yamaha wnated to change the terms of the contract that
they had signed with Merc. Yamaha lost and that contract has now expired.

Capt Jack R..

Merc's mid-range four strokes used to have the same displacement
powerhead as its suppliers. Now, they're different. That was the first
clue.