"colisa" wrote in message
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We have recently become the owners of a Bass Tracker Pro Team 17 with
a Mercury Marine Tracker 40 HP 4 cyl outboard...

I need help finding the engine serial number.

I took pictures and put it in a blog, figuring it would be easier than
trying to explain that dohickey or whachamacallit:

http://colisasworld.blogspot.com/200...ding-boat.html

can anybody here help me?


Thanks,
Colisa
I would think that since the engine is labeled "Tracker" that it is the
original engine and the same year as the boat. The rest of the info
contained in the sandscript of an outboard serial number is things like hp,
steering (wheel/tiller) and elecrtical (whether it has an alternator and
starter motor).
Armed with this knowledge, you should be able to order parts at a decent
parts house.
Might also try to find someone else with the same model/year boat and get
thier serial number to use for parts.
MMC