Outboard Spares Yamaha Outboard Model Year Identification Details needed for ordering outboard spares parts
Here you can find Honda outboard parts for your engine arranged by horsepower and by serial number. Once you identify your motor, you can use the exploded Honda outboard parts diagrams. When you click the diagrams, you can identify the parts you need and you can also see how the parts fit together in your engine. Locate the serial number plate by looking on your motor's transom bracket; the plate will have 'Mercury Marine' written on the top. The serial number is the top number on the plate. The number directly beneath this is the year it was manufactured. If the year is not readable, proceed to Step 3. You are here: Home > Boat Motor Model Year Lookup > Honda Honda Outboard Model Year Look-up Guide Find the model year code in your model number and determine the year using the key below. Identify the Year of a Mercury Mariner Outboard Engine. Compare the serial number on your outboard to the numbers on the chart and find the two serial numbers between which your serial number lies. The year your outboard was manufactured will be the year displayed with the lower of the two numbers.
On the Serial Number Plate on most Yamaha Outboards it will be in this format 6E9-L-675634
The L in the example can be as follows
S - Short 15inch
L - Long 20inch
X - Extra Long 25inch
U - Ultra Long 30inch
L - Long 20inch
X - Extra Long 25inch
U - Ultra Long 30inch
The Prefix is determined by the model of engine
The six numbers are your unique Serial Number.
In the bottom right of this plate, sometimes hardly visible there is a letter stamped, if you compare this letter with thel ist below this will give you the year of the engine, some letters are duplicated such as N but a little common sense will tell you if your engine stamped N is a 1984 N or a 2005 N
N - 2005
Honda Outboard Motor Serial Number Lookup
P - 2004
Q - 2003
R - 2002
S - 2001
T - 2000
Honda Outboard Lookup By Serial Number
U - 1999
V - 1998
W - 1997
X - 1996
Y - 1995
Z - 1994
A - 1993
C - 1991
D - 1990
F - 1989
G - 1988
H - 1987
J - 1986
K - 1985
N - 1984
P - 1983
Q - 1982
R - 1981
S - 1980
T - 1979
U - 1978
V - 1977
W - 1976
X - 1975
Y - 1974
Z - 1973