Mariner Motor Question

Tequila Dawn

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When I recently purchased my used Grady it has a 81 Mariner on it. I know from research that Mariner was built by Yamaha back then. My question is will newer Yamaha parts work or am up a a creek without a paddle if something goes wrong?

I am a DYIer and the boat is lake use with minor bay use always followed by a fresh water flush back at home on the trailer.

Thanks in Advance for any info.

Regards,
Jude
 
Tequila Dawn said:
When I recently purchased my used Grady it has a 81 Mariner on it. I know from research that Mariner was built by Yamaha back then. My question is will newer Yamaha parts work or am up a a creek without a paddle if something goes wrong?

I am a DYIer and the boat is lake use with minor bay use always followed by a fresh water flush back at home on the trailer.

Thanks in Advance for any info.

Regards,
Jude

some where made by yami

post me the serial number and i will run it and get you the manual
 
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to my knowledge, the Mariner was a joint venture b/t Merc. & Yami.
Because of potential colusion (sp) violations and monopolies, it was broken up. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
 
I did floor planning for multiple boat dealers on Long Island in the mid to late 80's. Any time one of them was selling Mariner engines, they were also selling Mercury. I can't remember ever seeing Yamaha and Mariner in the same shop - but it was a loooong time ago.
Iboats pointed me to this as a resource for Marienr parts:

http://www.boatmotors.com/outboard/mariner/

I found this about Mercury Marine and the realtionship with Mariner engines:

http://wwwarchive.mercurymarine.com/company_history
 
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657 F.2d 971


1981-2 Trade Cases 64,202


YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD., Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.
BRUNSWICK CORP. and Mariner Corp., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.


Nos. 80-1760, 80-1913.


United States Court of Appeals,
Eighth Circuit.


Submitted May 18, 1981.
Decided July 29, 1981.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc in
No. 80-1913 Sept.
11, 1981.

Page 973

John R. Ferguson, Janine H. Coward, Peabody, Rivlin, Lambert & Meyers, Washington, D. C., Henry Y. Ota, Shigeru Watanabe, Mori & Ota, Los Angeles, Cal., Thomas C. Walsh, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., for petitioner Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

James H. Sneed, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Shapiro, Deputy Gen. Counsel, W. Dennis Cross, Asst. Gen. Counsel, David M. Fitzgerald (argued), Leslie Rice Melman, Jack Schwartz, Attys., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Patrick W. O'Brien (argued), Kenneth J. Jurek, Chicago, Ill., John C. Shepherd, St. Louis, Mo., for petitioners Brunswick Corp. and Mariner Corp.; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., Shepherd, Sandberg & Phoenix, St. Louis, Mo., William L. Niemann, James H. Wehrenberg, Skokie, Ill., of counsel.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, and BECKER, * Senior District Judge.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

These petitions for review challenge an order of the Federal Trade Commission holding that a joint-venture agreement entered into by petitioners for the manufacture and sale of outboard motors is unlawful under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18, and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45. The parties to the agreement were Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., petitioner in No. 80-1760, and Brunswick Corporation and its subsidiary Mariner Corporation, petitioners in No. 80-1913. The principal question presented is whether the Federal Trade Commission had the support of substantial evidence on the record as a whole when it concluded, in the words of Section 7, that the effect of the joint venture "may be substantially to lessen competition." We think the answer to this question is yes, and we therefore affirm the order of the Commission, with some modifications of the remedy it imposed.

I. THE FACTS

The parties. Brunswick is a diversified manufacturer whose products include recreational items. Brunswick began making outboard motors in 1961, when it acquired what is now called its Mercury Marine Division (Mercury). Brunswick is the second largest seller of outboard motors in the United States. Between 1971 and 1973 its share of the outboard motor market fluctuated between 19.8% and 22.6% by unit volume and between 24.2% and 26% by dollar volume. Brunswick also sells its Mercury outboards in Canada, Australia, Europe, and Japan.

und this on line.
 
mariner

I loved when I used to tell customers that the Merc they have is a Tohatsu painted black! Thought I was F.O.S. Oh, well!
 
Mariner Engine

We had a Mariner 135 on our old Ebbtide. It was basically a Merc painted grey. Remove the cowl and the cylinder block was painted black. We bought ours new from a Mercury dealer and also had it serviced there.