Talk:Mercury Marine

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I added quite a few important historical facts to this piece regarding the post-war and fifties eras, as of today, July 29, 2015. Eric J. Hanson.

Vote for Deletion
This article survived a Vote for Deletion. The discussion can be found here. -Splash 20:48, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Need for rewrite of "Today" section
This section is taken as is from a press release from mercury. It could be considered a copyvio considering only a single word was changed in certain paragraphs. Needs to be rewritten. Dread Specter 23:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it was written by Mercury staff to advertise.--Pasbeat 19:52, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Copy edit applied to move section away from advertising tone. Also away from text from brochures. May need more work. Please, review and edit as appropriate. Removed repeated references to Mercury Marine, removed semi-colons and replaced with commas. Removed JD Powers plug. Simplified Zeus and Verado sections. Simplified list of divisions of Mercury Marine. Please remove NPOV warning on consensus. William (Bill) Bean 17:30, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

The same enignes?
Is Mercury and Mariner the same type of outboard engines but different wrapping? If that is the case, then it should be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.224.134 (talk) 15:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes and no, the very first mariner engines were actually yamaha powerheads in disguise. There was a backroom deal between mercury and yamaha to stall yamaha entering the north american market. Mercury dealers would sell yamaha outbaords (in mariner dress) for a few years while mariner was set up with its own dealer network. near the end of the mariner brand (late 90's) they were just grey merc's. Deadly windex (talk) 19:35, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Labor Dispute
The world headquarters for Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin employs 850 unionized workers plus another 800 or so salaried employees. On 23 August 2009 the unionized employees (not laid off) voted down a contract amendment. This will probably impact the company's future and existence in Wisconsin. The president of the company, Mark Schwabero, said that the headquarters may move down to the smaller Stillwater, Oklahoma plant if contracts are not changed. Some believe the company wants to scale down operations, and, perhaps, move the manufacturing plants to Mexico or China. (TVKrazi) 07:17, 25 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.88.137.184 (talk)

I'm a local in regards to the above story, so my local news is obviously consistantly proclaiming it. My question is, is this trade dispute enough to mention in the main article? I'm just afraid that, in the long term, this may not be much beyond an abnormal employment shift. --174.103.224.13 (talk) 02:59, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Incorporated?
Does anybody know whether Mercury Marine is incorporated by the state of Wisconsin, if incorporated at all. If not Wisconsin, which state? This is relavent to the understanding of what Mecury Marine is, because a corporation is not the same thing as a regular business. Just the facts. 99.19.245.166 (talk) 22:32, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Shear Pin
If I remember correctly, one of the big selling points of Mercury outboards in the 1960's was that the propeller shaft had a shear pin that would break if the propeller struck a submerged object. This kept the shaft from being bent. Instead of replacing the shaft one had only to replace the pin. Is this correct? 2602:306:BDC0:CF90:BDC2:E3BA:457F:F5B0 (talk) 19:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

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