How to Tell the Year of a Evinrude Outboard

The key to its age is in its model number.

The one thing that your Evinrude outboard motor's information plate doesn't specify is the year it was built. That information is encoded in the model number. Once you located the model number of your Evinrude outboard motor on its registration, Manufacturer's Statement of Origin or the information plate on the motor mount, decoding the model number to discover the year in which your outboard motor was built takes little more than a pencil and paper.

Things You'll Need

• Pencil
• Paper

Instructions

1. Write the word "Introduces" vertically on a piece of paper. Next to each letter, write the numbers 1-9 in vertical order, as well." Place the number 0 to the right of the letter "S."

2. Write the model number of your motor. Cross off all letters before the last three letters: for example, if you have a model J90TLCEB, cross out J90TL, leaving "CEB" Cross off the last letter, "B," and you are left with "CE."

3. Refer to the numbers you wrote to the right of the word "Introduces." Note that "C" equals 8 and "E" equals 5.These are the last two digits of the year in which your motor was built, "85" or 1985

References

• "Evinrude Repair Manual -- 2.5 to 250 HP Models, 2002-2007"; Seloc Marine; 2007