94985A2 Mercruiser Flywheel Housing | Genuine Used Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine MerCruiser 3.7L Flywheel and Bell Housing - Part Number: 94985A2

A genuine used aluminium flywheel housing for MerCruiser 3.7L inline four-cylinder sterndrive engines.

The housing bolts to the rear of the MerCruiser 224 CID engine, surrounds flywheel 9741A2 and supports alignment between the engine coupler and sterndrive input shaft.

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine MerCruiser 3.7L flywheel housing
• Correct Mercury reference 94985A2
• Rear bell-housing and engine-mount structure
• Used with flywheel 9741A2
• Suits selected 165HP-190HP 3.7L engines

🚤 Compatibility

Commonly used on

• MerCruiser 3.7L / 224 CID inline four-cylinder engines
• Alpha and pre-Alpha sterndrive installations
• Rear engine-mount and coupler assemblies

Typically suits

• Engine models:
• MerCruiser 165 3.7L
• MerCruiser 170
• MerCruiser 180
• MerCruiser 188
• MerCruiser 190
• MerCruiser 470-family engines whose rear housing specifies 94985A2
• HP Range: Approximately 165HP - 190HP
• Engine Type: 3.7L / 224 CID inline four-cylinder petrol marine engine
• Year Range: Approximately 1983 - 1989

🔌 Function

The housing encloses the flywheel and coupler, supports the rear engine mounts and maintains alignment with the sterndrive input shaft.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Cracks around rear mount bosses
• Corroded or stripped threads
• Engine alignment cannot be achieved
• Coupler repeatedly wears or fails
• Flywheel contacts the housing
• Excessive rear-engine vibration
• Housing is distorted
• Water or debris enters the flywheel area

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 94985A2 MerCruiser flywheel-housing assembly
• Casting reference 94984-C1 associated with the housing

OEM / Related Numbers

• 94985A2
• 94984-C1
• Flywheel: 9741A2
• Engine coupler: 97432A2
• Rubber engine-mount spacer: 99322
• Flywheel and rear-mount hardware from the 3.7L engine assembly

Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

• No aftermarket equivalent

📦 Condition

• Genuine used part
• Removed from running engine where applicable
• In good working condition unless otherwise stated