Primer Bulbs

[Buccaneer]

Getting ready to try out the Mercury Mark 6 for the first time
since I owned and gone thru it, and noticed my gas tank’s
primer bulb is hard as rock! I’m thinking if I could squeeze it,
it’s going to crack for sure. It’s an Attwood brand bulb, which
I have faint memories of buying, so it’s at least 10 years old.
I see they still sell them for $15.00 or so at Walmart.
Are the $30 & $40 squeeze bulbs elsewhere twice as good….
that is, remain pliable twice as long?
Thanks, Buccaneer

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[jpatti75]

I’m not against aftermarket parts as a rule, but I will say that it is worth sticking with OEM primer bulbs for sure. My Mercury and OMC bulbs are soft as new after multiple seasons of use. When I had a couple Attwoods, they would be hard after sitting one winter.

JP

[jw-in-dixie]

I am using a Walmart off-brand bulb and after many years of Summer use/Winter layup the first squeeze
in the Spring takes about all I can muster. But it does give a little and with use limbers up pretty well. Like you, I thought for sure it would split but it has been that way for several years. Just keep using it to see which one of us will give up first!

JW in Dixie

[Buccaneer]

Thanks for the replies. As usually, sounds like you get what you pay for!

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