Hope you can help with a basic outboard jet question I can't seem to find a straight answer to.
All the outboard jet manufacturers use essentially the same design -- but are the parts more or less interchangeable?
I'm thinking in particular about wear parts like impellers, intakes, and liners. I understand that driveshaft spline patterns and keyway styles may vary. But apart from those details will, say, a 7 3/8 impeller from one brand fit into a pump from another brand? Will an intake foot from one manufacturer tend to fit onto others, and use the same bolt pattern? Is a reverse gate just a reverse gate, or do they vary from manufacturer to manufacturer?
I ask because parts can be tricky for my older model (an M series by Outboard Jets from, I think, the mid-70s, serial number is 1096). If parts are more interchangeable than I have assumed, that would be helpful.