We've had our good days, as well as some dark ones, but overall it has been a fun packed and memorable 10 years. My thanks to those on this forum, who donate their time and expertise to assist guys like me who need relationship (outboard) advice. Our time together would have been much shorter...
Tried several things today but didn't even get it to click or make any noises. Some background, it ran great, but had water leaking at the adapter plate. So I removed all the electrical components to get the power head off. I took photos and zip tied sticky notes all over it so I could put it...
Just to keep it short, I replaced the adapter plate gasket last winter, only to have it fail near the end of my boating season this year. It was easier to take apart the second time, and now I'm in new territory again, dealing with a broken bolt where the leak occurred. Sorry, I have pics, but...
I swapped out my lower unit that was leaking water into the gear oil with a good used lower unit. It sounded different after the swap, and I realized it was revving slightly over 6,000 at full throttle. I had a 12 1/2 pitch prop that kept me in the 5,300 range with the original lower unit. I...
At the end of last year, I did many of the gaskets on the powerhead, including where the powerhead mounts on the plate. Motor ran great after the new gaskets, but it took a long while before cooling water came out the back before I put it into storage. And the lower unit was milky. Start up at...
I have a good running 1994 Force 50. I found an ad where they are selling a running (but roughly) 1991 Force 50 as well as a 1990 parts motor. They are asking $300 for both motors. Electrical components are totally different, and when I compare the engine parts (i.e.. motor block and cylinder...
Re: Water leak inside engine cowl-50 hp Force
I ended up taking the cyclinder head off and as you can see by the pictrure the gasket under the power head is the one leaking. At least now I know for sure where the problem is. It was a big job to remove the powerhead, as I've never tackled...
On the first boat ride of my vacation and I discovered water in the engine compartment. It was wet all over including some milkyness in the carb. With the cowling off and the engine running, I could see water coming out underneath where the alarm buzzer is on the cylinder head. It is a tough...
Thanks to this forum I diagnosed a bad stator and rectifier on my motor. It's a 9 amp thunderbolt system. With tips from this forum I got the flywheel off and managed to get a used stator (tests perfectly) and a new rectifier. My question is with the trigger. It only reads 800 ohms, and...
Re: 50 hp Force Starting problems - runs great when it does start
Thanks. I redid the testing of my stator and it isn't to OEM spec. according to Outboard ignition site. Outboard ignition is great site and it explains checking/installing in an easy fashion-I can even understand it! I'll do...
Re: 50 hp Force Starting problems - runs great when it does start
I think I got it! I was looking into getting the spark plug tester where you measure the jump. A great suggestion and a great tool that I wasn't aware of. This afternoon I figured I would check the ohms on the stator and...
I hope you can help or give me some direction. I can get my motor running, and when it starts it runs great, idles fine and revs fine....at home in a bucket. Problem is it has only started roughly 1 in 30 tries this season. Twice when I've launched it at the lake, it would not start...
Thanks to this forum, my force motor is running well and now hitting the max. rpm. I wish it had a little more get up and go for the bayliner 1401. I've had it for 5 years and have never replaced the fuel diaphram and I doubt the original owner ever replaced it. From this forum it sounds like...
For the last couple of years I've been running an original spark plug wire (0 resistance) and a replacement spark plug wire (4 @ 20K on my electrical meter) on my 1994 Force 50 hp. It ran okay, only stalling occasionally when put into gear. Since reading about spark plug wires on this forum...
