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    Bayliner VDO repair

    Hello, i have a 01 capri 215lx and it has a VDO dash cluster with most of the gauges not working. These dashes are notoriously poor. What can i do to fix or have it repaired?
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    Turning point express

    Ok boat show is this weekend and I have my heart set on a 14.25x17 pitch turning point stainless prop anyone out there want to give me there input on this prop it has what I am looking for pvs good cupping and good reviews anyone who feels there is better please let me know
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    force power trim unit

    Hello i am sure that I am supposed to post this somewhere else and will remove if it is a problem. I have a force power tilt and tril unit complete I would like to sell or trade it does not leak or leak down thanks and sorry again if this is a problem
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    prop/motor location

    Hello I bought a 1994 18' maxum bowrider and it came with a 2003 optimax 135 I used it all last summer and love it over my old force 125. the question I have I was looking at putting a stainless prop on and as I look at other threads I hear of people moving there motors up a bolt hole or some up...
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    1956 evinrude

    My brother has a 1956 35 hp evinrude I think that's the size he had his friend look at it and he said it needs a ring job. Is the motor worth anything for parts or should he scrap it ?
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    Force 125

    I am tried a prop today it was a 16 pitch cupped prop. My motor is a 1987 force 125 when I went to goose it. It was slow to to get wot. Hard to explain exactly but as I goosed it it revs up and gets going but not evenly it goes but then at wot it takes a couple seconds then it revs up and really...
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    What does this fit?

    I just picked up a complete power trim tilt unit for a force outboard it is the 3 wire pump with all the rams and brackets I want to sell it but can't find out all the motors it will fit on if anyone knows it would be appreciated it will help me sell this thing promptly and to the right persons fit
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    Shifting problems

    Ok I cleaned the carbs went for a day on the lake ran great had f n r but after a while of I started her up again and I was in neutral and the prop was still spinning in forward tried reverse and still went forward then I tried forward and went worked fine it is locked In forward does not come...
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    Running funny

    My 87 force 125 has been running great but last time I took it out I went to pull a two person tube and I didn't get the response out of the engine I expected it started going but it took about 10 or so seconds before it really revs up and pulls like it normally does I'm assuming carb jets. but...
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    Force prop

    What is the largest diameter prop that will fit a 1987 force 125?
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    Rritt pump question

    Hi rritt you were giving me advice on putting my pump together u told me that there are supposed to be 4 bearings in my eaton pump so I did so and when I put the pump back on it wouldn't work. So I tried taking that 4 th bearing out and everything works great. Now the question is where does that...
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    Trim tilt

    I have pulled my trim tilt. Apart and am locating the ball bearings and o rings now is there anything else I should be needing I don't know what kind of pump it is. but it is on my force 125 but it's not the stock pump so it's hard to give advice but I don't see anything else I can do to it...
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    Tilt problems

    My boat has a 2 wire trim pump it is a 1992 on a force 125 just recently it stopped holding up. It will trim but not tilt now and even if I pull it up it leeks down until it hits the trim ram. Then that also leeks down I just did all the ram seals in the winter. The pump runs but won't lift. Do...
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    lessons learned

    my buddy has the same 1987 125 force i do he called me over to look at his it had a bad sounding knock in it we did a compression test everything was good there i asked him when it started happening he said after cleaning the carbs and tank he then put new gas in and a can of sea foam then just...
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    what prop

    looking for a new prop had an aluminum 15pitch 13 dia 3 blade its on a 1987 force 125 on a 19.5 ft bayliner capri not sure weight it runs at wot about 4400 rpm if tach is correct i have a chance to buy a exact same size prop with a 17 pitch in stainless what should i expect to change i mostly...
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