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    1984 Mercruiser 305 with Thunderbolt ignition dies radomly.

    thanks, but i even tried a lot of penetrating oil without any luck.
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    1984 Mercruiser 305 with Thunderbolt ignition dies radomly.

    Thanks, I tried that on a spare distributor and got the cap off, but when I tried to loosen the screws two of them broke off at the edge of the distributor. I was hoping to hear of a different approach that someone found successful.
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    1984 Mercruiser 305 with Thunderbolt ignition dies radomly.

    I have a motor that dies randomly, at various times and RPMs. It's like someone turned the key off, no sputtering or other symptoms. It starts right up immediately afterwards. I suspect that it may be the sensor in the distributor and have a spare that I can install. The biggest setback...
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    89 125 Force carb sync?

    My question to any of you that know the Force motors is about syncing the dual carb setup. Do the carbs ever get synced by using a vacuum gauge? Thanks, I appreciate your knowledge.
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    Force '89 125hp lacks power and top end speed

    Hi, My Force motor just doesn't seem to run very well. It doesn't have a good hole shot, and doesn't hit the WOT rpm's that it did when I first put a new power head on it. 3 years ago I replaced the power head and Checked the comp on all cyls, and it's still the same @ 150psi. I've replaced the...
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