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    urgent, going to buy a yamaha 115 enduro tomorrow, compression should be?

    Hi all, Repalcing my old 90 force with a 2000 yamaha enduro 115. Motor looks good and sounds good on the rack. checked compression and was 100,100,100,105. They seem to be in range but I wonder what a new motor have and how much life is left? Any help would really be nice! Thanks
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    17 fisher, motor size?

    hI all, I have a 17 fisher bass boat, 1994. My 90 hp force just blew up. It is time to replace it and i am wondering how small a motor I can get by with. I don't neeed to go more than 20 mph, as I use it on small lakes and close to shore in the ocean. anybody out there using a fifty hp or less...
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    disconnect vro pump advice

    hi again, I live in mexico and have decided to disconnect my vro pump on my 1999 johnson 250. my mexican mechanice says we can just disconnect the electrical feeds to the pump and leave the oil line connected. Then he says to drain the oil container but we can leave the oil feed line to the pump...
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    disconect vro pump?

    Hi all, I am trying to decide what to do about too much oil consumption on my ninety nine 250 hp johnsom outboard. I am burning like three gallosn of oil to each fifty gallons of fuel. I live in mexico and I dont have a mechanic with the program to test the vro pump via computer. I am...
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    johnson outboard, how much oil do you burn?

    Hi again, I am getting nervous as I am burning oil at a rate of about 25 to 1. It is getting expensive and also am wondering what could be wrong? I have a 250 hp 2000 two stroke johnson. I am wondering what most perople burn for oil and if anyone is using oil as much as i am. And of course...
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    oil consumption help

    HI all, I have a 1999 johnson 250 hp six cylinder two stroke motor. It sits on a 245 aquasport. It is oil injected. I have put about three hundred hours on the motor in the last year. Over that time period I have found the oil consumption seems to be going up. i went yesterday and I burnt over...
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    2 stroke oil ?'s

    Hi all, I have a 2000 250 johnson two stroke. I live in Mexico. This motor sucks a lot of fuel and oil. Most days I go through about fifty galons of fuel, AND TWO GALLONS OF OIL. My math ain't the greatest but at 50 to 1 it shold be one gallon of oil. Why am I burning so much oil? the motor does...
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    micro switch- where can i find one?

    Hi all, I have a 90 hp force probably a 1990. The micro switch or nuetral switch has gone bad. where can I buy one? I don't know if I am naming it correctly but it is on the starboard side of the motor and according to my mechanic it is the switch that prevents the motor from starting when not...
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    kicker bracket install help

    Hi all, I am trying to determine the correct kicker bracket for my boat. It is a 2000 aquasport 245 explorer. the motor is ounted exactly like the boat I have photos for that I have below. Most of the kicker brackets seem to mount on a vertical surface. It appears that there is not enough...
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    kicker bracket help, go to photo

    Hi all, I am trying to determine the correct kicker bracket for my boat. It is a 2000 aquasport 245 explorer. the motor is ounted exactly like the boat I have photos for that I have below. Most of the kicker brackets seem to mount on a vertical surface. It appears that there is not enough...
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    kicker bracket help

    hi all, I have a 99 aquasport 245 express. it has a euro transom or platform for the engine. I want to mount a kicker and am wondering if I am able to use a vertical mount bracket or a horizontal mount bracket. I have looked at garelick and it seems that I don't have the area to mount a vertical...
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    correct rings to order

    I need help with determining the correct rings to order. I have looked and cannot find any serial number on the motor. I have a 1989 90 hp force outboard. What rings should I be ordering? I hope to order these by monday morning so if someone can help I would sure appreciate it. Thanks Jim
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    new bearings?

    wondering if I can get new different sized bearings that go behind the rods for a 90 hp force 1989. talked to friend here in mexico and he said why not turn or machine the crankshaft. my mechanic said he cannot get the different size bearings I would then need. I am anot talking about the...
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    scratched crankshaft?

    hi all, not a mechanic but I am a fisherman. I live in mexico and have a 1989 force 90 hp. I am on my second rebuild and not too happy about it. I went to the states and came back after two months and the mnotor would not start. mechanic said it was probably a stuck ring.he took the motor apart...
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    force id help and year

    I need some help fast if anyone out there can help me. I live in mexicio and recently bought a boat with a 90 hp force. It appears I just broke a ring and the mechanic should have it apart tomorrow. the serial number plate is completely blank. On the side of the lower unit is a number stamped on...
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