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I have been having a heck of a time with my 1989 Force 85hp. I had a couple recent posts where I believe I resolved some electrical issues as the magnet came off the flywheel and the trigger wires were rubbed. I glued that back in, replaced the trigger and checked timing for good...
Hello, my 1989 Force 85HP has this reverse lever lock and it was only attached on the side closest to the boat. I am assuming there should be a bolt in the side furthest from the boat in the hole just above the 2x4 shown in this photo. Does anyone know the part number or where I might get what...
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I have a 1989 Force 85HP outboard. It ran great and then slowly started bogging down and then stopped working. I thought it was some sort of fuel issue so I cleaned the carbs and that didn't help, so I dug into the electrical.
I found lack of spark on the bottom cylinder so I started...
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I just did a complete transom rebuild on my Spectrum 1700 to replace the wood core. After doing that, I mounted a replacement 1989 Force 85hp motor. I had previously had a 1989 Force 50hp motor on the boat before I started the transom rebuild.
The 85hp Force went on pretty easily. I...
I have this 1989 85hp force on a stand. It will only crank slowly while the plugs are in. With the plugs out it moves freely by hand and cranks fast. I also noticed that the screw which holds the wire junction strip in gets red hot while cranking! Since it is one the stand I have jumper cables...
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I have a Spectrum boat with a 50hp Force motor on it, and it can have up to a 90hp on it. I have the opportunity to buy a 1989 Force 85hp that has 90lbs compression on all cylinders and not starting. I am wondering if it is worth picking up the 85hp cheap and rebuilding it? I am thinking...
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At the end of the last season I was having some problems with the Force 50 outboard on our Spectrum. It seemed that everything would work fine when at lower RPM's and I could put along just fine. However, at higher RPMS or as I gave it throttle, it would seem to "disengage" the propeller...
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While troubleshooting another issue I was told I should add a fuel filter between the fuel pump and carburetor to help diagnose the issue. I am wondering what the best practice is for adding a fuel filter permanently on this motor, or in general for an outboard.
I had done some reading...
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I just obtained a Spectrum boat with a 1990 Force 50hp motor on it. It starts up and runs great in the driveway. It has sat for a while, but was stored indoors and looks to be in great condition. I got it from a friend, who was given it from his uncle so I don't have anything into it...
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In the process of replacing the impeller on my 1966 80hp Evinrude Speedifour, I pulled off the Impeller housing assembly and managed to break a small circular spring which seems to keep a seal tight around the drive shaft. I am going to need to replace the spring, and I am looking for...
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I am in the process of replacing the water pump impeller on my 1966 85hp Evinrude Speedifour. I have removed the upper and lower gearcase and I would like to replace the seals while I have all this apart. I am wondering if I need to locate original seals for everything I want to replace...
Hello, I just purchased 1966 Thompson in great shape. The motor is a 1966 80hp Evinrude. It started right up and ran great for about 30 minutes and I was driving it wide open and it just quit. There was no sputtering, just off suddenly. I let it sit and it would turn over but not fire at all...
