After 4 months of learning how to tear down and check every part of this motor to make sure all is good, I am now ready to build it. I've had to replace the cylinder block and find new standard size pistons & rings, took a while to find them.
I now have all the gasket surfaces clean and ready...
A friend of mine bought a 16' boat with a Mercury Mariner 30AE, approximately 1980. Second time on the water it overheated, not pumping water. He pulled the lower end unit and installed a new impeller. Still not pumping.
Is it possible the thermostat is no good or maybe water jacket plugged up...
I have a 1988 125hp Force motor that needs repair on the #3 cylinder, looks like fairly bad grooves at the bottom of the cylinder. First a little background so you know how I got to this point.
While out on Lake Erie my boat motor overheated while on plain and died, haven't been able to start...
Hello fellow boating enthusiasts! I'm relatively new to the boating world. I bought this 1988 Bayliner Capri from my former boss who told me it's a great running boat. A couple days after I got it home he told me not to mix the Amsoil any leaner than 50-1 because he was mixing 100-1 and burned...
I am in the process of installing a water pump kit on my force motor and figured I would look into why my reverse gear has a hiccup, as though there is a broken tooth on the reverse gear. Everything I've read about it tells me I should not need to pull the propeller shaft to inspect/replace the...
