Recent content by sparklingwaterbubbles

Which cables do you mean? When you say lug and insulation, I assume you mean the ground cable from the battery? Would that affect it if I’m going straight from the battery to the starter? I’m bypassing the main ground cable. Thank you for your response. I’m so lost here.

I have an 85 HP Force outboard. The starter is relatively new, and the battery is brand new. I went to start it after about two weeks, and it struggled to crank over. I took the starter out and had it tested. Disconnected from the boat, it works flawlessly. The battery itself reads at 12.5...

Thank you guys for the wisdom! The shift lever adjusting screw was just loose. I positioned the lever and tightened that thing down. It now shifts decisively and doesn’t flop around anymore.

I picked this motor up the other day, and it runs strong, but has some shifting issues. I put it into forward and I could still jiggle the lever up and down. Neutral was hard to find. I got it into reverse for a couple of seconds, but it popped out. Under the cowling, all I can see is that the...

That makes sense, thank you.

Holy cow. There’s a learning experience!

Thank you!

Can I ask how those 20 hours might make the difference?

Okay thanks for that tidbit. I hadn’t thought of that.

Okay that’s something I’ve never seen before. Thank you for showing me that.

I appreciate your candor here. The incident had me feeling sick for the exact reasons you described. My earmuffs don’t quite fit or stay on this thing, so I resorted to a big storage bin until this happened. I have my eyes peeled for a sturdier container. Amazon got the new impeller to me in...

Okay I switched the attachment on the gauge and they all three read 120. The universe is giving me grace.

And thank you.

Thank you! I feel sick.

Thank you! They were right about 100 psi each.