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    Steering Cable Rod Siezed or Not?

    See my boat's description below. Steering cable work is totally new to me. It's a mechanical push-pull type of steering system. I'm down to having the cable unbolted from the steering control arm with the arm detached and the large nut around the steering cable is also off. I've sprayed...
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    Cost of Steering Repair on 1999 Tracker PT175

    Just when I get the motor running well and do an impeller job, I go to turn the motor with the steering wheel and it's siezed. It will not budge. I don't know if the steering cable has ever been replaced as I am not the original owner. It has always been a little stiff though. I guess the Winter...
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    1999 40HP Force Carb Issue

    I got the carb cleaned up as best I could. I didn't have an orifice or tip cleaner, but I still think I got things cleaned up better than it's ever been before. I was able to get the Main Nozzle out and got it all cleaned up. The small tube inside the Main Nozzle wasn't removed, but I still...
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    1999 40HP Force Carb Issue

    Frank and other posters, I have gone out and pulled the carb. See new image attached. As suggested, I blew through the fuel inlet (See yellow arrow in photo) with the carb upside down and could not force any air through. I also reinstalled the float that I took off and the result was the...
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    1999 40HP Force Carb Issue

    1999 40 ELPT, Ser # OE354368: Last week I took off the carb and cleaned it. I soaked it in carburetor cleaning solvent called Chem-Dip. This may have been overkill, but that's what I did. I replaced the float, needle jet, gaskets, and float pin. I have cleaned and replaced these parts...
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    Up Tilt Doesn't Always Work

    Today I was out all day and had no problems. Then when I needed to tilt up the motor before pulling the boat out of the water it wouldn't tilt up. It would tilt down just fine. I tried to jiggle the motor and then the switch worked to tilt the motor up. It worked fine after pulling the boat...
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    Won't Start After Adjusting Idle

    1999 40HP Force - 40ELPT. Today I removed carb, cleaned it all up, replaced gaskets, and needle jet under float, made sure the float was level with housing for bowl cap. After install it was running a little fast - I don't have a tach meter, but my tach on dash said about 900 RPM's as a best...
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    Impeller Didn't Push Water

    Last week I replaced the impeller and gasket between the base plate and impeller housing on my 1999 40 HP Force. Afterwards I thought my water pump issue was fixed because my motor would spray water wonderfully. I'm using muffs on the lower intake vents fed by a water hose. Today, I replaced...
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    Factory service manual for 1999 Force 40HP???

    Does anyone know if they made a Factory Force Service manual for a 1999 40HP Force outboard or a year range that includes 1999? If so and you have one, can you reply with the printing/part or ISBN number? I have only seen manuals for prior model years. I would prefer a factory manual over a...
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    1999 Force 40HP - 40ELPT

    I own a Force outboard as noted in the Title. In my research of this site and rebuilding/cleaning/updating/kit installing I have accumulated quite a lot of information from all of the posters on this site that has been of great help to me along with other sites with useful drawings with part...
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