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I recently had to replace my 90 hp force. I found a 1997 90 hp with great compression. Mounted it up on a 16 1/2 Palm Beach. Swapped out carbs, new water impeller and ran great. The prop seemed perfect and it was for a year. Decided to replace the aluminum prop with stainless of equal...
I recently had to replace my 90 hp force. I found a 1997 90 hp with great compression. Mounted it up on a 16 1/2 Palm Beach. Swapped out carbs, new water impeller and ran great. The prop seemed perfect and it was for a year. Decided to replace the aluminum prop with stainless of equal...
Re: Ignition shock
The kill switch is a simple on/off switch with only 2 terminals. I tried to attach picture.
My plugs are gapless type as recomended by Force/Mercury.
I have a 98 Palm Beach 16.5 ft with a 90 HP Force Outboard. I recently replaced a voltage regulator & igition switch. Last trip out the kill circuit was malfuctioning so I disconnected it at the voltage regulator and run a temp wire to shut motor off. We also had a shock condition where as the...
I have a 1997 90hp Force Outboard on a 16.5ft Palm Beach. Went out fishing Saturday on Mosquito Lagoon. Boat was kinda tough to keep running. Managed to get on a plane & make it back to boat ramp. I noticed on my depth finder voltage was over 18 volts. My question is would a bad voltage...
I have a 1997 90 hp Force. It has been a great running out board. The last time out I noticed it was missing @ idle and lower RPMs. It seems to clean up when I get boat on plane. This sympton just started last trip out. Can someone point me in a direction for diagnosis. I guess every repair has...
I have a 1998 90 hp Force. When I idle for any length of time I loose fuel prime. I can pump bulb & be on my way. It only does it when idling in gear. If the motor starts to sputter I can pump bulb & avoid engine running out of fuel. When on a plane or in RPMs above idle it runs fine without...
