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    Boat Planing to High

    I'll have a problem with I believe is my boat planing too high. The boat nearly sits almost straight up in the water to where I have water coming in over the back Edge. The boat is a 20 foot Nitro bass boat with a 120 on the rear so I know I'm not overpowered I do have the motor raised up to the...
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    1986 Evinrude 120hp Won't Start Without Starting Fluid

    OK, I had an issue with the motor bogging down,,,after rebuilding the carb's, changing the fuel pump (to the new style) and fuel lines..I took the boat out today...I tried starting the motor ..it would not start...I sprayed a little starting fluid into each carb and the motor would run and idle...
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    Evinrude 120hp Spark Plug Size

    I was wondering if someone new the correct spark plug size and gap for an 1986 Evinrude 120hp Thanks Mav
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    MotorGuide identification

    Wanted to see if someone can help me identify my MotorGuide trolling motor. I need to get some parts but cannot find the serial number anywhere however I did find the following numbers 2AF127-01M (Found on the inside head) FEY59484 ( found on a white sticker under and in the inside head of the...
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    VRO Disconnect Question

    I have a 1986 Evinrude 120hp...I want to disconnect the the VRO pump...But when I went to disconnect the pump, I saw that the fuel pump was directly in the rear of the VRO pump...I have 2 questions....Dose any know if this is a electronic fuel pump, if so by disconnecting the VRO lead would...
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    NO SPARK 1989 EVINRUDE 140HP

    I have a 1989 Evinrude 140hp...I have no spark at the present...At the present I don't have the motor connected to a set of control I just picked up the motor the other day...I guess my question is, does anyone know if there is a kill switch on the motor that i would have to short out to see if...
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    HELP!!! 1985 Evinrude Control Box Ends

    I ordered some shift&throttle cables from ebay..What I missed was they did not come with either ends....I have been pulling my hair out trying to find ends for the control box side as well as the engine side...I have had no luck, I can't even find the names of the ends anywhere online... Any...
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    NO SPARK 1989 Evinrude 140hp

    I have a 1989 Evinrude 140 with no spark....I have 3 sets of wires that i have no idea were they go. They are coming from the junction box...One set of wires have 5 wires and the other 2 sets have 2 wires...I believe one set of wires are for the oil pump....I guess the question I'm trying to ask...
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    OMC CONTROL BOX HELP

    I have a 1989 OMC control box that has the standard wiring diagram...I bought a wiring harness (for the control side) from ebay, but in stead of having the standard red female plug (like on the motor side) it has a black plug which has different colors wires. (I'm going to try to post some...
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    waters jacket gasket 150 horsepower Force

    I have a 1989 Ford 150 horsepower. I finally got it started but it was shooting water from under the block. if you were to stand in back of the motor on the left side on the block water was coming out like a waterfall underneath . I was told it was the cooling jacket gasket. but everything I...
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    1989 Force Outboard Not Starting

    I have a 1989 Force 150 5 cliinder, I'm having an issue with it starting...it has great compression, getting fuel, and great spark, but it didn't seem like it wanted wanted to start or even sounds like it wants to start...Today I put some fuel in the top spark plug hole and it sounded like it...
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    Force 150hp Won't Start

    1989 Ford F 150 horsepower good compression good spark getting fuel will not start don't want to even sound like it wants to start want to know if there's a safety switch on the motor somewhere because I'm trying to starr the motor without the controls double checked Spark Fuel and compression...
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    SIGNS OF WEAK STARTER

    Wanted to ask a quick question...I have a Force 150hp starter, I took the starter off the motor to check the starter because the motor was spinning very slowly...After checking the batteries,the wiring and connections (all was good) the motor still spent slowly..So I tested the starter with by...
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    1990 Force 150hp Manually Tilt&Trim Release

    I have a 1990 Force 150hp and I can't find the manual release screw for the tilt&trim...Dose anyone know where the release screw is, I have the book, but I can't find it anywhere in the book. Thank's Mav
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    OMC Controls on .Force Motor

    I have a 1990 Force 150hp....the boat that I have came with a Suzuki 150hp but the boat also had OMC Controls...I was wondering if I could use the OMC Controls with the Force motor.. Thanks Mav
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    RE-POWERING Outboard Mounting & Brackets

    I'm re-powering my boat and I'm going from a Evinrude to a Force..The Evinrude mounting bracket holes are wider then the Force mounting bracket. Is there a bracket I can bolt to the existing holes in my transom, that will allow me to bolt the Force motor with drilling more holes in the transom...
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    LOWER UNIT HELP

    I have a 1990 Force 150hp, my lower unit locked up...My friend had a 1990 90hp L Drive lower unit....They look the same except for the shift rod...does anyone know if this lower unit will work since it is a L drive.. thanks Mav
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    HELP WITH COMPRESSION TEST EVINRUDE 140hp

    I have a question about a compression test on a 1989 Evinrude V4 140hp....I checked the compression on this motor and i got good compression from 3 cylinders but the last cylinder didn't register on the gauge at all....Now I done a lot of compression tests and I never seen where a gauge didn't...
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    SIZING MOTOR TO BOAT HELP

    I just bought a 1987 Nitro Pro Series Bass Boat 18ft-10'. I need some help determining what motors I can use on the boat.. There is no outboard sticker on the boat and Nitro customer service does not go back that far...I'm not looking to go very fast, because i found out fish don't swim that...
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    SUBMERGED 2002 MERCURY 90hp HELP

    I have the opportunity to buy (2) 2002 Mercury 90hp really cheap...the only problem, they were on the back of a boat that sunk in salt water...I don't know how long they were under or if there any damage to the motors..But they are so cheap it hard to pass them up...I know salt water can do a...
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