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    Ethanol blues....

    1988 Force 85... Nowhere around here (Albuquerque) can I buy straight gas. Everything is watered down with ethanol. From reading this forum, it appears that engines after 1990 or so were built with newer compounds and are resistant. So my question.. is there an additive that makes ethanol...
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    Good Lord, what a mess.

    What is it about boats that induces the most simple minded people to believe that they are Thomas Edison? I'm trying to add a fish finder to my "new" (1988 Bluefin) boat. I crawled under the dash and couldn't believe what I saw. Wires snaked everywhere. A dangling terminal block. Cut wires...
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    What kind of tach for '88 Force 85 hp?

    Anybody know how many poles in the magneto?
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    Tachometer questions...

    I have an '88 Force 85hp. What sort of tach does this use? A 12pole tach? How does this attach to the motor? Thanks! Frank
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    Any good tips for a noob to trolling?

    My prior experience with trolling consists of dragging a panther martin behind a canoe :) I bought a 16' fish and ski O/B for my daughter and me to fish out of. We want to troll for stripers in Elephant Butte lake, and Salmon in Eagle's Nest lake (both in New Mexico). Probably try trolling...
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    Lower unit leaking from bolt?

    1988 Force 85hp I idled it 10 minutes yesterday off of muffs to get the engine up to temp and to check the water pressure gauge that I installed. This morning, I found some oil residue on the lower unit below the plate. Does not smell like gear oil to me, also no smell of gas in that oil...
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    My "new" used Force 85

    Greetings! I was pretty happy to find this forum. I have a 1988 Force 85hp that I just bought, mounted on a 17'Bluefin fish and ski. This is my first boat and I'm pretty excited about it, even though it won't win any beauty contests. Here's the boat: I found it in Arizona, and bought it...
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