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    What is the best place to buy replacement parts

    Please consider I am in Australia so by the time parts go through the middle man they are quite expensive. I will be ordering direct from the States i.e.- full gasket set/piston/rings all round. Buying bits and pieces for the sake of a good deal may be negated by all the freight involved. Some...
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    120HP Exhaust Plate

    Is this exhaust plate suitable to re-use? The hot area has slight ballooning and the overall bend as the photo shows.
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    1991 Force 120hp Bottom Cylinder No Compression

    I compression tested my engine today (basic hand turning the fly wheel with compression test meter plugged in. I could feel strong compression on 3 cylinders.) The bottom cylinder had none and there was, I guess, aluminiam buildup on the spark plug core (definitely buildup of some kind.). The...
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    Force 120hp Model Number Confusion

    Hi I have the above engine in Australia. The serial number on the data plate is 1 208 E91 H (no spaces in model number). When I look up Force on MAXRULES I get as close as 1 201 E91 H. When I look up Chrysler on Maxrules it shows up as 1208xx. Is there a hybrid in the numbers here between Force...
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    50 HP merc Brown Band head

    Does the above engine s/n6452225 have a head gasket or is it an all in one head/block? It was found (by a mechanic) to be drawing salt water into the bottom cylinder. It was determined only by taking a plug out. Mechanic advised owner to sell it as a whole????
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    '85 115HP mercury Seized

    Howdy all, I can buy the above engine but it was claimed the ear muffs were left on starving the head of water. The engine seized. I would have thought the muffs would have blown off with water pressure, however, if it is as it claims would it be only one cylinder that has seized and would that...
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    Engine Seize question

    I was wondering if there is a particular temperature that all engines seize? You can get an engine temperature readout. It has an eye terminal that sits under a headbolt. Are these gauges of any value? Paul
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