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So I found some rubber fiber gaskets material and cut out some gaskets. They turned out pretty good I think. Put the motor back together using some light permatex sealant to help the homemade gaskets stick. I don't have my gas tank with me to fire up the motor but it did turn over with some...

Welp I got the gaskets in the mail. The two exhaust plate gaskets don't fit. Like they shrunk some how. Part number matches and everything. Perhaps I can find gasket sheet material that's a similar material and make a gasket for that.

Yeah I'm certainly being a bit neurotic about it but I'm a new boater and I don't want to worry about my motor overheating without knowing after it's too late. A pressure gauge seems like a better idea than a tell tale honestly, especially since you have to look back to see the tell tale it...

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Oh sorry I didn't mention my motor doesn't have a buzzer. It may have a buzzer wire, but no buzzer. Not a bad idea though. I think I would like to know before it crosses that threshold however. Unless the temperature that sets off the buzzer isnt too hot to damage the motor?

Great thank you for the info! Does anyone have experience with this surface contact style senders? How accurate are they? I would have gone with the plug style, but like many I have used the top water jacket plug to make a tell tale.

Hello again everyone, So I just ordered a Faria temp gauge with the flat style cylinder head sender. My plan was to bolt it to the cylinder head so I can watch the temps to avoid overheating. What would be an ideal cylinder head temperature range to watch out for? Particularly the ideal...

Huh, I had no idea the site sold parts. Not a bad place to look for sure

Hey everyone, I've seen a good handful of posts about people trying to find parts, so I thought I'd start a thread about where you all buy your parts for your Force/Chrysler motors. That way we can compile a good reference list of sites to pick up parts ranging from general maintenance to...

Okay sweet! So a Yamaha thermostat would work?

So from what I can gleen, my motor must be an 83, and the earliest Yamaha brand equivalent would be an 84. The serial number for the mariner thermostat is 11919001 and 677-12411-00-00 for the Yamaha thermostat. Holding my current dead thermostat looks identical to the photo of the one listed...

I had bought a used CDI stator that had 2 extra wires. Seemed to work fine once I figured out which wires went to what. The extra I just tucked away. The stator I bought was supposed to be for multiple hps., which is why I believe it had extra wires. I have basically the same force as you btw...

No that was for the gaskets and exhaust cover. I'm asking specifically about what thermostats are compatible for this motor.

My mistake, I double checked the serial number and my motor must be a 1983. It's a Yamaha built Mariner, 5hp. When I go on Crowley marine and look up the mariner version and the Yamaha version, they are identical, except they list different part numbers and there are basically no mariner parts...

So I've recently picked up a 5hp Mariner built by Yamaha and I need a thermostat. It's pretty hard to find a thermostat replacement for this motor and I was wondering if I need the exact same serial thermostat for my motor? Or can I run down to any marine supply and find a similar size Yamaha...

No I guess I shoulda clarified. I meant salt as in mineral salts, not so much sodium chloride. So salts containing calcium or any other salts that would accumulate on the metal surfaces of the outboard. I chose the CLR cleaner because I knew it can be used to dissolve calcium salts and deposits...

Here is that previous exhaust plate after a lot and hour soak. The salt buildup definitely isn't gone but it has reduced a lot. Plus, it's much softer that previous (top). Here is an exhaust plate that has soaked for an equal amount of time then lightly scrubbed with a wire brush. The salt was...

In this photo, I had poured some undiluted CLR onto the exhaust plate. The CLR immediately began to react. After this however, I filled a plastic Tupperware with a 50/50 mix of tap water and CLR and submerged the exhaust plates (there are 2) for a few hours.