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    1989 125HP Force Idle tube question?

    Manual states that the idle tube in the carbs (must contact the front of the main nozzle). The idle tubes on my 1989 125 Force are center of the nozzle. The caruretors are original since new and have never been rebuilt. Manual states that if contact is not made with the nozzle the carburetors...
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    1989 Force 125HP picks up misses, picks up misses

    1989 Force misses, at least I think it's a miss! This is quick and constant up to about 2000 rpm or so, tach jumps about 150 rpm each time this occurs. I had a bad coil on 3 recently switched it out with a coil from a late 80's 85 HP Force and it started firing strong on all four cylinders...
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    Attaching Plywood Washboards To Fiberglass?

    Attaching plywood washboards to fiberglass? In the pictures you can see that there is about a 1 1/2 inch lip to attach the plywood to. I plan to use 5200 to secure the plywood to the fiberglass lip after everything is framed and then glass the washboards with 10 oz. cloth. Does this sound about...
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    Advice needed on decking over stern!

    Do you think it will be ok to cut the seat boxes straight across in the stern of the boat or are they on an angle for another reason other than to keep the battery and cooler boxes square? Thinking about closing in the top of the boat in the stern around the splashwell like the old wooden...
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    Foam Question!

    This is something that I have been wondering about after reading stringer questions. Would it be safe to? Start with a bare fiberglass boat hull say up to 20 foot, strengthen the inside of the transom with fiberglass cloth and epoxy, especially in the corners of the transom and where the...
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    1989 force 125 prop size?

    I have a 20ft maxum cuddy cabin, weight about 2,150 lbs with a 1989 125 Force outboard, 307 lbs, purchased new in 1989 as boat motor and trailer package. Prop is the original that came on the engine when purchased new. Tryed to figure prop size, all I can find for a number is on the outside of...
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    Force Ignition coil Question

    Will the blue Force ignition coils fit on any horsepower outboard that used blue coils? For example: If a 50hp outboard came with blue coils will they fit a 125hp that came with blue coils even if the motor years are different? Will the wiring be the same or different?:confused:
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    Boat Speed? Before and after remodeling?

    1989 maxum, 20ft. cuddy cabin with a 125 h.p. Force outboard, with power trim and tilt. As a cuddy my boat weighed around 2150 lbs. I beleive! I'm told that it ran 37 mph according to the speedohmeter when purchased new. Just curious as to what the speed as a center console might be? The boat...
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    1980's 85h.p. carb question

    I have a pair of mid to late 80's 85h.p. Force carbs don't know if they are a matchng set, how can I tell? Will they work for a replacement on a 1989 Force 125h.p. engine? My engine is the maxum series, I think all this amounts to is different stickers on the hood would that be correct? Thanks!
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    Rectifier 1989 Force Outboard

    How do I check for a good rectifier? Book said to set ohm meter to x1 ohm position. My meter has RX1K on it. It will read fine, but my question is will I get the right results set at RX1K is this the same reading as X1? I get good readings on both rectifiers that I have this way. All readings...
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    Inboard outboard air cooled engine

    Anyone ever use an electric start riding lawn mower engine in a boat and attached an outboard lower unit under the bottom? Been thinking of doing this for awhile, just wondering if it had been done and how it worked?
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    Homemade outboard

    Has anyone ever built there own outboard motor? I've built three. I used push lawn mower engines to a riding lawn mower engine that was an 8hp electric start that had forward, reverse and neutral gears. Used that thing for three years, made one heck of a motor for trolling, gas bill was cheap...
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    Motorguide Trolling Motor

    Picked up a Motorguide, transom mount trolling motor recently. Looks brand new. It is marked Great White, 43lb. thrust, 5 forward, 2 reverse, 42 in. stainless shaft. Top is marked GWB43 and is white in color. I was told it was over $300 by the owner. Is it possible that it is a saltwater series...
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    How tuff are Force outboards?

    Here's one for the books! While out riding on a rough day I forgot to secure an ammo can of tools, the can landed across the battery post, both of them, the wind was blowing to the stern of the boat so I didn't notice anythng. Couple minutes later I glanced back and saw the can on top of the...
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    1989 Force 125 Outboard A,B,C,D Code

    Can anyone tell me what the difference is in the A,B,C,D code used for the 1989 Force 125 outboards? Does it pretain to the months of production of a certain year such as A/ Jan, Feb, Mar- B/ Apr, May, Jun and so on. mine is 1251A9C.
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    1989 A model 125 FORCE OUTBOARD

    1989 Force Outboard 125hp C model. Purchased new by first owner. Used lightly the first three years, ran fine. Sat with gas in carbs and tank from about 1992 until about 2005. Drained and cleaned tank, replaced all fuel lines,new fuel pump rebuild, cleaned and rebuilt carbs, oiled all cylinders...
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    89 maxum center console

    These are pictures of the progress of the center console conversion that I have been working on.The boat is at the point were I can try it out to see that things are placed as I would like them. Had some nice days this week, but work got number one priority. This first picture is of the...
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    89 maxum cuddy conversion pitures

    These are pictures of the boat when I recieved it as a cuddy cabin, and after being converted to a bowrider. Next post will look at the progress from bare hull to center console. This may take some time due to work, and it gets dark before I get home evenings. Weekends are kind of busy so...
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    89 maxum cuddy conversion

    These are a few pictures of my what used to be my 1989 20ft maxum cuddy cabin, then bowrider conversion, now working on becoming a center console. If I can find some of the bowrider pictures I will post those later. I have an original picture of the cuddy cabin version from the paper work that...
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    1989 maxum cuddy cabin

    I have a 1989 maxum cuddy cabin, with a 125 h.p. Force outboard. Have had it for about three years now. Converted it to a bowrider a couple years ago. Decided to do another restore and make it a center console, which is the process I am in now. The boat was purchased new by my inlaws in 89. It...
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