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    Adapting Suzuki controls to Force(Merc).

    So what Im trying to do is save some money by not actually having to buy controls for a Force outboard, but still use the Force. The boat had an older Suzuki DT140 and Suzuki controls. Now thankfully i have both ends of the Suzuki and the Force pigtails harness. So basically I'm just making...
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    its 100% not staying there forever, but for now if i can get around with it a bit ill give it a go. I hadn't considered the shaft length so not sure what mine is, but it looks like its setting fine so far as foot length. this Lowe deck boat doesn't have a terribly tall transom. If it manages...
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    From my understanding the 140 was 20 over the transom rating and I believe most of them came with a 120hp Johnson. And currently idle speed is all I really need it to do. All of our kids between me and my buddies are 4 or less years old. So even if I had 150hp I probably wouldn't go much...
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    I'm guessing Forces(by mercury) use a mercury tach?
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    Dry Firing Outboard

    Thats why i said i think and not i know haha. ive been meaning to check its condition one of these days. i have seen some pretty ugly pumps come apart that did somehow still pump water.
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    looks like you can get from an 8p up to a 17p. motor WOT is i believe 4700rpm to 5200rpm. ill have to look into a tach. never installed one. I know the motor isnt up to the task power wise i just want to make sure i keep it as happy as it can be will putting along,
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    Dry Firing Outboard

    For years now Ive fired my 70 Johnson up countless times out of water. sometimes after it just come out the water so not true dry fires, but alot of times just in the yard because i like to brag about having an old Johnson that starts like its fuel injected haha, And i havent repalced the pump...
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    Got a pretty large barge. Its a Lowe 2200 Deck boat, had a suzuki 140 and it unfortunately blew a piston and never got repaired, well a few weeks ago i unintentionally bought a 40hp Force. a Mercury Marine era. It seems to run decently. The prop i got with the boat is a 12 1/4 x9pitch prop...
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