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    1996 mercury oil injection runs hot a slow speed

    can any one tell me why my 50 hp merc runs hot when at a slow speed coming into the channel it runs nice and cool when full speed and has alot of water coming out from the pump at full speed and slow speed thanks
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    1977 70 johnson is it possiable to just hone one cylinder and put in over size piston

    im new to rebuilding a boat motor but i am going to give it a try since i rebuild my snowmobile engine i had a 70 horse johnson given to me it had a lot of play in the top cylinder i took it apart and the piston was scraping the side of the clyinder its not gouged to bad but i think it should be...
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    force fifty stalls when i put it in to forward

    can any one tell me why my force 50 hp stalls when i put it in gear it idles fine let run for a least 10 minutes in barrel runs perfect but when i put it into gear it stalls i mixed at 50:1 but seems to smoke like it is at 20:1 any ideas thanks
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    force 50 hp missing parts to lock motor

    when i bought the boat there wasnt anything there to stop the motor from kicking forward when i put it in gear does any one have a picture they can show me or explain what is missing not sure the year but it has the white cowel thanks
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    steel portable gas can vent

    i put gas in the tank and after it sat for awhile the pressure built up and it started to leak out of the quick connect at the tank so i took off the lid and released the pressure so then i tightened the cap and hooked it to the motor i let it sit for about 10 minutes it did not leak but it sure...
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    steel gas tank vent

    i put my gas in my portiable red steel gas tank and when sitting in my garage it built up pressure and started to come out were the line connects so i un did the lid and released the pressure so i put it in the boat and connected the line buy when i checked it about 5 minutes later it was not...
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    does a old 40hp johnson have a choke solenoid

    i know where there is a old 40hp power johnson outboard motor pobabley in the late 60s or early 70s does it have a choke solenoid i need one for my boat motor it is not a johnson but i thought i could make it work i can have the motor for free but its a little bit of a drive it is at a scrape...
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    choke solenoid for force 50

    i burned out the choke solenoid for my force 50 cant seem to find one can any body tell me were to look for one or is it under a different name i know were there is a old johnson 40 horse would it have the same unit thanks
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    wiring my boat force 50 were to ground

    when i bought the boat somebody started to wire it when i put on the lights some wires started to smoke i notice they had a ground to a live on one of the switches so i started rewiring all i have left is the ground wires the last person who owned the boat had the grounds going to the battery i...
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    50 force throttle and gear linkage

    when i bought the boat somebody had a hi-lex throttle and gear shifter in the boat with just the cables hooked up it was laying on the floor it has no cover so when i pulled the shifter out so i could rev the boat up it would not go ahead very far and then i noticed it has its own neutral safety...
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    i need help how to set points on force 50

    i took my points off to clean them. on the shaft there is a line before the high point do i set my points from the line or from the high point thanks
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    force 50 hp after cleaning the dirty points i still have no spark

    well after checking the easy solutions i finally broke down and took the fly wheel off should of did that in the first place i guess but any way the points are corroded with dry acid like you find on your battery under your truck or car hood i cleaned the points up and still have no spark i...
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    force 50 hp no spark

    i just bought a 16 foot 1977 sea sprite boat 50 force motor and trailer for $350 the fellow i bought the boat from said he bought the boat in sept for a winter project but since he got called back to work and works on the road he wouldn't have time to work on it. for $350 i cant complain no...
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    5.5 eska model no help

    can anybody tell what the model no is for my eska 5.5 on the motor all it says is model 1975-B serial no 67-220294 when i call sears for parts they said it should be a longer no for the model but i cant find any other no., thanks
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    need help finding carburetor parts for 5.5 eska

    the carb gaskets on my eska 5.5 are shot espessicaly the pump diaphragm so i put on a carb from a tecumseh lawn mower i can get the motor to full throttle now but the problem is when it gets jerking back and forth in the barrel it starts to loss power and im thinking its because the lawnmower...
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    need help finding carburetor parts for 5.5 eska

    the carb gaskets on my eska 5.5 are shot espessicaly the pump diaphragm so i put on a carb from a tecumseh lawn mower i can get the motor to full throttle now but the problem is when it gets jerking back and forth in the barrel it starts to loss power and im thinking its because the lawnmower...
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