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  1. bart98stang

    Confused about gelcoat project

    Greetings fellow boaters. I hope your boating season is going well. I need some help as I can't find my answer. I have attached two pictures of my 1990 Sunbird 194. The red gelcoat that's above and below the rub rail was extremely faded. I tried compound, wax, wet sand up to 2000 grit and I...
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    1990 Force 120hp Starter is/going bad?

    Greetings all. I have a 1990 Force 120hp and sometimes when I turn the engine over it cranks like the battery is going dead, even when I have my 50amp engine starter hooked up. The battery is a Marine deep cycle battery, 650 cold cranking amps, it was bought new in February and it's fully...
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    1990 Force 120hp 2 of 4 spark plugs clean

    Greetings all. I have a 1990 Force 120hp which runs quite well on the ears. I removed the plugs to see what they look like and #'s 3 and 4 are clean. Left to right are plugs 1-4 respectively. Compression was #1 120psi, #2 115psi, #3 115psi, #4 120psi and all 4 produce a fat blue spark across...
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    '90/'91 120 Carbs not opening or closing fully

    Hello gentlemen, I have a similar problem that another fellow boater had posted yesterday but my problem seams a little different. I have either a 1990 or 1991 Force 120 (no model number) with I can only assume a older Chrysler control box and the carb butterflies are not fully open at WOT and...
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    Please help with motor year identification

    Hello gentlemen. I hope your boating season is going well. I just acquired a 120 Force that I'm not sure which year. The gentlemen that I got the motor from said that they stern bracket was replaced by the previous owner with a 150 so the model tag is incorrect. Thanks for your time.
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    Installing newly re-upholstered interior panels

    Greetings everyone, I hope your boating season is safe and successful. This afternoon I removed both back seats on either side of the outboard and the interior panels on both port and stbd sides with the plan to replace the wood, foam and vinyl. In the first pic the long panels are the ones in...
  7. bart98stang

    J115TLETS shutdown on overheat?

    Good evening gentlemen, I have '93 J115TLETS with 13"x19" prop on a 19'4" Sunbird Cuddy Cabin. I'm currently troubleshooting a fuel issue. Thinking my anti-siphon valve was bad I put a straight fitting on the gas tank and I took the boat out for a test run. I was running at WOT at 5400-5500...
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    Fuel/water separator mounted horizontaly

    Greetings, I have a VJ115TLETS with 13"x19 pitch prop on a 19' 4" Sunbird Cuddy and yesterday while I was taking the boat out for a test run the engine ran pretty good on a couple of passes then it started to bog and wouldn't go above 3000 rpm or so and the engine would cut off and would hard...
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    '91 Johnson 200 not starting after adjusting wrong timing screw

    Good evening gentlemen, I have a J200STLEI that I just recently purchased. Before I bought it I watched it start, idle, and rpms run up but the guy said that the timing needs to be adjusted. As I was waiting for my factory service manual to come in I attempted the Joe Reeves WOT timing...
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    Does steering tube fit inside of tilt tube? J200STLEI

    Good evening, in a previous thread I started a few days ago I was asking about my steering cable and tilt tube. Come to find out I do not have a steering tube and it was recommended that I buy and install one. So I bought one using part # 0915118 (item 103) from Evinrude referencing my model...
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    I thought I had J200STLEI motor......

    Greetings all, just a few short days ago I posted a thread about translating my serial number to a model number since I no longer have the label plate. Some one suggested that I call BRP and ask them to cross the number. They did and they came up with J200STLEI. So great, I'm thinking I have...
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    J200STLEI steering cable does not got through tilt tube

    Hello, I have a '91 Johnson 200 J200STLEI I just procured. The steering cable does not go through the tilt tube and after talking with the previous owner and searching around I found that the cable can be bolted up to the yoke and then clamped to a bracket mounted to the transom. I've added a...
  13. bart98stang

    Having trouble translating Johnson V6 S/N ***PICS ADDED***

    Good evening. I'm looking to purchase a Johnson V6 "Limited Edition" and I could not find the label plate for the serial number. However, I found that the serial number is stamped in between the cylinders in a chrome looking "plug" and it's stamped G2952510. I can't find anywhere what this...
  14. bart98stang

    Boat set up for Mercury or Johnson/Evinrude?

    Hey fellas Could someone smarter than me regarding boats please answer my question. I just acquired a '92 Sunbird SPL 194 complete in pretty good shape except for carpet and no outboard. They person I bought it from stated that it was set up for a Mercury, however, it has OMC controls. I did...
  15. bart98stang

    20" or 25"? How do I know what I need"

    I just acquired a 1992 Sunbird SPL 194 Cuddy Cabin boat that needs a outboard. It currently has Mercury controls and I have no idea if I need a 20" or 25" shaft engine. Can someone please educate me on which one I need and please explain. Thank you very much in advance.
  16. bart98stang

    Force outboard manufacture and application

    Hello everyone. Who manufactured Force outboard motors? I originally thought it was Chrysler but then I seen Force by Mercury outboards also. Just a little confused... With that being said I understand that outboard and controls need to match, for example Johnson outboard requires Johnson...
  17. bart98stang

    Alignment tool will not fit into coupler

    Greetings everyone! So I've been trying to get my engine aligned for quite a while now. I had some one come over and find out what's wrong and he found that my motor mounts needed to be replaced. So last weekend I replaced them and I still can't get the engine to align. After ruining my...
  18. bart98stang

    Consequence of not using the blower motor to suck out fumes......

    Boating season is probably ruined..... http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/va_beach/vb-crews-respond-to-marina-fire
  19. bart98stang

    Need to replace rear motor mounts Merc 470

    Greetings everyone! I hope your boating season, if started, is going well. After about a month of trying to align my 470 with my MC-1 drive I gave up and had somebody come over and help me align it. Well he found that my rear motor mounts are bad which is why I could not get the tool to...
  20. bart98stang

    Having trouble aligning Merc 470 and MC-1 Drive

    Greetings all!! I'm having a heck of a time trying to align my motor and outdrive. I'm using the Mercruiser manual and other resources from iboats and other websites for assistance. I'm unable to insert the alignment tool all of the way into the gimbal bearing due to the head of the tool...
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