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    Off topic- Mountains of old sockets

    What do you do???? I have more than a few tubs, boxes, drawers, toolboxes and coffee cans of random sockets. I had my own, I wound up with a large box of them when I adopted an abandoned toolbox at work, and a mountain came from my wife's first husband, who past away and she wound up with them...
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    Please help me understand my tilt/trim system while in use

    As some of you know, I have an '84 85hp. I finally got to enjoy it this weekend, and have a few questions about the tilt trim. First- the pin... Which hole? There are five holes, it was in the top one, but felt like it was cavitating a bit, so I moved it down one. At that time I realized that...
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    So, I have officially slayed the Dragon!

    Got the opportunity to squeeze in one last quick camping trip for the season and dragged the boat along. It started perfectly, idled perfectly AND... It ran great!:D. I am once again a happy guy! I can't thank you all enough for the help. The weather wasn't great, so we didn't stay out as...
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    Fixed some things and found a new symptom that I overlooked. New help needed please

    Hi guys, I have cooled down a bit and thanks to procraftguy, I went back out today to tackle it again. '84 85hp I replaced the ground ring terinals on every single connection, added a jumper wire to each coil pack connecting each back to the jumper to the block. I also added a #10 ground...
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    Sort of got it fixed!

    Well gang, After all my troubles, I finally have spark on all three cylinders and a strong running motor. I do however still have questions. I got a new CD box that didn't come with a plug, so when I rewired it, I went by a colored wiring diagram I found here. It does not match my motor...
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    Need a CD box!

    Hope it's ok to post this here! I asked, but buried at the end of my thread, so I'm hoping for more views here I need one working cd box for my '84, 85hp. Of course, it only even needs to have one side of it working! I would love to get at least one trip with the kids this summer, and...
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    '84 Force 85 hp only firing on 2cyl

    Last summer I had the boat running well, then literally overnight on our camping trip, I lost all top end. It idles, and moves along at fast idle, but wont rev up or plane out. Starting last fall, I have done my best verify the fuel lines, fuel pump, bulb, vent line, etc. All seems to be in...
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    1984 85hp issue

    Good day, I recently purchased a bass boat with an 85 on it. I drove the boat before purchase and it ran great. It parked for a few months, then we took it out this weekend. It fired great, idles well, ran just fine for 3/4 of a tank of fuel. Topped up with a can which was filled from empty...
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