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  1. BoostedTimmy

    Repower suggestions for pontoon houseboat?

    I've been remodeling a 1987 Landau pontoon houseboat for a little over a year now. Just recently I got the Force 85 it came with running and got to do some cruising. While I've been through seemingly every inch of this motor I still don't quite trust it (it sat unused for 1 possibly almost 2...
  2. BoostedTimmy

    Force 85 stuck in reverse

    Went out for my maiden voyage the other day and was met with multiple failures :facepalm: Motor would cut out quickly doing 1/2 throttle or more then was hard to start again. Figured it was the fuel pump so started idling home (wasn't far). Things got worse to the point where the engine would...
  3. BoostedTimmy

    Ignition woes

    I have a Force 85 which I did a powerhead swap on. During the swap it was found that one of the wires leading to the rectifier was torched. I got a new stator (used part) and it had the different (newer) wire colors. It was pretty easy to to match up the colors, but upon assembly one cylinder...
  4. BoostedTimmy

    Lower unit removal in water

    I have a Force 85 that has been sitting for a long time (10+ years) on my houseboat. I just got it running with some help from this forum but now I have a new issue. When the motor started up there was a light squeaking sound. As I let the engine idle for a while it got progressively louder. I...
  5. BoostedTimmy

    Tower shaft and shift linkage issue

    Bought a houseboat a year ago with a non running Force 85. Upon compression check I found cylinder two to be very low. I found a used powerhead with good compression and paid a guy to install it over the water. Was working through a bunch of other problems before I was ready to try and start the...
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