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Hello again,
Think I may be getting close to having a boat but not sure. I bought a bayliner bowrider with a 85 hp force motor for 400.00. I was told by the owner that he had the motor checked and the mechanic told him it had good compression but needed a new starter. I bought a new starter...
I had a problem with the starter cranking to slowly so I replaced it with a new starter and now it does nothing. I cleaned all the terminals tightened all connections and nothing. I also changed the throttle control cables and thought maybe it wasn't in neutral but i tried jumping the starter...
I have a 85 hp force outboard. It barely cranks with the spark plugs in but cranks fine when the spark plugs are out any idea why this is or how to fix it?
