Re: TILT PUMP/MOTOR ASSEMBLY FORCE 75 H.P. (1998) Does not hold for long over time
Alright, its only been a few hours but the motor seems to be staying in the up position after the poppet kit was installed, more so I found a broken spring in the plug facing the bow of the boat. Seen in the...
1998 75 HP force tracker - Tilt wont hold slip after 20 minutes, i can seem to find any leaks.
It still operates normally, but when running, if I have it trim to the sweet spot, it will eventually drop some and I have to adjust it up.
When I get back to the dock, I put it up, it then...
Is there a valve or oring kit?????, has anyone else fixed this problem????
TILT PUMP/MOTOR ASSEMBLY FORCE 75 H.P. (1998) Does not hold for long over time
I have to put something under the outboard near the transom to hold it up out of the water over night.
It seems like an o-ring or valve is...
1998 75 hp Force Mercury Tracker Outboard.
Tilt Trim Motor Gremlin - Motor does not stay in up position over night
For the past two days I have had to wake and go down to the dock to find the motor sitting in the beautiful brown water of a New Jersey river down and ready for take off.
I put...
1998 Force Mercury 75 H.P. 2 stroke Running rich.
Hi everyone,, I have not logged in to iboats in a while... good thing because the motor has been running well.
Now here is my issue. I have a bit of oily gunk coming out of the upper exhaust hole and it runs rough on the take off.
Not really a...
Re: 1998 force 75 hp tilt stuck...only clicks...no movement.
I found one online it has a resevoir as well.
ebay
What am I looking for and what can fall apart when I take out the the four allen screws(#3 below)?
Are all those small parts gonna fall out?
my motor is stuck in the down position when I hit the trim I only hear clicking noise . I know I am going to have to be to replace it for filled with fluid or something what's my next plan of attack
Re: Drive shaft upprer? seal and retainer ring 1998 75 HP Force by Mercury
Loking further at these diagrams on crowley marine
http://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/parts/2534_19.cfm
These dont look like the right parts, the seal looks a lot different and there is no visible nut ( #...
OK, so pictured here is the exploded view of the top end of my drive shaft for the 1998 75 HP Force.
The diagram shows the seal and retainer ring.
My questions are as follows....
a) how important are they, looks like they would keep a bunch of stuff out of the power head????????
b) Looks...
Re: Shift Shaft Seal Replacement - 1998 75 HP Mercury Force
OK, so I =had to figure the the seals went in the way I thought was good, it was actually the only way, I had no way pounding the 1st prop shaft seal into place in the other direction, basically the spring loaded side faced inside the...
Re: Shift Shaft Seal Replacement - 1998 75 HP Mercury Force
OK here is a photo of all the parts I am replacing plus water pump gaskets, not in the photo.
Plus a photo of the prop shaft carriage removed
Re: Shift Shaft Seal Replacement - 1998 75 HP Mercury Force
OK here is a photo of all the parts I am replacing plus water pump gaskets, not in the photo.
Plus a photo of the prop shaft carriage removed,,,,new parts are closest
Re: Shift Shaft Seal Replacement - 1998 75 HP Mercury Force
OK, so the picture is above of the seal, I never found a retainer ring with it. I have attached photos below of the bottom view of the drive shaft housing. Marked is where I found it.
So how important are both of those parts, the...
Re: Shift Shaft Seal Replacement - 1998 75 HP Mercury Force
OK, here is the next question.
As it was my first time removing the lower unit I was not looking for this part, but today I found this seal up inside the drive shaft housing 3 days after I removed the lower unit. I just decided to...
Shift Shaft Seal Replacement - 1998 75 HP Mercury Force
I have to replace this seal, shown in photo below, its cracked and in bad shape, not mention leaking, I think.
The photo below shows the oily milky fluid coming from exhaust after a few minutes (total 40 minutes running since...
Re: Dropped the lower unit on 1998 75 HP Merury/Force
Ok I went in a little further and its looks ok, look at the water impellar, im sure that did not help, but it was shooting water when running.
So the orange gasket behind the water pump housing is that supposed to be like that? Looks like...
Re: Tracker motor, Merc, or Force?? Please help
Does anyone know if the motor only says force on the label on the power head, like this photo and all exterior stickers are mercury, tracker or HP #, is it a force or mercury, what parts do I buy?
