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    125hp force piston rings

    what piston rings are you guys running in your 125hp force engines? iver seen frank talk about 2 differant types of top rings and i am wondering what i should use for the motor.
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    1983 force 125hp piston #s

    last tourny of the year i lost compression in the #4 cylinder causing the engine not to idle, boat still ran 40mph before i knew it only had 20psi in the cylinder. anyway it appears the rings stuck and came through the piston top destrying the piston but did not harm the cylinder, no scoring on...
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    high voltage after R/R replacement

    ok guys i did the rectifier/regulator to help stop the high voltage problem i was having and im still seeing 15.9-16.2v. i did the universal rectifer/regulator that was recomended on this board, after getting it hooked up yellow and green with ylw tracer to the stator wires and the red to the...
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    force 125hp seems slow

    ok guys here are my issues. i have a 83 125hp force on my 78 glastron hpv-170 17ft bass boat around 1100lbs with 2 180lb guys and 25gls fuel. 15p prop and im only seeing 35mph and only running 5000ish rpm wot, did a compression test tonight and #1-140 #2-140 #3 135 #4-135psi, i plan on doing a...
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    correct prop for 17ft bass boat 125hp

    the boat is a 78 glastron hpv-170 17ft bass boat with 83 force 125hp engine. im only seeing 4900-5000 rpm max wot and ive seen 38mph once on my lowrance gps. this was with 20 gallons fuel and 2 180# guys and about 3' rooster, it seems to me this boat should be faster then it is with this power...
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    sparkplugs for 83 force 125hp

    What plugs should I be running in this motor. It has ul18v champs in it now.
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    83 force 125hp engine wiring.

    couple questions here guys. first off is have a blue wire coming off the ignition switch where does it go on the dis. block on the engine, and what wires do i tap into for the overheat buzzer and the kill switch. im installing this engine on a 78 glastron HPV-170 and trying to finish all the...
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    tach for my 83ish 125 force

    hey guys first post here. i recently finished restoring my 78 glastron hpv-170 and it originally came with a johnson outboard with omc gauges, ive searched and the answers ive gotten seem kind of confusing to me on if i can use the omc tach thats in the boat. im very mechanicly inclined but i...
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