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    bad oil leak 7.4 mercrusier

    Morning, I have a 1988 7.4 Mercruiser 454 Wellcraft 28' that's blowing oil badly. It never lost oil pressure or got hot I just tuned it up and installed new ignition parts and it ran great it loses about a quart and hour had over a quart in bilge.It made the cabin stink that's: how i found...
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    Belt issue 1988 7.4 454

    Ok I have a 1988 7.4 454 thunder bolt set up. I was working on it this past weekend and i noticed the the belts looked crooked ''not inline with harmonic balance,crank etc ''. Is it possible they previous owner installed them improperly:facepalm: It works ,but to me it should line up pretty...
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    7.4 stalls and no start

    I just got a 1988 Wellcraft Antigua with the 7.4, bravo 1, thunderbolt ignition..... It stalls in the no wake on the river I'm on and then it cranks and no start ,a shot of starting fluid wouldn't make it sputter. So I get boat us to tow me back. I change fuel and water filter the next...
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    ''If you cant use the force luke'' add a kicker motor...

    :D Pic's of my kicker motor.Great to have as a back up, trolling ,no wake zones,pull start no dead batterys to worry about You have to beef up where your going to mount the bracket with some 1/2 plywood fiberglass cloth and alot of resin .
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    force 125 Burnt up Cdi module?

    Re: force 125 Burnt up Cdi module? the wires are the same colors as the black cd just the pin connectors are swaped.... I hope I can do it. The replacement Force CDI 182-4475R Coil replaces both blue and black coils. So maybe just maybe the blue pack will work with the new 2 new CDI...
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    force 125 Burnt up Cdi module?

    ok so I went over this whole motor again because of this ongoing issue not idling and only getting up to hull speed at wide open throttle. Im no boat Tech by any means... but I am a good wrench. Does this pack look burnt up
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    1988 force 125 carb float issue

    Re: 1988 force 125 carb float issue Ok here's the way there set up also talk a look at the parts diagram and the pic of text shows carb part numbers and location top /bottom my 589061 is on the bottom and 664061 is on the top .....or maybe there in the right locations and they mean top and...
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    1988 force 125 carb float issue

    Ok so I have a seloc book and it shows alot of different carbs , but not the carbs I have exactly. I have 589061-2 and 664061-1.When I got the boat the top carb had the float hinge adjustment tab facing up(flat plastic part of the float as the float side) and the bottom float adjustment tab...
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    force 125 will not start in neutral after warm up please help

    I'm at my wit's end with this motor.The motor will start right away on high idle i let it warm up for 5 min. Its smoking like the marlboro man at a poker game. It sparking on all 4,:confused: 138 psi on all four ,I set the static timing at 30 degrees by taking the plugs out and in gear cranking...
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    force 125 coil wires and spark plugs

    Whats up guys,Ive got a few techy questions here . 2 of my four coils on my force 125 have really loose connection points where there molded to the coil itself. One of them turns 360 degrees inside the coil although there is spark on them I felt this was not good so I got 2 cdi replacements. The...
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    force 125

    Ok here it goes,My First boat it was a hand me down 88 force 125 .Starts right up on full idle in a large bin of water. I let it warm up for 5 min but as soon as I drop it down towards neutral it dies out ,push it forward in neutral again it runs like a raped ape with great throttle...
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