Re: 86 Force 125
Not dead, just hibernating till I fixed a weak transom with S/S knees,(didn't have any from the getgo!!) Replaced a leaking alum. tank, and put a new deck down. The old force is chomping at the bit wanting to be let loose. Since last visit, 2 decarbs gave me 154-5#'s on 1-2&3 and 158-9#'s on 4. New water pump pee's well thru the new telltale. Unexpectantly got my face washed looking at the exhaust. Idled well on muffs. Excitedly plunked the boat in the bay and forgot to disconnect the trailer lites. Two bulbs and lesson learned. Carbs set at 1 turn out. No wake zone no prob. Oh yeh, cleaned out the carb. recirc. system and no more fog bank! Started to slowly accelerate and hit a missing/shuttering zone between idle and plane. Fear made me back off the throttle. Went for it and gave it full throttle and the d#$n thing jumped up on plane (I mean instantly) and took off. Now I'm holding on for dear life, trying to listen to the motor, watch the spastic tach., avoid the sailboats lazily taching back and forth in front of me, and wiping the salt spray off my glasses. Yeah Buddy, I'm diggin it. After settling down, serious thoughts started to settle in, don't kill the motor so the throttle stayed where I could accept the sound of RPM's produced. John you were right!13P prop ain't gonna cut it. Tried to adjust carbs but the choppy water wouldn't let me keep the screwdriver in the slot. Timing lite couldn't find any marks so I gave up the fine tune thing and just cruised the bay taking in the sights. Next day discovered the thingamaging that connects throttle tower shaft to the timing screw adjuster watchamacallit is broken. The OEM manual doesn't cover these parts. Would this cause the shutter between idle and plane and a spastic tach? The part connects the throttle tower and and timing adjuster (plastic). How availiable is it or can it be repaired (JB Weld)? At WOT the part seperates along the lengh and skips threads. I think I'm chomping harder the the Mighty Force. Bye Bye Whaletail.
