force water pump

[mike_v2v98]

hey there people<br />i just took the boat out of the garage today and fired it up on the muffs for the first time this season<br />ran great for about 5 minutes then the overheat buzzer went off<br /><br />i went and picked up a new impellor today but the shop manual for the motor will be another 2 weeks till they get it in<br /><br />i dont think i can wait 2 more weeks to get the boat in the water so im gonna attempt the impellor myself<br />can anyone tell me what comes in a impellor kit<br />i bought just the impaellor<br />also can anyone point out a link or where i can find more info on this particular job<br />i have a 1989 force 85hp<br />thanks for any help

 

[cowboy1]

Re: force water pump

Hey Mike<br /><br />Take a look at www.boatingsolutions.com they sell the impellor kit for about 25 bucks. Its basically the impellor and gaskets. Its a good price considering my local shop wanted 37 just for the impellor. I bought the shop manual for 23 bucks at Amazon.com, everwhere else they wanted over 33 bucks for it.

 

[cinder1995]

Re: force water pump

He's right. I just bought an impeller kit at boatingsolutions.com. It's alot cheaper than anywhere else that I found. I have a 1991 Force 120 & just changed mine last weekend. You don't really need a manual. All you have to remove is about 8 bolts and the shifting arm.... I damn sure couldn't wait 2 weeks.

 

[Safevet]

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Replacing the impeller on the Force 85 hp is no big deal. Were are you located as I would be willing to show you if your close by.<br />I am in Texas

 

[mike_v2v98]

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well safevet im in vancouver british columbia so i dont think your going to come all this way to show me<br />last night after not being able to find any info or diagrams on the net i decided to take matters into my own hands<br />this is my first outboard and ive never even seen one apart before so i didnt even know where the impellor was located<br />after alot of humming and hawwing i decided to open the tool box <br />and good thing i started with the lower unit<br />i drained the oil but i dont think i really needed to<br />all in all it took me about 40 minutes to have it all put back together with the new impellor<br /><br />after having it apart i can see theres not really much to an outboard<br /><br />i read a few posts about it and that did help<br /><br />i think the hardest part was lining up the driveshaft and the shift rod at the same time while holding the lower unit

 

[Safevet]

Re: force water pump

Mike<br /> Glad you dove in and replaced the impeller. <br />Now as far as draining the oil you didnt have to do this, but it needs to be changed anyway and this way you know what you have.<br />Best of luck and have fun on the lake...