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- Jun 18, 2009
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Just wanted to say thanks to all on this forum for all the helpful advise i've gotten over the last year with my 88, 85 hp force. I finally got out this weekend for the first time and after a long winter and all the tuneup and upgrades I could do, the boat ran great. Motor fired up right up, tell tale worked beautifully. Did a decarb last night and let it soak overnight and took it to the lake this morning to run it and it ran smooth as ever - smoked like hell though. Last year, i couldn't get over 4500 rpm and had hard starting issues, now with a new aluminum 17 pitch MW prop and after the carb cleaning, fuel pump rebuild, fuel recirc. cleaning, along wiht a bunch of other stuff, like filters, etc., I'm getting 5200 rpm at WOT and 31 mph with the gps - seems a bit slow on the top speed but I'm ok with that as long as i know the motor is running at the recommended rpm range and sounds good.
Thanks again to all for your invaluable insight and advise - this place is really a huge asset.
Thanks again to all for your invaluable insight and advise - this place is really a huge asset.
