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    warm water at tell tale

    I have an 1989 50 horse force outboard. I recently changed water pump and have gotten it started and the water exiting the tell tale is rather warm to the touch and the head is also warm to the touch. I havent got my warming horn working yet and havent had motor out of idle. thanks Ken
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    force head

    I have a 50 force outboard. i am currently replacing the head gasket and i separated the head to clean the water jacket. Is the water supposed to flow around the entire head? If so i probably have some holed that are sealed off with corrosion. thanks
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    head gasket

    . I was trying to tune my motor a few weeks ago which it is a 1989 50 horsepower. I have a couple of questions to ask. I noticed water leaking out of the lower spark plug hole. I pulled the head gasket today and it didnt look like it was bad. 1. Can a head gasket be reused? 2. Could water be...
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    head gasket trouble

    I have a 50 horsepower force outboard. It looks like i blew the head gasket. I noticed today while trying to set the carb correctly water was dripping out of the lower cylinder spark plug. How do i ground the plugs? I do not have a kill switch on my motor. Could this be coming from the exhaust...
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    not a good day

    Im sorry for a long post. I was just typing all this and hit a wrong button and lost it all so ill retype it. I have a 50 horsepower force outboard. I changed the impellar and thremostat about a year or two ago. i then ran into starter trouble and began rebuilding my boat. I finally got a new...
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    possible starter trouble

    i have a 50 force outboard model number 507f9b serial 1878. i just replaced starter with a brand new one. i hooked up battery and when i turned the key i got nothing besides the choke clicking. im not sure if the battery is good or not but when i jump the solienod from postive battery to postive...
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    1989 force 50 horsepower wont crank

    I have an 1989 50 horsepower force outboard. A couple of weeks ago i got it to crank by cleaning some connections on the starter and battery cables and then found i had to change out the water pump. It now will not crank at all i had it cranking last week by using a jump box because my battery...
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    cam throttle

    I have a 50 horsepower force outboard that is an 89 model. When I advance the throttle to wot the back plate in the carburator is barely open but when I manuely advance the throttle cam it will open up all the way. How to I adjust this correctly and am I losing throttle the way it is currently...
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    impellar replacement

    I am replaceing my water pump impellar and the key that is on the shaft is rusted to the shaft how should i get this out? The impellar was not in bad shape but it didnt pump water and it had a slight tear where it sits on the key. I blew out the water suction tube and water came out of my tell...
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    how to test thremoswitch

    I have recently replaced the thremoswitch and horn but cant get the horn to work. I have the horn wired to the orange wire coming from the control box and the horned is also grounded to the battery. thanks ken
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    Finding parts

    I am having trouble finding some parts on iboats.com the search engine tells me that there isnt a part for that model and or year. I am looking for an impellar kit for a 1989 50 horsepower force outboard ken
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    starter trouble

    i have recently bought i used starter for my 50 horsepower force motor. after installing the starter it will not turn over my soloined will click and the starter will turn over when hooked up to a battery. not sure what to check next thanks ken
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