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    Reversed Polarity Force 1985 85HP

    So some idiot hooked my battery up backwards and now the circuit breaker pops as soon as battery power is applied. I thought I had it isolated to the rectifier but a new one did nothing. Can't find a short or anything that looks like burnt wiring. Is there a fuse I can't find? All of the...
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    Help, will low resistance on stator blow my CDI's

    85 HP 1985 (856X5L) Long story short. Lost Spark to 1 cylinder, swapped to open CDI port and regained spark. Ran for an hour and lost spark again. Put in new CDI unit. Got spark back. Pulled flywheel to look for anything obvious before I ran it and found the stator bolts loose, one of them into...
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    Force 85 Tilt only system?

    Fairly Newb here, I bought an 85 Hp # 856X5L last fall and have been working on it all winter. Motor runs good, however, I am not sure how the T/T is supposed to work. It appears to me there is no tilt cylinder(s) so it is a trim only system. I am not sure how the locking Brkt is supposed to...
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