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  1. Eddie Rivera

    How to adjust and prepare for 1st start after power head swap

    Just completed the power head swap from my 1989 50hp 507X9B to my 1991 50 hp 508F91C. It's ready to be started how ever I see that my tower shaft has everything out of adjustment and I don't feel comfortable starting it this way. 1) spark control/timing link seems too short. 2) top idle or fill...
  2. Eddie Rivera

    89-50HP Carb doesn't fit on 91-50HP

    I'm swapping power heads. -- My original 1989 50 HP model 507X89B carburetor Asbly. part number F628061-3 and carb adapter flange part number FA433167. -- My replacement head is a 1991 50 HP model 508F91c carburetor Asbly. Part number F718061 and carb adapter flange part number FA691167...
  3. Eddie Rivera

    Fuel Pump Valve is stuck and hard to remove!

    1989 Force 50 HP model H507x89B - I am rebuilding the fuel pump completely and one of the fuel pump valves won't come out. One was held by screws and just dropped the other I had to punch it out of the pump body with a screw driver, how ever the last one won't come out. I used PB blaster to...
  4. Eddie Rivera

    Need opinion on repairing a flywheel

    Need opinions and help on how to or whether I should repair a flywheel with a scratched bore. Please see attached pictures. Can I take it to a machine shop? I know I must have 80% contact from flywheel and shaft, can I use JB Weld to fill the scratches? Or make it straight and tight on the...
  5. Eddie Rivera

    89 Force 50HP turns on and stays on only on high idle start

    1989 Force 50 HP 507X9B I mixed a gallon of fresh 91 octane and 2.6 oz of oil and 1/4 can of sea foam to decarbonize the motor since I have not turned it on for almost a year - on a carburetor with a new main niddle, a new float and gaskets and let it sit there and run "with the motor cover...
  6. Eddie Rivera

    89 force 50 HP how to adjust new float with new needle

    Hello, replaced float, needle, bowl gasket, and both small washer/gaskets on the screw holding bowl. Motor will not start. bulb gets hard and no leaks. motor cranks but wont start. After changing the exhaust gasket and messing with float it started 3 times only till it died and never turned...
  7. Eddie Rivera

    Help - 89 force 50 HP float settings

    Can anyone please help me determine the measurements to set my carbs float? Both normal operating position an upside down? How to measure it and with what? My seloc is too general an I think I used the wrong motor settings. My model # is 507X9b - remote controls single carb. Please help
  8. Eddie Rivera

    89 force 50 hp hard to start after exhaust gasket change and carb gaskets

    Hello and thanks to everyone who helped me change my exhaust gaskets and carb, after several months its finally done. I have a problem --- it has a hard time starting. My model of outboard is 507X9B and i changed all my fuel lines out and in and on the carb i changed the 2 small gaskets that go...
  9. Eddie Rivera

    89 Force 50 HP need re-assembly help

    Hello friends, I finally took the motor apart for the exhaust gasket replacement. I used that JP blaster as instructed by you guys, however at the plate where the motor sits, most of the bolts or screws were relatively loose had lots of anti-seize grease, I'm afraid this was one of the causes...
  10. Eddie Rivera

    89 Force 50 HP- HELP exhaust gaskets replacement

    Hello guys, I'm back I had to take a brake from working on my boat - I got burnt out. I've started working on it now and need help. 89 force 50 hp I need to replace exhaust Gaskets. Ontario - Southern California (inland empire) Please help me with instructions on how to do it. Any special...
  11. Eddie Rivera

    89 force 50 hp wastes and squirts fuel

    look at the picture with the red mark - am i missing a cap?? 89 Force 50 HP wastes too much fuel and I increase the throttle it squirts fuel from end at bottom- where the carb meets the block. Also at high speeds it squirts from the small plugs and leaks out a lot from the lower bowl and it...
  12. Eddie Rivera

    89 force 50 hp need to replace exhaust Gasket

    89 force 50 hp I need to replace exhaust Gaskets. Please help me with instructions on how to do it. Any special tricks anything to watch out for anything I should not do. The very hard to find kit came with 3 gaskets. Where can I find a tool to hold the fly wheel while I loosen up the too nut...
  13. Eddie Rivera

    1989 FORCE 50 hp SQUIRTS FUEL AROUND CARBURETOR AT HIGH IDLE

    1989 force 50 hp : Squirts fuel at high idles and when brought back to neutral it shakes and shuts off. After it shuts off i try to re start it and after several tries there is a fuse (15) that burns under the helms control panel. Carburetor has been adjusted to specks - close all the way and...
  14. Eddie Rivera

    89 force 50 HP leaking too much water motor shutting off

    89 force 50 hp. leaking water from exhaust gasket. today motor felt warm and was not spitting as usual and the motor shut off and would not turn nor click then i discovered that a 15 v fuse was blown the water in the tank seemed sandy or black particles or peaces of the exhaust gasket remained...
  15. Eddie Rivera

    89 Force 50 HP will not turn off with switch nor kill switch

    I have bee working on my boat for moths. have done many repairs and i finally turn it on and now it wont turn off. When i finally turned it on, i did try turning it off with the kill switch and by turning the key off. A few minutes later i noticed i could not. the only way I it turn off was by...
  16. Eddie Rivera

    89 Force 50HP prop tangled w/ earmuffs

    I got a question ---I just bought my 89 Bayliner Capri 1500 with an 89 Force 50 HP in Januaty and for the first time I turned on at home after bringing it and wanted to show my wife so I hooked everything up properly except the earmuffs are obviolsy a bit too big and I stupidly put it in gear...
  17. Eddie Rivera

    89 force 50 HP leaking cooling water- help -

    I have a question---- Got 89 force 50 HP - leaking water from the gap between the block by the bottom spark plug and the metal mount plate. I tried to tighten the bolts and noticed that the one near the solenoid took another full turn. Obviously it is the the exhaust gasket. I took the section...
  18. Eddie Rivera

    No spark 89 force 50 hp 2 stroke

    Need help! 1989 50 HP 2 stroke Force on a 15 Ft. 89 Bayliner. First real boat. I turned it on one time after I purchased it. Installed the ear muffs. They got tangled with the prop. Didn't notice. I noticed it was not cranking at times then it did. I had engaged the gears and wanted to see the...
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