Recent content by Rick Bass

This question had to of been answered somewhere but I can't find it. I just got a 1985 Force 50hp motor. When I bought it water was coming out the exhaust. The next day on the lake, it overheated within 2 minutes and was chugging like crazy. I took off the lower unit to inspect the water...

I have an 85 force 125. Changing the throttle does not change the position of the butterfly valves. The only way to get them to move is with the choke button. Shouldn't opening the throttle to the wide open position make the butterfly valves go horizontal. There is no mechanical linkage that...

Re: 1985 force 125 tilt/trim pump motor replacement? Ok it is a 3 wire... there are no relays the green and white are directly wired to the switch in front and the black is directly wired to ground. But the electric motor is not working...attached are pics... when i turn the rotor by hand with...

I have a 1987 bayliner capri with a metal tab coming up on the port side of the gas tank. there is a black ground wire coming up from it but it is cut off.. Does anyone know where it goes ?> Thanks

I have 1 1985 force 125 white tilt pump motor that I need to replace... I'm having a hard time finding a replacement for this I also don't know if I need to replace the resovoir or both if the the old one fits the new ones... hoping someone knows .. Thanks

So I took the boat with a 1985 Force 125hp outboard out on the lake. First of all it didn't go fast enough to plane. And then after 10 mins of operating, It lost half the speed. It has also been dying at idle speed. I need to keep on the throttle to keep it going. I performed a...