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    1987 Force 50 Water Tube alignment problem/fix

    Just thought I'd share a solution to a problem I came across this afternoon. While reassembling my gearcase, the water tube came dislodged from the powerhead. No big deal, this has happened before...... and after about an hour of struggling to get the water pipe to seat into the powerhead I...
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    1987 Blue Fin Fish & Ski S170

    Now that my boat is somewhat complete I thought I would add some pics of it to the Blue Fin forum. Before:
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    Timing tool for Force/Chrysler points ignition. Need Measurement

    I'm wondering if anyone here (Frank?) may have an old Force timing tool they could measure. The part number is FTA2937-1. It was used on older Force motors with points. I need one to synchronize the two points on my '87 B-series 50hp. If someone could measure the distance between the two...
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    1987 Blue Fin S170 Rebuild

    The season is over for me so it's time to start pulling this thing apart. I purchased the boat in August for $1000. For that I got the boat, the '87 B series Force 50 hanging off the back, a galvanized tilt trailer, a bow mount 36lb Minn Kota Powerdrive, an ancient Humminbird fish finder, and...
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