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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...
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...
Re: Tell us how old is your boat?
1974 Thundercraft, 1985 Force. Replaced the origional Johnny 2 years ago. Had it 20 yrs. Just can't seem to make myself sell it.
Re: 1972 Thundercraft
Looks almost like my 74, Get her cleaned up and this is what she will look like. I am the third owner of this one.I added the force motor this year, real happy with it. The double plug holes are stock, my upper one does not have a bilge area either and the lower one is...
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...
