Issue with throttle adjustment/cable....I think. Help would be appreciated.

[SemperFiDawg]

Finally got my engine fired up today. (1998 Force 120) with remote control mounted on center console. She seems to be idled pretty high, but that's not the worst of it. When I put her in forward gear and push the throttle forward the engine RPMs don't increase until the throttle is almost completely forward. At that point with a good deal of force on the throttle lever I can increase the RPMS but they quickly tach out and then engine runs away. It wouldn't idle back down with the throttle and wouldn't shut off with the ignition switch. Thank God I had the Cowl still off and I was able to manually shut it off at the carburetor linkage. I have to think the throttle cable needs adjusting (bigly) but I really don't know how to go about it. Any thoughts?

 

[tphoyt]

It’s always something.
I have never worked on a Force and don’t know how they are set up but if it wasn’t doing this before any chance the linkage’s are hanging up on any of the new wiring. With the motor off can you move the throttle though its range and look for anything preventing it from working properly?

 

[SemperFiDawg]

It’s always something.
I have never worked on a Force and don’t know how they are set up but if it wasn’t doing this before any chance the linkage’s are hanging up on any of the new wiring. With the motor off can you move the throttle though its range and look for anything preventing it from working properly?

I’m gonna tinker with it tomorrow. It’s taken me 2 weeks to get it running so I’m grateful for that. It started getting dark and the mosquitos are big enough to stand flat footed and sumo wrestle a turkey.

 

[jerryjerry05]

The first 5 post in this forum have tips and some procedures for the Force motor.
The second post has the link and sync procedures from FrankA(RIP)
Google Frank a force outboards Link and sync This will bring up a bunch of things for your motor.

 

[SemperFiDawg]

The first 5 post in this forum have tips and some procedures for the Force motor.
The second post has the link and sync procedures from FrankA(RIP)
Google Frank a force outboards Link and sync This will bring up a bunch of things for your motor.

Tks.