need help finding a rebuild kit

[gazza2007au]

hi guys my cousin just bought a force by mercury 25hp 1998 model motor the 3 cylinder model i will be rebuilding it for him and teaching as i go we just picked it up yesterday it has low compression (50%) in two cylinders so it will be getting a rebuild now im just having trouble i originally wanted to order a rebuild kit from a shop on ebay but however i have just noticed this kit is for big bore only as it did not state HP i thought it was ok so now im looking for a shop that sells a complete top end rebuild kit or even just all the parts will be fine i have tried checking crowleys marine and also iboats both do not sell parts for this motor that i will be needing

i hope someone can help
thank you

 

[roscoe]

Re: need help finding a rebuild kit

Those always looked like nice little engines.
Have been looking for one for 10 years, but I don't think they were sold here in the US.

Kind of a rare motor, only manufactured in 1996-1998.

Can't help you on parts, except to refer you to a Mercury dealer, which I know will be expensive.

Here is a link to a Merc dealer that sells parts for that motor online.

http://www.dougrussell.com/partscat...,11,0,6,7,4,14,12,13,1,18,8,15,16,3,5,10,9,17

http://www.dougrussell.com/partscat...,11,0,6,7,4,14,12,13,1,18,8,15,16,3,5,10,9,17


Good luck.

 

[gazza2007au]

Re: need help finding a rebuild kit

we finally got the pull the engine apart today we took off the head and noticed a hole in the head gasket see picture the square white mark the red arrow is pointing to is the position of the hole my cousin still wants me to pull the powerhead down and rebuild it with new parts so could this be the problem for the low compression in 2 cylinders? out of the 3 cylinders (picture is 4 cylinder head gasket i found online)

 

[thompy]

Re: need help finding a rebuild kit

looks like a factory hole to me

 

[gazza2007au]

Re: need help finding a rebuild kit

the original gasket has no holes for the cooling water it has a port at the top and a port at the bottom no holes in between other than head bolt holes

 

[eight tracker]

Re: need help finding a rebuild kit

powerheadkit.com lists complete rebuild kits for most all outboards.

Tom :]