Re: Wanted Used 1985 85HP Force Motor
Outboard ran fine for all 3 year I had it. It ran fine all summer. It ran fine the day before it died.<br /><br />It was 10 min into a cruise (at about 25mph), when I notice the engine sounding different. When I backed off on the throttle it died immediately.<br /><br />When trying to restart-starter would engage but not turn flywheel. Turn Flywheel by hand--it turn really hard (alot harder than normal). I worked it back and forth and it started to turn easier. Tried starting again and flywheel locked up. Worked flywheel again--remove sparkplugs to remove compression factor and then turn ignition--starter engage flywheel and turned it FREELY. But after putting sparkplugs back it, while it would barely turn over it would not start.. Sprayed ether into Carbs--it started and ran briefly--Engine shock and sounded bad. Now flywheel (motor) was completely froze--could not turn by hand, even the next day after letting oil soak in each of the 3 cyl.<br /><br />Took to mech--they pulled power head and found top cyl fried.<br /><br />Still not sure what caused it. He thinks carb problem to that cyl caused it to run lean and overheat (Wonder why motor did not shut down on over temp??)
i have a 1984 /85hp force i don't have any problems getting parts for my motor the guy who repairs my boat puts on new parts