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RaisedByWolves
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1648grizz said:
Youre going to want to look on the prop inner hub near the prop nut as most are stamped there.
Some Evinrude props are stamped on the outer hub between the blades but what you have looks like a MFG part number.
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RaisedByWolves
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1648grizz said:
Do you have the prop off of the motor?
if it's running its a great time to sell it and repower the boat with something newer/more reliable
Force outboards were junk regardless of whether they were force/chrysler or force/mercury. IF it said force on it, it was JUNK, half the time not even worthy of being called junk.
there is good reason you can't get parts for them because they aren't worth fixing and secondly force was, as mentioned above, bought out by two different companies over the years. Both garbage; although if one was "better" than the other, Mercury.
when they ran, they were ok. And they usually didn't run for long especially the chrysler versions (up to 1986 as I remember). If you look at one of the pistons, you'll probably see why. Detonation prone. Then fuel changed, and again, and again, and again, even more detonation prone, which causes thermal runaway inside the engine and you think it's running absolutely fine until bam, it kicks parts out of the side of the engine and strands you with your false sense of security because you "think it's running fine".
Not even mentioning the mercury version's prop fiasco.
they were commonly installed onto Bayliner boats; part of Brunswick (who also owns Mercury and Mariner). They were inexpensive, meaning they cut some costs and corners to keep costs down, so they could sell a few million of them. Cutting costs=cutting reliability in this case.
I had a 18' bayliner for a while and kinda liked the layout. Powered by Mariner 90hp 3 cylinder, I think it had been repowered at some point. If the transom wasn't rotted out I would have probably repowered it with a newer 4 stroke, cleaned it up and tossed some new seats in it maybe kept it. But nope, wasn't worth fixing knowing the stringers were probably also rotted, lot of work money and time none of which I have much of, and certainly not for an older bayliner that has basically very little value in good condition. I just piled it up out back pulled the motor off and sold the motor/controls/wiring and burnt the hull. Made a big hot and very stinky fire but since nobody wanted it, and the dump won't take them I knew of no other way to get rid of it. I offered a junk haul guy $20 to take it and even he wouldn't come get it.
Force outboards were junk regardless of whether they were force/chrysler or force/mercury. IF it said force on it, it was JUNK, half the time not even worthy of being called junk.
there is good reason you can't get parts for them because they aren't worth fixing and secondly force was, as mentioned above, bought out by two different companies over the years. Both garbage; although if one was "better" than the other, Mercury.
when they ran, they were ok. And they usually didn't run for long especially the chrysler versions (up to 1986 as I remember). If you look at one of the pistons, you'll probably see why. Detonation prone. Then fuel changed, and again, and again, and again, even more detonation prone, which causes thermal runaway inside the engine and you think it's running absolutely fine until bam, it kicks parts out of the side of the engine and strands you with your false sense of security because you "think it's running fine".
Not even mentioning the mercury version's prop fiasco.
they were commonly installed onto Bayliner boats; part of Brunswick (who also owns Mercury and Mariner). They were inexpensive, meaning they cut some costs and corners to keep costs down, so they could sell a few million of them. Cutting costs=cutting reliability in this case.
I had a 18' bayliner for a while and kinda liked the layout. Powered by Mariner 90hp 3 cylinder, I think it had been repowered at some point. If the transom wasn't rotted out I would have probably repowered it with a newer 4 stroke, cleaned it up and tossed some new seats in it maybe kept it. But nope, wasn't worth fixing knowing the stringers were probably also rotted, lot of work money and time none of which I have much of, and certainly not for an older bayliner that has basically very little value in good condition. I just piled it up out back pulled the motor off and sold the motor/controls/wiring and burnt the hull. Made a big hot and very stinky fire but since nobody wanted it, and the dump won't take them I knew of no other way to get rid of it. I offered a junk haul guy $20 to take it and even he wouldn't come get it.
