Re: Force 15 BASIC questions.
Good little motor, one of the better motors made by Chrysler/US Marine/Force/Mercury. Do what player says and lower unit oil change too. Keep an eye on the lower unit seals after about an hour or two of running(check for milky oil) Being that old I would replace fuel pump diaphrams and all the little hoses under the hood. There is a tiny fuel screen on the inlet side of the fuel pump, looks like a pipe adapter fitting. Because of their size they clog easily. Good idea to run an inline fuel filter with this engine. Carb is contankerous to gum and crud, might wanna break it down and clean it jus in case and run some "Engine Tune" decarb thru the engine before you go out WOT. Don't let the engine run lean 'cause of a plugged carb, it will trash this little engine in a second. Some time about the age of your motor they went to solid state ignition, don't know if yours has points or solid state though...give us serial number and we can find out...If ya try and run the engine before doing these things, you could plug up the engine with hard rubber parts from the fuel pump and lines plus any other crud floating around in there from sitting.
