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    air screw for carb?

    i've read the great sticky on carb syncing and adjust ty...how far out should the air screws be on 150 force '89
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    idle mixer screws

    I have been eyeballing the mixture screws since I bought the boat. i noticed the middle carb has the mixture screw turned in twice as far as the upper and lower. it'd seem to me these should the same but since the upper carb and lower carb feed two cyclinders it'd be different..since the...
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    water out the exhaust

    how much water is normal to be coming out of the exhaust tube.....I noticed a huge difference from a few weks ago...mind you I did have a bad impellor that led to a mess...i'm going to install a pisser I found plug but it's a slotted screw and was more then hand. I stopped playing with it in...
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    18 pitch to a 21 pitch prop

    well after some awesome help and info I finally got the boat cruising.....I did change props to a 18 when I was running a 21 before that.....I was told a 18 would give me better hole shot in pulling people outta the water....but I noticed the top end was 28 to 30.....with the 21 I was getting 42...
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    haha easiest fix yet

    aNYONE THAT GETS GOOD CRANKING A NO SPARK MAKE SURE THaT YOUR neutral switch is being hit right......I went out thinking my god coils? wires? what next with this thing I wiggled the top cable going the the switch to make sure it was htting the switch and vooom voom it fired..the cable sticks...
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    high voltage low cranking speed 150 hp

    I replaced the r/r since the wires were bad and the unit failed the test. replaced the circuit breaker the was faulty and not resetting...when I hit the key the dash meter reads 18 volts....as if the motor was running and it's charging...the battery is 8 years old... any thoughts on what it maybe?
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    force 150 circuit breaker popped

    for some reason I hav two circuit breakers on my engine and yet it diagrams show one ...one is right off the starter relay and the one that's popped and will not reset has the red wire from the voltage regulator going to it....does anyone know anyone about this...? why i'd have two when it shows 1
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    water cooling pressure gauge force 150

    I;d love to add this to my boat or a pissser if I could ....where can I research these...anyone?
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    starter issue 150 hp force

    I disconnected the power lead to the starter, cleaned it brand new and shining...went to reinstall it and tighten the bolt or stud spun some when tightening it...anyone had this before??? and is it going be a problem later....I'd rather fix before I'm stuck trying to pull start this monster...
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    Force F5 150 shift pin

    Before removing my lower unit I went to check for water in fluid before replacing a impellor on a bad unit. I removed the shift pin not thinking. I did slide it back when I saw what it was.. Now I did change the impellor but after reading some posts....I wondered if it really is in place...
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    exhaust cover gasket 150 hp force 1989

    I have a 150 hp force that needs new exhaust cover gaskets and manifold gasket. I know I overheated the engine some but the compression test says the enigine is good all 5 cyclinders test 127 to 120. Do I need to pull the power head off to change this or can I just lift the engine abit to...
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