1966 Chrysler Outboard

[carbineone1964]

Found the parts to fix my Chrysler gear Box, should be here next week.

This is a thread on opinions of my 1966 50HP. Anyone else own one? Whats the experoience you have had with it or any close to its vintage. I understand they only made the 50HP in the 60s, in 66 to 67.

I have had it on the water twice. It starts and runs very smooth. Then I found the gear problem. Bad pinion on the driveshaft gear.

Am hopeful it will be a good Motor now. I have read that newer Chryslers,especially when they became Force were not very good. Hoping 60s vintage did fair better. Hope so, as I just spent 190.00 for the new lower unit stuff. But I was too far invested at this point in the motor not to continue.

Had a guy watching me on a smaller lake here. He had a new Bass Boat with a huge outboard. He had to drive over and ask what year the boat was, and said he cannot believe how nice that old motor runs. And how nice the old 1968 Boat was.

Thanks

 

[Nordin]

Your 50Hp 1966 Chrysler was developed by West Bend in early 60,s.
Chrysler bought out the outboard from West Bend in 1965 and 1966 was last year of the 50Hp BUT it became 45Hp in 1967.
The same block and LU just new style of lower cowl and the hood.

Chrysler and then Force is/was good engines, no better or worse then other brands from those days.
Most of the parts for 45Hp Chryslers 1967-1984 will fit your engine, they just changed the ignition system and maybe some other design things.

If you maintain it it will last for ever, the bad maintaining of later Force was one thing why they got bad reputation.
When Bayliner bought US Marine which bought the OB part from Chrysler in 1984 they equiped Bayliners with Force engines and sold as package.
This package was sold cheap and as an entry to boat ownership and owners did not know about to maintain their package.

 

[jerryjerry05]

I'd run my Forces against any of the other motors.

After almost 30 years in salt water, the mid section on one motor started rotting and
I decided to go with a single motor.
IF?? I could have gotten a 150 Force with a 30" shaft, I would have used it instead of the crap Mercury I bought.