Re: 1985 force 50 hp -- cylinder inquiry
What they said. You have an ignition, fuel, or compression problem.<br />Check the comporession first, because if it is out of spec, no sense in going any further until you have pulled the head and inpected gasket,piston crown and cylinder walls.<br /><br />If compression is up to snuff;<br />while the plugs are out,what do they look like? They can tell you more of what is going on than I can.<br />Replace them if they have over 80 hours on them or look funky. But again, note condition.<br /><br />On the port side of the block, there is an 8-lug terminal strip(16-screws). Remove one connection at a time. Get a dremmel or other high speed polisher with a rotary brush bit, and clean the terminal lug and connector until shiny.<br />Reattach, and go to the next one, until all 8 have been done on both sides of this strip.<br />There are also some bullet connectors going to the CD unit and from the CD unit to the coils. Get these spotless clean too.<br />Coat the whole terminal strip when done with a good non-conductive grease to keep the corosion at bay.<br />One last thing before the big buks...Start her on the muffs on a dark night with the cowling off, and look for arcing. Regardless of where it is seen, this is early-death to the CD box, and surely, the cause of your low-speed missing.<br /><br /> <br />If still no good, it is time for "the book", and an expensive trip to the parts shop.
