Well, the Force left me a few weeks ago. My 150 wont go any more unless I put more money into it which Im not. I just bought a new 150 Merc Optimax which should be on my boat shortly so I guess I will frequent the merc troubles site.<br /><br />I guess I cant complain overall. For the most part it ran okay but I noticed it going south at the end of last season. It did give us alot of good times and performed well most of the time. I just cant see puting any mofre money in a rebuild for something that is getting hard to find parts for.<br /><br />Thanks to all on this site for your advice. I will say one thing - I learned alot about overall boat maintenance, especially Force motors. Will check in fromtime to to time though<br /><br />Deerdog