Do i have a Force Motor?

[meangene21]

Okay, I thought i had a Us Mariner motor. However i think i am now wrong. There are stickers on the motor and boat that say "Us Marine" and then there is another sticker that says "Force" on the motor. I already purchased the Mercury book and i want to avoid getting the wrong book again. Will any book for a chrysler 1987 motor work for me?<br /> BTW - its a 1987 Bayliner Capri.<br /><br />thanks for the help

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

US Marine made Bayliner boats and hung Force motors on them. Definately not a Merc or Mariner. It's basically a Chrysler.

 

[timfromfc]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

Your motor is a Force. US Marine bought the Chrysler boat motor group and renamed it to Force. US Marine was subsequently bought by Brunswick, which also owns Mercury.

 

[meangene21]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

AH HA !! So that is why one of these links took me to a Mercruiserparts webpage, when i was looking for a replacement Impeller!! IM starting to get this.. So will Mercruiser parts fit a Force of the same year?

 

[ratracer]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

Force and Mariner were always distinct product lines, even though for a period of time they were both owned by the same company. <br /><br />US Marine was the parent company for both Bayliner and Force when your boat was built, they had purchased the former Chrysler outboard factory a few years earlier. The US Marine assets were themselves purchased by Mercury's parent company, which also owned the Mariner product line, around (in?) 1990 and they continued to manufacture and sell Force outboards until the late 1990's. <br /><br />Seloc makes a Force repair manual suitable for your motor, you can even order it through the iboats web site.

 

[ratracer]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

Originally posted by meangene21:<br /> AH HA !! So that is why one of these links took me to a Mercruiserparts webpage, when i was looking for a replacement Impeller!! IM starting to get this.. So will Mercruiser parts fit a Force of the same year?

Depends on the part and the model year, newer motors used more Mercury parts.

 

[timfromfc]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

I have a Seloc manual and have found some errors in it. Most posts that I have read state that Clymer is a better manual.

 

[meangene21]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

Well i am not sure which one boaters world has but i was going to pick that up. However what am i buying? A manuel for a Force/chrysler for a 1987 or am i buying a mercruiser 1987 or something else?

 

[ratracer]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

Originally posted by meangene21:<br /> Well i am not sure which one boaters world has but i was going to pick that up. However what am i buying? A manuel for a Force/chrysler for a 1987 or am i buying a mercruiser 1987 or something else?

1987 Force.

 

[timfromfc]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

The Seloc manual that I have is for Force Motors from 84-99. It does not cover Mercs. I suspect Clymer is that way too.

 

[Realgun]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

Thats the manual you wanted.

 

[roscoe]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

You have a Force motor made by USMarine.<br />Buy the manual printed by Clymer, for Force motors 1984-1999.<br /><br />This manual covers all the Force motors made by both USMarine and by Mercury.<br /><br />You can buy parts for your motor from :<br />any Mercury dealer<br />from Mercurypartsexpress web site<br />from some aftermarket sources including NAPA auto parts stores.<br />If you can figure out the part numbers, you can buy some of them from the iboats mall.<br /><br />The mercruisersparts web site is a Mercury dealer, selling real Merc parts at about 10% cheaper than Mercury itself.<br /><br />Some parts are no longer available from Mercury, but aftermarket replacements are available for most.

 

[bobrock]

Re: Do i have a Force Motor?

very easy to tell ...... if its not running .... then its a force...