Force 5hp (1990) no telltale?

[guy48065]

Followed me home from a local flea market last week. Low price & very clean so I thought I'd take a chance on it.
The carb had been worked on and just put back together finger-tight. I cleaned it up and put a repair kit into it and now it runs. It probably needs some final adjustments but I haven't been letting it run long because it doesn't have a telltale. No hose and no hole in the lower cowl.
How am I supposed to know if water is circulating to keep it cool?

 

[silverbul]

i would say new impeller since you don't know how old that one is in there.

 

[Nordin]

The only way you can see the cooling water is the "nose" att the leg.
I mist of water should be present there.

 

[guy48065]

A "fatal flaw" in my opinion.
Between missing a useful p1ss stream & no reverse I guess the Force 5 isn't "the one".

Search continues.

 

[tg3690]

That's too bad.....motor looks in really good condition too.

 

[guy48065]

That's too bad.....motor looks in really good condition too.

Yeah I wish I had noticed it had no reverse but my excitement to get the motor for $40 got me a little carried away.

 

[tg3690]

Yeah I wish I had noticed it had no reverse but my excitement to get the motor for $40 got me a little carried away.

Forty bucks wouldn't even buy an OEM impeller and a spark plug.....heck of a deal....

 

[tg3690]

I was way off......Crowley wanted $108.....saw several on ebay for around $74....these impellers must be made out of gold. Lol.

 

[Nordin]

Yes, I know they are pricy.
Bought one for my 4 Hp Chrysler 1978 (same engine) must be 10 years ago and it was expensive even then.

 

[jerryjerry05]

On the mid section is a lump with 2(?) holes that the water should be coming out. Very TINY!!! wasps get into the holes and make nests. Small piece of wire up inside the hole and see if the nests/babies comes out.
Reverse: it has it, just turn it around and then push the gear lever down.

 

[guy48065]

Reverse: it has it, just turn it around and then push the gear lever down.

My lake has a long weedy channel I like to explore. I want a reverse gear so I can spin the prop backwards to clear it.