Re: Is Force outboard a bucket of worms?
All things are relative, I have a force 125, had a few problems minor mostly my own stupidity, but seems to run fine now.The previous owner had minor issues and normal replacment parts T-stat, Impeller. All brands have problems Force gets bashed alot, but then how many Force motors are hanging on the back of Bayliners, Maxums etc... I read somewhere that for every Boston Whalers sold there were 10,000 Bayliners do the math...Yes resale value for force is low, but if the boat you wanted to buy had a Merc I think the price would be much higher. Force will not keep up with other brands i.e a 125 force will not pull as well as a 125 Rude or Merc but if you are handy with simple repair and do the maintanence well I think getting a cheap motor may be worth it. Read the posts they are great and the help on this board is top notch, I used it to help me. Here is an idea if you still do not want a force buy the boat, part out the force on e-bay use that cash and a C-a-p load of more to hang another windmill of the back. Good luck.
