briguy2817
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Sep 3, 2008
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After experiencing a slow bleed down in the trim unit on my 1987 Force 125, I rebuilt the unit myself in the garage over the winter. Well, the motor would stay up slightly longer than before but still dropped. Not content with my work I did the advanced search on the forum and found out that there are two additional o-rings that are inside the pistons that need to be replaced as well.
So, with part numbers in hand, I went to a small engine repair shop and told the lady I needed two of these o-rings. She wanted to sell me the whole kit for 10 dollars but since I'm so good looking, and have a killer smile, she ended up giving me three o-rings for free. Score!
She places then in a clear plastic bag and off I go. Friday morning I'm taking out the trash, o-ring bag in one hand, garbage in the other. I dump off the garbage, walk in to the garage ready to finally finish the project when I look into the bag and find it's completly empty! Upon further inspection, I notice someone had used a razor blade to open the bottom of the bag up. Overturned!
So on my hands and knees I retrace my path from the house to the garage and after a half hour managed to find one o-ring. Later I went to the small engine dealer in town and picked up another for 2.39.
Needless to say, the project is complete and the motor does not bleed down anymore. So, remember to replace those o-rings inside the valve body.
Brian
So, with part numbers in hand, I went to a small engine repair shop and told the lady I needed two of these o-rings. She wanted to sell me the whole kit for 10 dollars but since I'm so good looking, and have a killer smile, she ended up giving me three o-rings for free. Score!
She places then in a clear plastic bag and off I go. Friday morning I'm taking out the trash, o-ring bag in one hand, garbage in the other. I dump off the garbage, walk in to the garage ready to finally finish the project when I look into the bag and find it's completly empty! Upon further inspection, I notice someone had used a razor blade to open the bottom of the bag up. Overturned!
So on my hands and knees I retrace my path from the house to the garage and after a half hour managed to find one o-ring. Later I went to the small engine dealer in town and picked up another for 2.39.
Needless to say, the project is complete and the motor does not bleed down anymore. So, remember to replace those o-rings inside the valve body.
Brian
