Force 70 HP 1992

Pappy said:

Good score on a freebie. Do yourself a huge favor and at least change the water pump and gear oil.

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wmk0002 said:

I had a 1994 model and it had loads of issues lol. That said, it was very easy to work on but ultimately mine needed rebuilding which isn't a justifiable repair for those.

My only word of advice outside of regular outboard care would be to not lean out the carb too much. Being a single carb on a larger displacement 3 cylinder motor you can get a condition where the top cylinder runs really lean while the bottom two are ok and it can cause top cylinder to fail. The consensus I gathered from the Force specific forums on other sites was never to run the mixture screw less than 1 full turn out from lightly seated. If I recall mine liked to be at about 1 & 1/4 turns out.

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1648grizz said:

wmk0002 said:

I had a 1994 model and it had loads of issues lol. That said, it was very easy to work on but ultimately mine needed rebuilding which isn't a justifiable repair for those.

My only word of advice outside of regular outboard care would be to not lean out the carb too much. Being a single carb on a larger displacement 3 cylinder motor you can get a condition where the top cylinder runs really lean while the bottom two are ok and it can cause top cylinder to fail. The consensus I gathered from the Force specific forums on other sites was never to run the mixture screw less than 1 full turn out from lightly seated. If I recall mine liked to be at about 1 & 1/4 turns out.

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Thanks for that info. Do you know what pitch prop you had and on what boat and what was your top speed ? Thanks.

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