Got an incredible deal today on a 14' 93 Sylvan Classic Fisherman that has a Force 40HP motor on it.  Don't know a lot about these. May I have some opinions on this motor pro and con.  Engine runs fine.

When I was looking for an outboard motor, a couple mechanics told me to avoid Force motors because they were very unreliable. But I've never owned one.

Ain't it a little late to be asking what kind of motor they are, after you have already bought one??

Years back Brunswick Marine (owns Mercury) bought the failing Chrysler brand outboards, painted them black and renamed them "Force by Mercury" so they could have a cheap line of outboard motors and put the "by Mercury" on them so people would think they were getting a lower priced Mercury.  That ain't the case, for a long time the only thing they changed after buying Chrsler was the color, from white to black, and the name.  They spent very little on engineering changes the whole production life.

Like most anything you buy that's at the bottom of the food chain, it's there for a reason, kinda like buying this made in China stuff, it's just as apt to be junk as it is a usable product and not designed for hard/heavy use.  

They were a low tech motor and did not make no where near the same torgue as Mercury, Johnson or any of the major brand motors.  This was also the reason they died in 1999 or 2000, there was no way they could be made to meet EPA standards without redesigning the whole motor, which would have put the cost up to that of a Mercury.

  A lot of people have run the motors and thought they were great motors, a lot have run them and they turned out to be the most expensive thing they ever owned.  For the occassional  weekend user that puts very few hours on their motors, they did OK.  Run them hard a lot, and they can get very expensive.

Ain't it a little late to be asking what kind of motor they are, after you have already bought one??

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Sylvan Classic Fisherman, trailer, Force 40HP motor, trolling motor with foot control, 200Dx Humminbird....$650....I did not wait to get opinions first.....

d**n straight Bro, I wouldnt have waited for any either, keep her tuned and run her till she pukes. You got a great deal.

keep her tuned and run her till she pukes. You got a great deal.

I can do that!!

I think thats a great deal.The motors running,worry about fixing it when you have to...