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As a small Force servicing dealer in the 90s, we had a service manual for that motor but never actually saw one of the motors! That is a rare bird. I had always wondered if they had even been produced. It is the only Force made that I actually wanted to own, because of that.
During the Mercury years, they actually did a great deal to improve the Force product. Don’t ask me to remember exactly what model lines; but I remember there were a good deal of them made that had Force, Chrysler-type power heads but from there down, they were identical to a modern Mercury. Most were changed over to the, at-that-time current, ignition system. (Not sure if that was an "improvement," in terms of reliability; but they were WAY easier to troubleshoot and get parts for.) I guess the three cylinder was the next progression of that blending mentality; but I, too, wonder under what corporate roof that power head design originated.
Long live American manufacturing!