I have a Force 120 also by Mercury. The lowers all Mercury parts, and many of the engine parts are mercury as well. The basic block/heads are still the old chrysler design.

Parts will eventually become scarce, but probably not anytime real soon. Most of the attached parts are still being produced.

They have a bad reputation, use it to your advantage and push the purchase price down. You'll likely get a much better deal w/ the force on there than you would if you had anything else.

Once you get it, be religious about maintenance and take care of it. It'll last as long as any other motor on the market under those conditions.

Hourse power is NOT over stated as someone claims, it is measured from a different point that the mainstream. Force motors measure horsepower at the powerhead, not the prop shaft like the other engines do. They are right that a 120 has about a 90hp propshaft rating. But to claim that the engines are over rating the horsepower is a simple lie or mis interpretation of the truth.