I think I need a motor starting checklist, printed out, on waterproof paper and tied to the motor. Pretty much every item on the list has been overlooked during the excitement of launch, the most interesting event was when WILLOW's motor wouldn't start because the safety switch clip was not installed. Crank crank crank crank crank.....why won't it start? Skipper figured that one out. I haven't tried to start on dry tanks, yet. So I made some notes....
And here's the list, so you can print one out too.
MOTOR START CHECKLIST
SAFETY CLIP
BATTERY
FUEL (1/3 TANK OUT, 1/3 BACK, 1/3 RESERVE)
OIL
VENT CAP OPEN
TANK LEVER TO RUN/SOURCE
PUMP BULB
NEUTRAL
CHOKE
THROTTLE SET
PRIME
START
CHOKE AS NEEDED
WARM UP
CHECK WATER PUMP
REFUEL
We run a Suzuki 2.5 on our DaysailerCYANE.
ONKAHYE has a Suzuki 6, we needed a long shaft and wanted a motor with an external tank fitting in case we wanted to do some long range gunkholing.
WILLOW has a Suzuki 25.
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