Re: outboard motor problems
Eric Pederson (eric@winternet.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:53:33 -0500 (CDT)
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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It has been rumored that Edward L. Zeiser said:
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> Glad to hear that I am not alone in failing to turn the vent on. One
> advantage of learning how to use my Potter during the winter in CT was that
> no one was around to see my bumbling. I am getting pretty good at it now. I
> not only remember to turn the vent on, but I turn the little gas open-close
> lever so that the engine gets gas. It also starts much better if the little
> safety kill-switch knob is held open by the little plastic piece.
That one got me last weekend. Now that Necessity is dry-slipped, I lock
motor to the stern rail with a cable, and remove the safety lanyard. Took
me about thirty pulls on an engine that usually starts on the second one
to realize what was wrong. The dock attendant commented that we were the
fourth boat that day to forget the safety switch.
I consider it a good day if that's all that goes wrong.
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Eric L. Pederson
P-19 #970, Necessity
Bloomington, MN