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I cannot tell you how many times I have cranked and cranked my motor, getting madder and madder that it would not start, only to realise after about 10 minutes that the safety interlock was not shoved in all the way... *sigh*

Guilty of that on occasion also.........

Me too. I had guests on board my V222 and the engine just would not fire. After watching me tinker with it for about 40 minutes and quietly laughing at me (with me? nah, at me) one of my guests finally got bored, reached over and re-inserted the kill switch plug. Talk about embarrassing. Ever since then it's always the first thing I check.

I think it only takes one embarrassing moment with the kill switch safety to make it be something to check.

Been there done that.

RussMT wrote:I think it only takes one embarrassing moment with the kill switch safety to make it be something to check.

Been there done that.

DITTO !!!



Frank L.

Yep, guilty as charged.

~Rich

Yea, heck, regarding kill switches, I think the more appropriate question is whether there is anyone with considerable time in motor boats that has never had a bad "killswitch engaged accidentally" incident Its like what pilots say about gear up landings...

Then those of us who cruise with kids probably know that sound the engine makes when a young kid turns off the ignition when you are not looking. Of course, if you didn't seem him/her do it, the first time it happens, you may be sitting there for a while trying to figure out why your engine died..

The moral of the story is always check out the really simple stuff first...it is too easy to get carried away with a complex diagnosis of a simple problem.