Thanks BE!

[camman73]

Got to the boat this morning, my brother beat me there and was PO'd because he had been cranking the engine for several minutes but couldn't get it to start.

I tried myself for 10 seconds or so. Turned over strong but wouldn't fire, seemed like no spark. Thought back to all of you who spent hours tracking down a problem only to have it turn out to be the safety kill switch.

Check it and sure enough I must have pulled it to the off position when I left the boat last time.

If it wasn't for reading all of the previous kill switch issues I probably wouldn't have thought to check that first and could have spent hours trying to diagnose a non-problem.

 

[November Charlie]

Keith-
Don't feel TOO bad. You'd be amazed how often a disabled/adrift turns out the same. Those kill switches don't have to be FULLY closed to work. Happens more than you might think.

 

[camman73]

Actually looked like the hero this time. My brother was scratching his head and had no idea what to try next. He walked away for 2 minutes, came back and she was warmed up and ready to go catch some fish. I told him to remember the "keep it simple stupid" method next time.

 

[Cpt. Harold]

Ahhhhhh.... The power of knowledge. Feels good doesn't it?

 

[Freddy]

Good thing none of us 'experienced' guys have ever been in a hurry and tried to start the engines with the boat in gear and found the kill switch working quite well,,,

Lot to be learned here, the more I read (especialy in the reference section) the less I seem to know.
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[MikeeH]

"Good thing none of us 'experienced' guys have ever been in a hurry and tried to start the engines with the boat in gear"

Nothing more embarrasing then figuring that one out when you're already in the process of getting towed..... but that never happened to me...naw.....[:-ashamed]