User Guide

5. STARTING THE ENGINE (TOP-MOUNT TYPE)
(TOP-MOUNT TYPE)
EMERGENCY
EMER/CENCY STOP
EMERLENCY STOP
SWITCH LANYARD SWITCH CLIP
-1 The propeller must remain
underwater. Running the outboard
motor out of the water will damage the
water pbmp and overheat the engine.
The following procedure is for starting
a single engine equipped with a top-
mount control.
For dulil engines equipped with top
mount controls. follow the same steps
for each engine.
1. Engage the emergency stop switch
clip (located at one end of the emer-
gency stop switch lanyard) with the
emergency stop Atch.
Attach the other end of the emer-
gency stop switch lanyard securely
to the operator.
B If the oDerator does
not attach the lemeigency stop
switch lanyard, and is thrown
from his seat or out of the boat,
the out-of-control boat can seri-
ously injure the operator, pas-
sengers, or bystanders.
Always propeiy attach the
lanyard before istarting the engine
The engine will nor start unless the
emergency stop switch clip is engaged
with the emergency engine stop switch.
N
(neutral)
2. Move the control lever to the N
(neutral) position.
The engine will not start nuless it is
in neutral.
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