Emergency pull start part #?

[mitch184]

Yes there are slots to allow for pull starting. Thanks for chiming in.

i do have a kicker motor and an electric actually. However kicker motors don’t quite cut it when youre downstream and have 3” shallows and rapids to come up... mines a jet. Which does make it a little harder to start since the impeller is always spinning.

thought about just tying a loop and hook it over the notch in the flywheel.... but I just have to believe there is a rope with a plug/pin/etc that fits that notch. That’s all. Being lazy and wanted to buy it rather than make it.

[walleye1]

Your boat will go through 3 inches of water?

[walleye1]

Remember to wrap the rope so it will turn the flywheel clockwise.

[99yam40]

Yes there are slots to allow for pull starting. Thanks for chiming in.

i do have a kicker motor and an electric actually. However kicker motors don’t quite cut it when youre downstream and have 3” shallows and rapids to come up... mines a jet. Which does make it a little harder to start since the impeller is always spinning.

thought about just tying a loop and hook it over the notch in the flywheel.... but I just have to believe there is a rope with a plug/pin/etc that fits that notch. That’s all. Being lazy and wanted to buy it rather than make it.

I do not believe they have anything but a big knot on the end of the rope that hooks into the flywheel

[mitch184]

Your boat will go through 3 inches of water?

Yep. Goes over 3” with a light load.. will hit the pump in ANY less

[ausnoelm]

One thing is certain, do NOT wrap the rope around the flywheel more than 2 turn, if/when that motors starts and you still have rope caught in the flywheel, that handle whipping around like a 90HP weed eater is going to take off skin, gel oat, motor parts and anything else it can reach, do not attempt to wrap a lot of rope on the flywheel, trust me, I know about this!

[panasonic]

One thing is certain, do NOT wrap the rope around the flywheel more than 2 turn, if/when that motors starts and you still have rope caught in the flywheel, that handle whipping around like a 90HP weed eater is going to take off skin, gel oat, motor parts and anything else it can reach, do not attempt to wrap a lot of rope on the flywheel, trust me, I know about this!

Aus, you are not the only one to have done that..quite frightening actually.

I will add to make sure you have a piece of cord that is not so big that when you put the knot in the end that it won't jam in the slot and releases easily.

And I agree don't be winding a bunch of turns around the wheel..or you may be in for a big surprise!!

[boscoe99]

Reminds me of the time I was using a 1/3 HP drill motor to drill some holes in the ground. To plant bulbs. With the run button holding the trigger down. Snagged a root. Hand inside drill motor handle.

Do you have any idea how powerful 1/3 HP is? I went along with the drill motor until it threw me off. Almost taking my hand with it. Wrapped the cord up until all the slack was gone. Snapped the cord in two.

Plenty of ways to get hurt out there boys.

[pstephens46]

Reminds me of the time I was using a 1/3 HP drill motor to drill some holes in the ground. To plant bulbs. With the run button holding the trigger down. Snagged a root. Hand inside drill motor handle.

Do you have any idea how powerful 1/3 HP is? I went along with the drill motor until it threw me off. Almost taking my hand with it. Wrapped the cord up until all the slack was gone. Snapped the cord in two.

Plenty of ways to get hurt out there boys.

What did the wife say? I know she was watching. Certainly wasn’t your idea to plant bulbs. Not cold enough to fool with bulbs here. They might be good diced with eggs.

[99yam40]

back in the early 70s I was under a car drilling holes in the frame with a 1/2" drill motor to mount a trailer hitch when it hung up.
only thing that saved me was the extension cord was short.

I was laying on a creeper and had a hard time releasing the trigger while I was holding on to it for dear life.
it wrapped me up in the cord as I spun around so I could not turn it loose.

at least that is how I remember it.
it finally unplugged itself so I could get away from it

[ausnoelm]

My experience was a long time ago when I had a lot less sense (and was not afraid of anything) my old 6cylinder tower of power Merc had a flat battery, we got some rope, tied a screwdriver to it for a handle, wound it around the flywheel as many times as it would fit, gave it almighty yank, the motor started in about half a revolution, but the rope, complete with screwdriver took off three fingernails and a pile of skin, a rod in the rod holder beside the motor got whipped into the water, and .i think that screwdriver is still in orbit, but not before it flipped the miracle of engineering, the old Merc three piece cowl into the water too, I didn't know whether to turn the motor off, or just hope the rope flew off, which it did eventually, but it did some damage first....lesson learned.

[panasonic]

My experience was a long time ago when I had a lot less sense (and was not afraid of anything) my old 6cylinder tower of power Merc had a flat battery, we got some rope, tied a screwdriver to it for a handle, wound it around the flywheel as many times as it would fit, gave it almighty yank, the motor started in about half a revolution, but the rope, complete with screwdriver took off three fingernails and a pile of skin, a rod in the rod holder beside the motor got whipped into the water, and .i think that screwdriver is still in orbit, but not before it flipped the miracle of engineering, the old Merc three piece cowl into the water too, I didn't know whether to turn the motor off, or just hope the rope flew off, which it did eventually, but it did some damage first....lesson learned.

I would like to have seen that!!! Bet there was much swearing involved as well..lol

My rope start fiasco involved a snowmobile and using the clutch, not the starter cup, to wrap the rope around. Not saying anymore than that.

[ausnoelm]

OH, there was a few words yelled, that motor caught fire about a year later, it was my fault though, bad maintenance and stupidity, pretty exciting at the time.

[TownsendsFJR1300]

All you need is one or two cylinders to fire off to get it going...

You don't have to spin it over a bunch of rotations to get the engine running.


Those scary stories are partially the reason I mentioned the Briggs RUBBER HANDLED starter cord.

Besides being more comfortable, it's not quite as dangerous as a screw driver, etc, should things go south

[99yam40]

OH, there was a few words yelled, that motor caught fire about a year later, it was my fault though, bad maintenance and stupidity, pretty exciting at the time.

nothing like sitting in the bow of a boat with the back end on fire, trying to decide if you want to jump overboard or stay in and hope the fire goes out before the gas tank gets involved