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Originally Posted by kreed (Post 3758678)

I begin mentally "scanning" my surroundings as to not hit anything and watchout for boats heading in my direction.

This is something you do when you put the boat into gear, because you want to. If you forget, it will not happen.

Something that happens when you put the boat into gear has to be physical in my thoughts. Doesn't matter if I put it in gear or my one year old pushes the lever into gear.

I am guessing that you are talking about the fact that these outdrives do not create water and shoot it out from the prop. The prop displaces water and it has to come from somewhere, namely from in front of the propellor. At a slow speed, it will pull water from a wider cone in front of it. I deal with this on air handling equipment for dust collection. Pushed air will travel in a straight line pretty far, but pulled air will not pull in from that far away, much wider intake arc. Happens with freighters also. Can suck a boat under with that prop pulling that much water under the hull.

Closer?

Brian

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Originally Posted by befu (Post 3758685)

Bingo. Thats what I was looking for.

Alpha= shift interrupt switch. SO when I put me boat into gear the first thing that happens is the motor cuts :evilb:

I though it was funny... :angry-smiley-038:

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Originally Posted by machloosy (Post 3758708)

Alpha= shift interrupt switch. SO when I put me boat into gear the first thing that happens is the motor cuts :evilb:

I though it was funny... :angry-smiley-038:

LOL. Thats funny. An true

Safty is wehn you put yore landyard on befour you started yore engin.

Artie's safety thread would be a good place to ask some rules of the road questions...especailly if you are near some major port instead of just the local marina. Inland rules have even more weird stuff.
Here's a simple one...what does 3 short blasts of the horn mean?

Art

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Originally Posted by inthetundra (Post 3758724)

Here's a simple one...what does 3 short blasts of the horn mean?

Art

Backing up.

[QUOTE=machloosy;3758708]Alpha= shift interrupt switch. SO when I put me boat into gear the first thing that happens is the motor cuts :evilb:

if properly adjusted and working it should only interrupt when shifting out of gear:party-smiley-004:

If it is a new boat, it drops $30M in value....:whistle:

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Originally Posted by machloosy (Post 3758708)

Alpha= shift interrupt switch. SO when I put me boat into gear the first thing that happens is the motor cuts :evilb:

I though it was funny... :angry-smiley-038:

Been reading so many schematics, I do not know the names of all these parts yet. Only other boat was a small egg beater. (I learned that one here!)

Thought those switches were to keep the engines from starting in gear. I am getting there, but so much to learn. Still haven't found the brakes on the dang thing yet..... :hijack:

Good thread.

Brian