jpollman
08-01-2006, 11:12 AM
Hi all.
Many of you are familiar with the ongoing saga of the charging system troubles on my outboard. I'm not certain yet, but thankfully I think I may have it working correctly. I'll know for sure after a good shakedown cruise.
But there's one thing I want to caution all of you on and that is to be careful when running your motors on "muffs". DON'T leave the motor unattended while running! That is unless you secure the muffs in a way that won't allow them to slip off. I was just out running another check on my charging system and had the motor running and everything was going well. I went in and out of the garage a few times just to get something and as I came back to the boat I just happened to step to the back just as I noticed the muffs starting to slip. Luckily I was able to reach down and stop them from coming off. I shut the motor down and used a piece of heavy wire to secure the muffs onto the lower unit. Better safe than sorry!
John
Many of you are familiar with the ongoing saga of the charging system troubles on my outboard. I'm not certain yet, but thankfully I think I may have it working correctly. I'll know for sure after a good shakedown cruise.
But there's one thing I want to caution all of you on and that is to be careful when running your motors on "muffs". DON'T leave the motor unattended while running! That is unless you secure the muffs in a way that won't allow them to slip off. I was just out running another check on my charging system and had the motor running and everything was going well. I went in and out of the garage a few times just to get something and as I came back to the boat I just happened to step to the back just as I noticed the muffs starting to slip. Luckily I was able to reach down and stop them from coming off. I shut the motor down and used a piece of heavy wire to secure the muffs onto the lower unit. Better safe than sorry!
John