Re: Quicksilver throttle cold start button?
I finally made sense out of your controls. Your speed/shift selector has a black button where it pivots; looks to be about the size of a half dollar. With the shifter in N, pushing the button then advancing the shifter forward should allow just the throttle to operate and the farther you push it the higher the engine will rev when it lights off. In addition there may be another "primer" button on the key. Operation of this is usually to turn the key to the first position cw, depress the key and the black plastic hootus that the key mounts into depresses about 1/8" which primes your engine. After about 5 seconds of holding as said, still depressed, rotate the key on over to the next position which is start. The engine should light off in a couple of seconds or so. If not repeat the process. Should light off after 2 or 3 attempts. Course you should have squeezed your primer bulb on the fuel line to the engine till firm to pump fuel to the engine. When it lights off, move your shift lever (throttle lever only for the time being) up or down to set your warm up speed to suit you. If engine chokes, just push in the key a second or two to give it a squirt of fuel to help it get through the warm up function.
When you are happy with it running, take the shift lever and put it in N which should cause the black button on it to pop out causing your shift lever to now be what is was, a shifter and throttle control.
Mark
