so i have a 1966 einrude 40 big twin and i really wanted to go fishing and it was midnight, so about 6 gallons of gas later and it was 8 in the morning, i pulled into the lagoon and took a 4 hour power nap before heading back out.
i pulled the good ol cord and nothing happened, after my arm felt like it was going to fall off and nothing looked wrong, i proceeded to takeout the spark plugs and cleaned them up. still to no avail i cheaked over everything agian and nothing looked wrong! the next day, same thing...bummer...i know the pre-mix gas was right...so we pulled it out of the water after my lil vacation was over, with the beast on the trailer i said to myself " well hell might as well" gave it a good pull and vvvrrroooommm dudududd! she started right up on the first pull!!! everyone who knew about my situation was stumped and stupified... so i figured this was definately the place to ask this question..... WHY? i mean i cant think of any good reason this should have happened... this really dampered my whole trip, and i know now if it happens again... get the motor out of the water and start it that way... but can i prevent this from happening again? with what ive said can anyone be so kind as to give an educated guess?
thanks tony
i pulled the good ol cord and nothing happened, after my arm felt like it was going to fall off and nothing looked wrong, i proceeded to takeout the spark plugs and cleaned them up. still to no avail i cheaked over everything agian and nothing looked wrong! the next day, same thing...bummer...i know the pre-mix gas was right...so we pulled it out of the water after my lil vacation was over, with the beast on the trailer i said to myself " well hell might as well" gave it a good pull and vvvrrroooommm dudududd! she started right up on the first pull!!! everyone who knew about my situation was stumped and stupified... so i figured this was definately the place to ask this question..... WHY? i mean i cant think of any good reason this should have happened... this really dampered my whole trip, and i know now if it happens again... get the motor out of the water and start it that way... but can i prevent this from happening again? with what ive said can anyone be so kind as to give an educated guess?
thanks tony