Honda BFP8D - Emergency Starting

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OPERATION
EMERGENCY STARTING
If the battery is discharged, or the
starter motor and the recoil starter are
inoperative, you can start the engine
manually using the emergency starter
rope that came with your outboard
motor.
1. Unlatch and remove the engine
cover (p. 74).
2. Move the shift lever to the F
(forward) position. Loosen the
neutral start cable lock nut and
disconnect the neutral start cable.
3. Unscrew the three flange bolts and
remove the recoil starter assembly.
4. Set the controls the same as for
normal starting (see pages 49 – 55).
Use the choke and fast idle controls
if needed.
Electric start type:
Turn the ignition switch key to the
ON position.
5. Set the knotted end of the
emergency starter rope in the notch
in the flywheel pulley. Wind the
rope clockwise around the flywheel
pulley, as shown.
6. Pull the emergency starter rope
slowly until resistance is felt, then
pull briskly.
UNLATCH
ENGINE COVER LATCH
NEUTRAL START CABLE
RECOIL STARTER
ASSEMBLY
FLANGE BOLT RECOIL STARTER
ASSEMBLY
FLYWHEEL PULLEY
(STARTER PULLEY)
KNOT
STARTER ROPE
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