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(Photo
1/24) Turn
key
to start.
Turn
the key
to
the
START
position as shown in
Photo
1/24 and
hold
it
there (no
longer
than
10 seconds).
The
starter
motor
should
turn
over,
indicating
that
the
battery and
the
electric
starting system
should
work
properly. When
you
hear
the
starter
motor
turn over, release
the
key and it
will
move
to
the RUN position.
Of
course,
if
you've completed the pages
with
numbers
in red squares and have
put
gasoline
in
the
fuel tank,'
the
engine wi
II
start,. if the
throttle
lever is in
low
speed and
the
manual
choke
is on
FULL
CHOKE.
•
If
your
engine's starter
motor
tries
to
start
the
engine
(or
does),
you
know
that
your
battery is
O.K.
Check
the
acid
level at least every 10
hours.
STARTER MOTOR WON'T TURN OVER
A. If
your
starter
motor
does
not
do
anything,
check
out
all
electric
start wires to make sure
that
they
are snug and are
not
touching
other
metal housings
or
brackets (at
the
exposed
terminals
of
each wire).
WIRES O.K., STARTER MOTOR STILL
WON'T GO
B. Next,
you'll
have to charge the battery
briefly
to
see
if
you
can activate it. Makesurethe tiller's
Forward/Reverse Lever is in Neutral and start
the engine
up
with
the recoil starter. Battery
cells
must
be filled
properly
with
acid before
running
the
engine and key must
be
at RUN.
Run
it
for
45 minutes
or
more.
Stop
the engine
and see
if
the
starter
motor
will start the engine
when
the
key is
turned
to
START.
If
it
works, all
systems
should
be in
working
order
now.
ENGINE RUNS, STARTER WON'T ENERGIZE
C.
If
you
run
the
engine
to
activate the battery,
but
the
key
switch
won't
start
the
engine,
look
at
(Photo 1/25)
Replace
ground
cable
with
wire.
(Photo 1/26)
Touch
ground
cable to
right
and
left posts.
Photos 1/25, 1/26 and 1/27.
Get
a 12
inch
piece
of
heavy, insulated
wire
(number
10
wire
or
heavier). Strip *
inch
of
insulation
off
both
ends
of
the
wire. Then,
disconnect
the
negative bat-
tery
cable-on
the
right
side, where
the
key
is-
and replace
the
cable
with
the
heavy
wire
as
shown in Photo 1/25. Using
the
battery
cable
you
removed as a
"jumper
wire",
firmly
touch
one end
of
the wire
to
the
right
post
of
the
sole-
noid
as
shown in Photo 1/26 and then
momen-
tarily
to
the left post (shown in
photo)
where
another
heavy cable leads
over
to
the
starter
motor.
The brief
touch
with
the
jumper
wire
will most
likely
cause a spark and
should
also energize
the
starter
motor.
As a precaution, so
the
tiller
won't
start
up
and move unexpectedly, you
should
put
the Forward/Reverse Lever in Neu-
tral,
disconnect
the
spark
plug
wire
or
move the
engine's
throttle
lever all
the
way
forward
to
the
engine
shutoff
position,
for
safety.
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