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| Wen |
Posted - 09 Mar 2017 : 20:31:16
Hi,we are newbies and would like to ask for advice. Our Honda 15outboard starts 1st time, however when put in reverse more times than not cuts out. It's not doing our confidence any good can any one please give us advise? |
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| cliveshep |
Posted - 11 Mar 2017 : 08:36:15
The march of progress you see, never used to happen with galley slaves!
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| Mad Harold |
Posted - 10 Mar 2017 : 23:30:45
Had the same thing with my N20,Yamaha 9.9.I found that the tickover was too fast and used to engage gear with a bang,frequently stopping the engine,reverse especially as there seems to be more drag in reverse gear.Slowing the tickover to the book figure [900-1000 rpm] fixed it.It now goes into gear quietly and so far hasn't stopped.
I too am a newbie and when manoeuvering near very expensive looking boats,I did panic a couple of times,changing from forward to reverse and vice versa,too quickly stopping the engine.If the prop is still turning when you engage the opposite gear it will stop the engine and do the gearbox no good. |
| Wen |
Posted - 10 Mar 2017 : 20:47:12
God bless you all and thank you very much. We are doing her up at the moment and will post pics soon. We.looked ay all sorts of noats but fell in love with Normans. We aim to keep as many otiginal features as possible so no doubt we will be shouting for help again |
| cliveshep |
Posted - 10 Mar 2017 : 13:57:13
Hey Dave, I'm retired, don't expect me to think!
Probably right, but does it cut the ignition circuit completely including the starter solenoid circuit? i.e whatever goes live if the ignition switch goes on? It won't cut the actual starter motor circuit as the potential loads running through the switch when the starter is running would melt it, so it would only be the feed to the solenoid circuit running through the ignition switch so possibly cuts ignition as well?
I don't have a circuit diagram to hand so the owner can do some work for himself and look at that side of things - I dumped most of the engine manuals when I emigrated! Need different manuals for elephants LOL!
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| df |
Posted - 10 Mar 2017 : 10:40:42
Doesn't start in gear protection just inhibit the starter motor?
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| cliveshep |
Posted - 10 Mar 2017 : 10:31:12
Two things come to mind here, first the engine has a start inhibitor switch to prevent you starting it in gear, it does rather suggest that might need position adjustment.
The second is that the idle speed is too low to overcome the drag of going into gear, possibly. I think you should look at the first option but you can up the neutral tick-over speed a tad to eliminate the 2nd option.
You probably want to see what's under the cover?
Try here: http://www.honda.co.uk/marine/owners/manuals.html
or here: http://boatinfo.no/lib/honda/manuals/bf99bf15.html#/0
or here: http://www.instant-manual.com/1978-1990_Honda_Outboard_4-Stroke_Service_Manual.html
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