help with switch identify

[66mstgfsbk]

i have just bought a 1999 four winns 245 sundowner and for the life of me cannot find out what this switch does
four winns call it 025-2039 PANEL ASSEMBLY, ESS CHERRY, IO

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: help with switch identify

Looking at the illustration of a a (chemical beaker) I'm going to say it's the switch for a bilge blower.

 

[mark mcj]

Re: help with switch identify

According to this web site, it's an emergency engine stop switch.

http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/vl_serswitlegends.pdf

 

[Silvertip]

Re: help with switch identify

That's where the kill switch lanyard connects. Without the clip to activate the switch the engine should not run. If you've been running the boat without the lanyard, then someone has disconnected the switch. Fix it. It's a safety feature.

 

[66mstgfsbk]

Re: help with switch identify

i was looking at the switch and there is no where to put a saftey clip on it, its just a push button switch. ill try to push it next time i run the engine and see what it does. thanks for the help

 

[bacafrog]

Re: help with switch identify

Never push the button, it might be a doomsday switch.

On a serious note, before I pushed it, i would try to find out what it goes to first.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: help with switch identify

The fact that there is a kill switch lanyard (red) laying behind it indicates it is a kill switch. The clip should hold the button in. When the lanyard is pulled, the button pops out killing the engine.

 

[jay_merrill]

Re: help with switch identify

I have no idea what it is, but the figure on the front doesn't lead me to believe that it is a kill switch. I would trace the circuit to find out what it is.



???

 

[smokeonthewater]

Re: help with switch identify

the picture is of an engine with a slash across it..... means engine kill..... would either be a kill switch or a lanyard.... I suspect the second.... a rubber cap that pops on and holds the button in.

 

[ENSIGN]

Re: help with switch identify

Work on em at a fourwinns dealer, It's the safety lanyard switch

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: help with switch identify

Poor illustration of a crankshaft, engine, rod, whatever but yea I can see it now, whomever spotted the lanyard is very observant.

 

[Robbabob]

Re: help with switch identify

Looks like our jet ski lanyard kill switch. The button is held IN by the cap on the end of the lanyard. Our boat has a clip from the side, so I didn't recognize it at first.

If the engine starts without the lanyard attached, check your wiring.

Happy boating!