brother chris
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I was out on the lake on Sunday....just as I was pulling away from the dock...maybe 20 feet away....I was getting the good old feeling of fishing...then I hear this guy yelling from the dock. I turn to look and he asked me if I could drive him across the lake to jump start his boat. He left his blower motor on overnight and killed both his batteries.
I says sure...it'll only take a couple minutes.
We get there and this guy has an i/b 350 (or something like that). We tried starting his boat just hooking up the jumper cables to the batteries...no go, even after waiting 5 minutes.
So buddy suggests that I start my motor and that will help his battery get some more juice so his motor can start. I hummed and hawwed for a minute...thinking it was not such a good idea. BTW...I have a 1978 55hp evinrude.
So we start my motor and let it run for a couple minutes, then he tries to start his boat...nothing...it won't start. So I tell him that I'll just disconnect my battery and he can put it in his boat. At the same time, my motor starts to sputter and dies. I tried to start my motor again to no avail.
Luckily my buddy was there in his boat too...he had an extra battery so he just let the guy use his battery.
I pushed away from his boat so I could figure out why my motor won't start. It turns over but no coughing or anything...it just turns over and over
After checking the fuel line and everything I could think of, I go and look at the lower powerpack and notice that there is a slight hairline crack in it.
My buddy tow me back to the dock.
So does anyone think that it is not a good idea to jump start an i/b with an o/b motor. Did I wreck my power pack by doing this?
(Hmmm....wondering if I should be posting this in SHT's)
Now I've to figure out if I wrecked anything else on my motor...ugh!!!
Oh and it was my birthday that day too.....what a day!!!
I says sure...it'll only take a couple minutes.
We get there and this guy has an i/b 350 (or something like that). We tried starting his boat just hooking up the jumper cables to the batteries...no go, even after waiting 5 minutes.
So buddy suggests that I start my motor and that will help his battery get some more juice so his motor can start. I hummed and hawwed for a minute...thinking it was not such a good idea. BTW...I have a 1978 55hp evinrude.
So we start my motor and let it run for a couple minutes, then he tries to start his boat...nothing...it won't start. So I tell him that I'll just disconnect my battery and he can put it in his boat. At the same time, my motor starts to sputter and dies. I tried to start my motor again to no avail.
Luckily my buddy was there in his boat too...he had an extra battery so he just let the guy use his battery.
I pushed away from his boat so I could figure out why my motor won't start. It turns over but no coughing or anything...it just turns over and over
After checking the fuel line and everything I could think of, I go and look at the lower powerpack and notice that there is a slight hairline crack in it.
My buddy tow me back to the dock.
So does anyone think that it is not a good idea to jump start an i/b with an o/b motor. Did I wreck my power pack by doing this?
(Hmmm....wondering if I should be posting this in SHT's)
Now I've to figure out if I wrecked anything else on my motor...ugh!!!
Oh and it was my birthday that day too.....what a day!!!
