On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:06:51 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:


Actually it ran out of gas.....

Ah - newbie.

Then again, I've done it myself. Once when I had a faulty gauge and
didn't think to actually check why the gauge stayed on full for three
hours.

The other one I towed here on Hartwell had the duel issue that the starter
bendix needed some WD-40 and improper starting procedure on the POS Force it
was equipped with. Again - brandy new boater - used 1st boat. This one was
easy as I sprayed his bendix and showed him how to start an outboard.

I see this a lot when I'm at some of the bigger lakes around here.
There was one guy this spring who, and if I'm lying, I'm dying,
couldn't get his engine started. I hung around the ramp and finally
used my trolling motor to go over and see what was what. The driver
told me that his engine always did that - it took fifteen/twenty
cranks to start and then it ran like crap for a while, then everything
was fine.

I pressed the primer bulb, rotated the choke lever up and wham - first
time. The guy looked at me like I was some kind of freakin' magician.

Sometimes you just can't make it up.

Later,

Tom
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653