Jack wrote:
Hi.
We have a 1990 pull-start 9.9 Evenrude outboard and it's mounted to a 14'
runabout. Lately, our harbour has been experiencing thefts of motors as
well as the boats themselves. With ours, the motor is locked to the transom
but I would also like to find a nifty way of disabling the motor from
running so the boat itself can't be motored away ..like when stopping at a
waterside cafe or pub or picnic, etc.

Is there anyway of installing a hidden switch or some such device that will
immobilize the motor. This should probably be something that doesn't entail
popping off the engine cover each time we stop.

Appreciate your ideas.
Jack

People who steal boats are probably not going to start your boat
anyhow. They'll just drive up in their boat, toss a line around a
cleat or the eyelet on the front of your boat, and drive away with it
in tow. They won't want to waste time dicking with the uniqueness of
your system in order to drive it away - plus they wont want to be half
way on their getaway only to run out of gas. If it was a HUGE boat, it
might be a different story.

If you are looking for something simple, maybe just put an inline fuel
switch in your fuel line. Turn it off and the boat ain't going far
unless they search for it. If you're looking for something more
discrete, then you'll probably need to pop the cover off that motor and
at least do some wiring to an external toggle switch (not sure what
you'd wanna toggle though as I know little about the actual inners of
these motors)