On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:57:54 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Tom (or anyone else who wants to answer this):

Any time I tip up my outboard (4-stroke Johnson), it's a bitch to start
afterward. But, I sometimes want to tip it up if I'm rowing in shallow,
weedy areas - it's easier to row that way. I haven't experimented with the
next idea, but should it matter which way it's leaning to after I tip it up?

Wrong Tom but when I talked to my dealer about the sacrificial anode
problem I was having his first question was whether they had installed
a two or four stroke engine. Since it was two stroke he told me to
tilt it up out of the water - had it been a four stroke he would have
suggested something else since four strokes are hard to restart after
being tilted up - guess this must be a common problem with them. Don't
have a clue about tilting. Good luck.

Tom...............