Thread: Cut off switch

How am I supposed to do this on a 1982 9.9 tiller engine?

Boat Equipment
The Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act provides that the following equipment will be provided in various classes of boats:
Lanyards or Engine Cut-off Devices No person may operate any motor boat, including a personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft, equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway, without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and: (1) the engine cut-off switch link is properly attached to his or her person, clothing or worn PFD, as appropriate for the specific vessel; or (2) activating the wireless cut-off system. For the purposes of this section, "Engine cut-off switch link" means the lanyard or wireless cut-off device used to attach the motorboat operator to the engine cut-off switch installed on the motorboat. "Engine cut-off switch" means an operational emergency cut-off engine stop switch installed on a motorboat that attaches to a motorboat operator by an engine cut-off switch link.

Originally Posted by silverside

How am I supposed to do this on a 1982 9.9 tiller engine?

Boat Equipment
The Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act provides that the following equipment will be provided in various classes of boats:
Lanyards or Engine Cut-off Devices No person may operate any motor boat, including a personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft, equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway, without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and: (1) the engine cut-off switch link is properly attached to his or her person, clothing or worn PFD, as appropriate for the specific vessel; or (2) activating the wireless cut-off system. For the purposes of this section, "Engine cut-off switch link" means the lanyard or wireless cut-off device used to attach the motorboat operator to the engine cut-off switch installed on the motorboat. "Engine cut-off switch" means an operational emergency cut-off engine stop switch installed on a motorboat that attaches to a motorboat operator by an engine cut-off switch link.

I added one to my old 80s Mercury 20hp. I had an "incident" a while back and decided it was worth it.