Originally Posted by
TheGrandPoohBah
Make sure each pin is clean BEFORE you apply the dielectric grease for best results. (I use a tooth pick to apply here)
Feel for good engagement when you reconnect them. A narrow zip tie around them may be nice to insure the plugs stay together if you feel any kind of plastic latch is not snug.
This is one of those kind of things that fit in the category of "Aint nobody got time fo dat".
I certainly like a motor to start when I turn the key.
A boat motor that becomes unreliable is short lived around my place. No worse feeling than needing to get underway and you get a hassle from your motor. I made it 4 miles back to the ramp 100 yards at a time. Fuel pump went out. Pump the bulb up tight, pull the start rope 2 to 3 times, go 100 yards. Then rinse and repeat. My shoulder was dead after that ordeal. I tried keeping the bulb squeezed to keep fuel into the motor. That was a no go. That was a long 4 miles. Wind was blowing away from the launch so you lost ground getting the motor started again
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