Yamaha F115A Owner's Manual

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Trouble Recovery111 Make sure no one is standing behindyou when pulling the starter rope. Itcould whip behind you and injure some-one. An unguarded, rotating flywheel is verydangerous. Keep loose clothing andother objects away when starting theengine. Use the emergency starter ropeonly as instructed. Do not touch the fly-wheel or other moving parts when theengine is running. Do not install thestarter mechanism or top cowling afterthe engine is running. Do not touch the ignition coil, spark plugwire, spark plug cap, or other electricalcomponents when starting or operatingthe motor. You could get an electricalshock.EMU43481Emergency starting engine (F115A,FL115A, F115A1, FL115A1)1. Remove the top cowling.2. Remove the bolt that is securing the fly-wheel cover.3. Lift up the rear of flywheel cover and pullit forward to remove it.4. Prepare the engine for starting. For fur-ther information, see page 65. Be surethe engine is in neutral and that the clip isattached to the engine shut-off switch.The main switch must be “ ” (on).5. Insert the knotted end of the emergencystarter rope into the notch in the flywheelrotor and wind the rope around the fly-wheel clockwise.6. Pull the rope slowly until resistance isfelt.7. Remove the rope from the flywheel tem-porarily.8. Rewind the rope around the flywheel ap-proximately 3/4 of a turn clockwise.ZMU07395ZMU02334ONSTARTOFFONSTARTOFFZMU04589