Yamaha F8F Owner's Manual

Also see for F6D: Ower's manual

Trouble Recovery85 When the emergency starter rope isused to start the engine, the start-in-gear protection device does not oper-ate. Make sure the remote control leveris in neutral. Otherwise the boat couldunexpectedly start to move, which couldresult in an accident. Attach the engine shut-off cord to a se-cure place on your clothing, or your armor leg while operating the boat. Do not attach the cord to clothing thatcould tear loose. Do not route the cordwhere it could become entangled, pre-venting it from functioning. Avoid accidentally pulling the cord dur-ing normal operation. Loss of enginepower means the loss of most steeringcontrol. Also, without engine power, theboat could slow rapidly. This couldcause people and objects in the boat tobe thrown forward. 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.EMU29563Emergency starting engine(1) Remove the top cowling.(2) Remove the start-in-gear protection ca-ble from the starter, if equipped.(3) Remove the starter/flywheel cover afterremoving the bolt(s).(4) Prepare the engine for starting. For fur-ther information, see page 39. Be surethe engine is in neutral and that the clip isattached to the engine shut-off switch.The main switch must be “ ” (on), ifequipped.1. Start-in-gear protection cable1