Help! How do we stop the engine?

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seaair	Help! How do we stop the engine?		Lead	[-]
Posts: 64 06/26/07 17:46:27	Tags : None Just in case someone is listening, we have a little (immediate) problem. I just got a call from my wife who is out on our boat with a group of friends. Unfortunately, she can not get the engine to stop. (Pressing the button just doesn't do it.) Not having any of the books with me, I don't know how it is wired. Is there more to it than just shorting the wires running to the instrument cluster? Not wanting to get stuck where she is, she is leaving the engine idling. She is going to bring it back to the marina, where I will meet her and hopefully find a way to kill it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Warren Seattle, WA Sutlej, #920 3-cabin pullman
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garrywillis		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 277 06/26/07 19:44:18 Moderator	First thing that comes to mind is to shut off the fuel supply or starve it of air by blocking the air intake. There is also a manual shut off on the engine toward the back on it's starboard side as I recall. Then have the dealer fix it. Garry "Breezn" #502 2-Cabin
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dbnonsense		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 138 06/27/07 04:30:53	Buy now you must have gotten the engine to shut down. If not take off the air cleaner and choke off the air with a book or similar,there is a lot of suction so don't use anything that may get sucked in. The stop button actuates a small solonoid that shuts off the fuel, the there is a small nut on the solonoid arm that closes the fuel, look down in the pan under the engine on the port side chances are that you will find the nut has backed off and is laying in the pan. suggest that you reinstall the nut with a small lock washer. Dave Zeuli Common Sense #810
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hgamsby		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 55 06/27/07 16:56:47	I have hull # 916 and had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. I stopped it using the stop switch/button on the engine stop solenoid. The engine panel push button stop switch was broken and needed to be replaced.
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seaair		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 64 06/27/07 18:09:33	Mystery solved! It turns out if you turn off the key, the stop button no longer works. What must have happened is that someone bumped the key (which is a little funky on our boat anyway), and turned it off. In the process of trying various options my wife never stumbled on the one with the key on until she got back to the dock. There she pushed the button and it stopped as it should. Sometimes it is the simplest answers that mess you up. (Key on, you can stop the engine - Key off, you can not stop the engine). Thanks for your responses. Warren Seattle, WA Sutlej, #920 3-cabin pullman
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oscar		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 475 06/30/07 07:53:27	It turns out if you turn off the key, the stop button no longer works. Interesting! Hope your alternator is OK....I have the manual shut off and had a similar but reversed experience when I first got Lady Kay. I won´t start unless you push that back in..... Lady Kay, C42#76, 1989, WK 3C. Chesapeake/Fort Lauderdale.
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nickwigen		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 216 06/30/07 10:48:54	The alternator will be fine. The only way to fry it is to disconnect the batteries when the engine is running. That will usually kill the diodes. Our second alternator with the external regulator is has the power to the regulator wired through a switch so it can be cut out if wanted. I don't usually bring it on until the engine has warmed up a bit to keep from lugging it down. It will almost kill the engine at low throttle when cold. This was set up after checking with the regulator manufacturer. Nick Wigen Ursa Minor #178 FK, 3-Cabin Portland, Oregon
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