[Public-List] Hand starting A4 engine

Wed Sep 15 08:06:32 PDT 2010

Be aware that if you have freshwater cooling you probably have a pulley installed on the end of the shaft which interferes with the handcrank.  Moyer also sells an extending bolt that solves this problem.

Mike
Rinn Duin #272 

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Thanks, Gord

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From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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Hi Peter -

Moyer Marine... www.moyermarine.com

Gord

On 15/09/10 10:49 AM, "peter woroniecki" <pworonec at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm sold! Where do you order it?

Peter, WindCall.

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From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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Hello gang - 

In the
> eleven years we¹ve had SURPRISE, twice I have let her batteries
weaken while
> out sailing to the point where we couldn¹t start the engine.
The first time
> was the first year we had the boat... I didn¹t know that the
gas sniffer drew
> power even with the main battery switch on Œoff¹; the
second time was this
> summer when we did a night sail and the running lights
ran the system down
> (the batteries were already weakened by the ten day trip
we were just back
> from)   I have been carrying a portable booster but this
last time I had
> forgotten it at home.

I broke down and ordered a hand starting crank from
> Moyer and it arrived
yesterday.   I went to the boat after supper and tried it
> out.   My first
surprise was how easily the engine rolls by hand.  (low
> compression...)  It
didn¹t start, but I hadn¹t set the throttle and pulled the
> choke.  I did
that and tried again... I didn¹t get past about 1/4 of a circle,
> not
particularly vigorously, when the engine started and the handle sprang
> off
(as designed).  There I was kneeling in front of the running engine,
> utterly
amazed.  

The handles are cheap - $78 USD all in...money very well
> spent I think.

Gord #426
> SURPRISE

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