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Trouble recovery

Jump-starting
WARNING
1
Severe injury or death may result if you ig-
nore any of the following:
 If the blowers will not operate, ventilate
the engine compartment by opening the
engine hood for several minutes before
attempting a jump-start.
 Do not connect the negative (–) jumper
cable to the negative (–) terminal of the
1 Shift gate
dead battery. Sparks could ignite bat-
tery or fuel vapors, which could cause
TIP:
an explosion.
 When the manual release levers are in the
manual operation position, the shift gates If the boat battery runs down, the engines
cannot be moved to the neutral or reverse can be started in an emergency using a 12-
positions. volt booster battery and jumper cables.
 When the manual release levers are in the To connect the jumper cables:
manual operation position, the boat will (1) Connect the positive (+) terminal of the
move forward even if the remote control le- dead battery to the positive (+) terminal
vers are moved to the reverse position. of the booster battery with the positive
(7) Move the manual release levers of the (+) jumper cable.
shift motors to the electronic operation (2) Connect one end of the negative (–)
position. jumper cable to the negative (–) terminal
If the shift gates cannot be raised using the of the booster battery.
preceding procedure, the shift gates can be (3) Connect the other end of the negative (–)
raised manually from the water. jumper cable to an engine hanger.
To raise the shift gates from the water: NOTICE: Be sure all connections are
(1) Follow the above steps 1–4 for “To raise secure and correct before attempting
the shift gates”. to start the engines. Any wrong con-
(2) Enter the water and move to the rear of nection may damage the electrical
the boat. system.
(3) Raise the shift gates to the forward posi-
tion.
(4) Move the manual release levers of the
shift motors to the electronic operation
position.

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