Tonight I got the aux bracket mounted on my boat and my very clean little BF5 (2006) backup hooked onto the bracket.
I ran it for a while in a drum of water since I've barely run it since I bought it a few months back, and it started easily & ran just fine.
I did have a bit of a surprise discovery however that has got me slightly worried, which was a mystery stainless pin just sitting loose inside the cowling when I removed it after running the engine for 10 minutes or so:
So it's just under an inch long and 5mm wide, solid stainless pin. I haven't the faintest idea what it's from but it's making me nervous.
The bit where I found it was next to the small hole near the bottom of this pic, just sitting there loose:
If anyone could advise where its rightful home is I'd be very very grateful thanks!
The second question is not so much BF5 specific as aux engine specific, and how people secure them adequately.
The bracket was from my engineer and he says they're the only ones he used to sell as they're the only ones he's found with decent build quality, but now it's on the boat and the BF5 is on it, in the up position is wobbles around like crazy!
Am concerned about how to keep it secure when underway on the water as I obviously do not want it bouncing around, trying to make itself come loose and end up on the seabed.
Here's how it is on the boat:
Obviously some sort of rope or chain arrangement would be a good idea here, but I'm not sure how best to achieve that with the engine tilted up? If it was down then I could add hoops either side of its leg on the transom and use a rope or strong bungee across the back of the leg but the engine needs to be up and tilted when not in use, so I'm not sure what's best.
Many thanks!
Jim
I ran it for a while in a drum of water since I've barely run it since I bought it a few months back, and it started easily & ran just fine.
I did have a bit of a surprise discovery however that has got me slightly worried, which was a mystery stainless pin just sitting loose inside the cowling when I removed it after running the engine for 10 minutes or so:
So it's just under an inch long and 5mm wide, solid stainless pin. I haven't the faintest idea what it's from but it's making me nervous.
The bit where I found it was next to the small hole near the bottom of this pic, just sitting there loose:
If anyone could advise where its rightful home is I'd be very very grateful thanks!
The second question is not so much BF5 specific as aux engine specific, and how people secure them adequately.
The bracket was from my engineer and he says they're the only ones he used to sell as they're the only ones he's found with decent build quality, but now it's on the boat and the BF5 is on it, in the up position is wobbles around like crazy!
Am concerned about how to keep it secure when underway on the water as I obviously do not want it bouncing around, trying to make itself come loose and end up on the seabed.
Here's how it is on the boat:
Obviously some sort of rope or chain arrangement would be a good idea here, but I'm not sure how best to achieve that with the engine tilted up? If it was down then I could add hoops either side of its leg on the transom and use a rope or strong bungee across the back of the leg but the engine needs to be up and tilted when not in use, so I'm not sure what's best.
Many thanks!
Jim
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