Pete Brewer
New member
Good morning, all. This will likely sound like a really stupid question, so I hope you will bear with me.
Over the decades, I have owned several different smaller outboard motors, from 9.9 to 25 HP. They have all been very basic, pull start, tiller drive motors. At 60 years old, I decided I was tired of pulling on boat motors, and bought my first electric start / electric tilt & trim, a Suzuki DF25A. I'm going through the break in process, and I am liking it, so far.
Here's my potentially stupid question:
On every other outboard I've owned, there was a lever I could flip, that would allow my motor to kick up, if I hit a stump. For the life of me, I cannot find this, anywhere, on my motor. I have read my owner's manual, and I cannot find mention of this lever, in there, either. Is that a feature that is absent, on motors with electric tilt / trim? Or am I just going blind? If this feature is not present, is there some other feature which will keep me from destroying my motor, when I hit a stump?
Thank you.
-Pete (Clueless in Central Florida)
Over the decades, I have owned several different smaller outboard motors, from 9.9 to 25 HP. They have all been very basic, pull start, tiller drive motors. At 60 years old, I decided I was tired of pulling on boat motors, and bought my first electric start / electric tilt & trim, a Suzuki DF25A. I'm going through the break in process, and I am liking it, so far.
Here's my potentially stupid question:
On every other outboard I've owned, there was a lever I could flip, that would allow my motor to kick up, if I hit a stump. For the life of me, I cannot find this, anywhere, on my motor. I have read my owner's manual, and I cannot find mention of this lever, in there, either. Is that a feature that is absent, on motors with electric tilt / trim? Or am I just going blind? If this feature is not present, is there some other feature which will keep me from destroying my motor, when I hit a stump?
Thank you.
-Pete (Clueless in Central Florida)