TwoBallScrewBall
Lieutenant Commander
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- Sep 14, 2003
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OK so I'm out fishing today, and it's the fourth time I've been out on the same tank of gas. Gas guage does not work right, has read almost full when I have pumped 12 gallons into the 25 gallon tank. Anyway, I got done fishing (did good too, 3 good stripers, a blue, and a skate in about an hour) and I'm getting ready to head back. I switch on the blower, then walk up front and pull the anchor in. I get done with that and flip the ignition switch on and hit the starter button. Fires then dies. Hit it again, fires then dies. I did this about three more times and get to worrying, and that's when I notice that the fuel guage is at DEAD EMPTY. Now I panic. Great, I'm going to have to get towed in. I sit there for a minute and then realize that the ignition switch is off. I must have bumped it. My boat has no keys (lost over the winter) so I have an on/off switch wired for the ignition and a push-button starter switch. It's trailered only so I'm not worried about someone driving off with it. 
Somehow I knocked the switch off while pushing the button. It was firing while the starter was cranking, but as soon as I let go of the button the ignition would go dead. <br /><br />I flipped the switch, the fuel guage slapped back to "F" and she started right up.<br /><br />Got on the trailer, filled the tank, only took 8 gallons after 4 good fishing trips and some cruising. Gotta love that 3.0.
Somehow I knocked the switch off while pushing the button. It was firing while the starter was cranking, but as soon as I let go of the button the ignition would go dead. <br /><br />I flipped the switch, the fuel guage slapped back to "F" and she started right up.<br /><br />Got on the trailer, filled the tank, only took 8 gallons after 4 good fishing trips and some cruising. Gotta love that 3.0.