Help! Honda 150 Wouldn't Start Today!

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject:

Pat, you gonna pull that switch before the SBS? I'd sure like to know the outcome.

Charlie

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:47 am Post subject:

I don't know, Charlie. I am inclined to just let C-Dory deal with it...

Alyssa Jean · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject:

Minnow Said:
It seems that some dealers and manufacturers are installing an aftermarket ignition switch. Of the 90 of them that they replaced last year, none of them were the sealed type Honda original part.. I'm convinced that your problem is this minor one.

I just looked at my ignition and the face plate in which the ignition and idiot lights are mounted says HONDA PGM-F1. So am guessing that this is the Honda made part. I am pretty sure that Pat's boat has the same plate. I know he will run out and check as soon as he sees this.

DaveS · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject:

Captains Cat · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject:

If this is Pat's "Face Plate", it looks like it speaks volumes and doesn't say much....

Charlie

caution · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

One more simple thing: I have the same engine, and when it was cold, I would repeatedly try to start it over and over -- it would turn over and I actually heard the engine spark and try to catch, so I of course release the starter key, but the engine didn't catch completely. I would have to try this literally for 10 to 15 minutes before the engine finally started.

I learned two things that cured this:

1. You have to hold the primer bulb so that the end that goes to the engine is in the "up" position, otherwise it doesn't work.

2. At the base of the throttle lever is a switch that you can push in so that you can turn up the idle without putting the engine in gear. So I push in the switch, push the throttle forward, even pump it a few times and leave it a little ways forward. It starts within 2 or 3 tries now, no matter how cold.

Prob'ly stuff you already knew, but what the hey...

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:51 am Post subject:

Hey Pat, did you ever get your switch checked out/fixed?

Charlie

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:36 am Post subject:

Nope, not yet...we went out overnight New Year's Eve to Inati Cove on Lummi Island, and it worked fine...I did the WD40 thingee and tightened up the retaining nut, and all SEEMS to be OK, proof of the pudding will be the next time out, but weather has been so crappy have not felt much like it...

drjohn71a · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:30 am Post subject:

Pat - It may not pertain to your situation, but I got the habit of keeping HEET or similar in the fuel for my volvo inboard and my mercruiser inboard and my mercury outboards. I think it helps alot in cold starts even tho it is only touted for use as a moisture remover. I even keep Heet in my small engines such as composter, mower, trimmer, chain saw during the cold months. It seems to help get a quick firing I think.

Good luck on your problem, John