Hi Ron, Here are two solutions I used when I still owned our M15 with a 2 HP Honda engine: 1. Put your gasoline into used one quart oil bottles (plastic). Then you can just pour a measured quantity into the Honda fuel tank without spilling. The weight is very low so you don't have a problem hanging over the transom while refilling the Honda fuel tank. The oil containers seal very well, and I never had a leakage problem using them. (...and they are easy to stow) 2.. My other solution was to buy an outboard motor fuel line with the squeeze pump. One end goes into your jerry can; the other end into the fill hole on the Honda. Now, the jerry can is on the cockpit sole and you don't have to lift it. Just keep squeezing the bulb until the tank is refilled. When done, let the lower hose end drain back into the jerry can, then reverse the hose and let the upper end drain back into the jerry can as well. A squeeze or two and the hose is totally empty and ready for stowage. Again no heavy lifting and transom acrobatics over a hot engine.... Connie ex M15 LEPPO judy casino wrote:
I don't like hanging over the transom either. I'm going to check on the Moeller Flo-n-Go fuel pump (it appears to be a small, manual gas pump that fits into your jerry can and is attached to a 4 foot gas station like hose and fill handle. I have not yet thoroughly researched the item, so I don't know how small a jerry can you can use, but the prospect of simply inserting a lightweight fill handle into my Honda 2 hp rather than holding the jerry can out and over the engine sounds intriguing. The new type of jerry can fill nozzle is difficult to use and can easily create spillage. If anyone has knowledge of or experience with this type of device, I'd sure appreciate hearing about it. Ron, M15 "Spirit"
--- On Thu, 8/7/08, Lou <capnlou@ec.rr.com> wrote:
From: Lou <capnlou@ec.rr.com> Subject: M_Boats: 5 HP Honda on M-15 To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 4:24 PM Thanks for the feedback on the 5 HP Honda... The reason I was considering it was that it has reverse and an external fuel tank. I do not like having to hang over the boat to refuel in the middle of a chop also reverse wpuld be a nice thing to have again... Thanks again to all... Lou ( M-15 Still The One) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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