I have the 2hp Honda, long shaft on my M-15. I use two methods for refueling. The easiest, is to buy your car oil in plastic one quart bottles, preferably red, and after you use the oil and rinse the bottles, fill them almost full with gas. When the outboard tank is empty, or almost empty, just remove the cap, and upend the bottle of gas into the tank. It should almost fill the tank without spilling. For your motor, experiment with how full to fill the bottles, so you don't overfill the tank. The other method, if you have the old style one gallon gas cans, (without the rocket scientist, three handed spout), is to buy an auto shutoff fill spout from West Marine, that you just insert into the outboard tank and push down, which starts filling automatically. When the tank is full, the spout shuts off by itself. The West Marine spout is also perfect for filling the one quart oil bottles. I usually fill several if I'm going to be motoring extensively. I've used both of these methods in some pretty wicked weather and waves, and haven't had any problems. Bill Day M-15, 363, "Gee Whiz!" On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:16 AM, <jslubliner@aol.com> wrote:
On my 17 w/Nissan 4, I just used a 1 gal gas can and an outboard gas line with pump bulb. I took the gas filler cap off the motor, put the gas line from the external source into the motor and pumped it full. Easy.
John in Tucson
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Fri, Mar 4, 2011 9:56 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: M 15 outboard and filling the fuel tank
I know this may not be proper but..... try using a liguid laundry detergent ottle with a short piece of hose attached to the inner spout. Fill the tank nd what would normally drip down the hose goes right back into the bottle hrough the neck of the bottle. Because of the design you don't need a funnel. nd they hold a tad over 3/4 gal. Look for a red bottle. oe. ----- Original Message ----- From: W David Scobie To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:33 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M 15 outboard and filling the fuel tank
the honda long-shaft 2HP is a great fit for the M15. i found the motor on my 15 worked great in 98% of the situations. i can think of only one time, ind/waves/tide, that i wished for a larger (more HP) and longer shafted motor. i had a fixed transom mount so i couldn't put the motor 'deeper' in the water. nly when i moved forward of the cabin bulkhead did i have issue with avitation. most times i ran the motor at about 2/3 throttle and this gave about 4.3 knts. could run the motor about 45ish minutes before needing to refill (refill efore empty as restarting is MUCH easier). the only limitation of the honda 2HP is a lack of an external fuel tank ption. i carried two fuel containers on my 15 (i do the same on my 17 as my outboard n SWEET PEA is also is a internal only outboard). one was/is a one gallon and he other a 3.5 gallon. i keep the one gallon about 2/3 full and use this to ill the outboard. when the 1 gallon gets low i fill it with the 3.5 gallon. the ne gallon is much easier to lift and control over the transom than a 3.5 gallon ank. i have become fairly good at filling the tank as a result of practice. challenge - the new EPA rules now mandate these over-designed flow control evices that require you to use three hands: one to hold fuel tank, second to old spout into outboard's fuel tank, and third to trigger the flow valve. my urrent fuel tanks are older (about five years) and i only need to remove the topper/vent for them to work.
:: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner :: M17 #375 - SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.us --- On Fri, 3/4/11, Karen and Smiley <magoo252@comcast.net> wrote: Would one be better off using a shaft length of 22 inches as found on the Tohatsu 3.5 hp outboard as opposed to the 20 inch high shaft lengths of most long shaft outboards. Additionally from what I am used to on my P21 which I had driven using a 8 hp 2 stroke I felt that I never could get most of the power out of that engine to making Hull speed at about ¾ throttle. So I assumed that 2.5-3.5 hp would be just right for the M15 with 2 hp being maybe a bit shy for those BAD days when you need to boogie from a storm. Thanks
What is the trick to re-fueling when you’re out in bumpy waters BTW
Smiley
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