04-08-2007, 11:50 PM
Howdy,
Quick question about a trolling motor I just purchased. Any info would be helpful. I purchased a Briggs & Stratton 5HP Kicker Motor for my boat, well when I took it out for the first time it quit running for me. I put all the oil in it, gassed it up and everything and it started right away then died because the "bulb" for the gas line wasnt hard, but when I went to pull the handle/rope I cannot even pull it all the way out??????? Did I seize up the motor some how??? This happened to my Dad's too, but his was because he laid it down on the wrong side and it Hydraulically seized his and all he had to do is pull his spark plug and drain the oil/gas from where the spark plug went. Well I tried that and still nothing? Any ideas???? I am going to call the one place that it says on the packaging that works these motors, but it is way down in West Valley and my whole thing is "it is brand new, why should I have to drive all the way down somewhere to get something brand new FIXED"????? Anyhow, hope they can figure something out for me with this 2 year warranty.
Thanks for any info
TS
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Quick question about a trolling motor I just purchased. Any info would be helpful. I purchased a Briggs & Stratton 5HP Kicker Motor for my boat, well when I took it out for the first time it quit running for me. I put all the oil in it, gassed it up and everything and it started right away then died because the "bulb" for the gas line wasnt hard, but when I went to pull the handle/rope I cannot even pull it all the way out??????? Did I seize up the motor some how??? This happened to my Dad's too, but his was because he laid it down on the wrong side and it Hydraulically seized his and all he had to do is pull his spark plug and drain the oil/gas from where the spark plug went. Well I tried that and still nothing? Any ideas???? I am going to call the one place that it says on the packaging that works these motors, but it is way down in West Valley and my whole thing is "it is brand new, why should I have to drive all the way down somewhere to get something brand new FIXED"????? Anyhow, hope they can figure something out for me with this 2 year warranty.
Thanks for any info
TS
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