First crank of the year

[mrtopknight]

It's been four months since I started my boat. This is the longest I have ever waited between cranks.... However, everytime I fill up I put Sta-bil in the tank.

Any tips that may save my battery life other than the typical (1) pump to activate the choke routine?

4.3L Mercruiser (Carb)

 

[Sundancer]

How about a battery charger or battery tender to keep some juice in it while it's not being used? How about one of those portable jump starters?

 

[midway]

Check out these solar battery savers.

http://clubsearay.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=93368

http://www.siliconsolar.com/12-volt-battery-chargers.php

 

[mrtopknight]

I am not so much worried about the battery as I am for getting the engine cranked easier

 

[midway]

Mine is always take longer to start the first time, I turn on, give a few seconds for the electric pump to fill the carb, give three pumps and maybe it will start, usually takes a second try with one more pump there. I don't know maybe the pump does not run until I hit start, can't hear with the alarm squealing, so it takes a spin to fill the carb and then it starts. :huh: It always seems to start on the second try now. Use it let it sit overnight and it will probably start without a pump, just move the throttle lever enough to set the choke.

 

[mrtopknight]

She fired right up. I just pumped it two more times following the first pump to set the choke.

 

[wreckless123]

If my boat is going to sit more then a month, I connect a battery tender plus to it and over the winter I pull the battery all together and connect the tender to in in the house.