Outboard Motor Attachment; Installation (Continued) - Honda Marine BF8A Owner's Manual

INSTALLATION
When the outboard motor is installed extremely low, the idle port may be
immersed and the engine may become hard to start or may run poorly.
Check that the idle port is high enough from the water level when the
engine is stopped with the boat fully loaded.
If the outboard motor is installed too low, the boat will squat and be hard
to plane, and the motor will spray water that may enter the boat. It will tend
to porpoise, and high-speed stability will be reduced.
Propeller ventilation will occur if the outboard motor is installed too high on the
boat transom.
Optimum installation height varies with boat type and bottom shape. Contact
the boat manufacturer for any spacial recommendations that are unique to a
specific model of boat.
If the transom needs to be modified to accommodate the outboard motor,
contact the boat manufacturer and follow their recommendations for corrective
action.

OUTBOARD MOTOR ATTACHMENT

Attach the stern bracket to the boat
transom by tightening the clamp
screws.
NOTICE
• Before operating the boat, check
the tightness of the clamp screws.
• Tie a rope through the hole in the
stern bracket and secure the other
end of the rope to the boat. This will
prevent accidental loss of the mo-
tor.
• The holes in the clamp screw
handles may be padlocked together
to prevent theft of the motor.
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STERN BRACKET
SAFETY ROPE
CLAMP SCREWS