Manual Relief Valve - HONDA marine BF350A Owner's Manual

8. OPERATION
CAUTION
Do not operate this power tilt
switch on the outboard motor
while cruising. You can lose
control of your balance, fall,
and be injured by the moving
outboard, propeller, or boat.
Always use the power trim/tilt
switch while under way.
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Manual Relief Valve

MANUAL RELIEF VALVE
POWER
MANUAL
(To hold)
(To release)
If the power trim/tilt system does
not operate because of a dead
battery or faulty power trim/tilt
motor, the outboard motor can be
manually tilted up or down by
operating the manual relief valve.
To tilt the outboard motor
manually, turn the manual relief
valve under the stern bracket 1 or
2 turns counterclockwise using a
screwdriver.
After tilting up/down manually,
close the manual relief valve to
lock the outboard motor in
position.
DANGER
Check that nobody is under
the outboard motor before
carrying out this operation
because if the manual relief
valve is loosened (turned
counterclockwise) when the
outboard motor is tilted up,
the outboard motor will
suddenly tilt down.
CAUTION
The manual relief valve must
be tightened securely before
operating the outboard motor
otherwise the outboard motor
could tilt when operating in
reverse.