[Rhodes22-list] Replies to Michael, Dave, Bill, Joe, et al...

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Ed,  Re pull start: What Elton told me, and I have not yet explored,  is that 
our Yamaha does indeed have a pull start capability; but to use it you  have 
to pull the cowl off the motor and attach a separate kit,  whereupon  the 
motor can be manually started.  I'm not sure whether what's needed is  simply a 
cord to wrap around a pulley to effect the pull,  or whether you  have to attach 
something like a pull start assembly to the motor, I have to find  out.  For 
practical purposes, at this point, I don't think we have a pull  start.  I 
have much to learn about the motor - and everything else.
 
Dan,  You asked about an operating manual:  There is something  like an 
operating manual and you should be sure to ask Elton for it.   He very nearly  
forgot to give it to us at the end of the day.   It came in a folder with the bill 
of sale, a written warranty, and a  note thanking us for our purchase.  It's 
a nice package.  The manual  is 30 typewritten pages long.  Unfortunately, we 
have what I think is the  cover page of the manual copied 8 times, and then 
the manual starts in on page  8, but this is just a glitch and I'm sure GBI will 
follow-up with the right  pages when I ask them for the material.
 
I have just scanned the manual quickly, it looks useful and interesting, I  
will read the whole thing, but I'm sure there are no diagrams or pictures  in 
it.  It doesn't begin to replace the sort of "you now put this into  that" type 
of instruction that Elton will step you through.  Also,  unless they are in 
the first 8 pages, there are no lists (e.g.  commissioning lists).
 
Dave.