2 Smoke 2.2hp Suzuki egg beater

[kaman]

To go along with my recently acquired Seago Eco 2.6m I purchased a 2002 Suzuki 2.2hp 2 stroke.

I already own a 2010 Suzuki 2.5hp Fourstroke.
Was going to use the 2.5hp as the main engine and the 2.2hp as an auxiliary.

It has had the gear oil changed and a new plug and seems to be running sweet - goes first pull as well.

Anyone got any knowledge of these little engines and what to look out for?

[The Bass Stalker]

Looks great. You might prefer it over the 4 stroke for weight and the fact it uses same fuel mix.

[Nos4r2]

I've got one. I've removed the stop switch and fitted a killcord instead. They're 50:1 premix.
Don't try and plane with it-the impeller is on the propshaft so if you go too fast with them they can't pick up enough water and start getting warm.
Cracking little motors though-had mine a few years now and I wouldn't sell it. It recently pushed Whisper 6 miles along the Thames withou missing a beat.

[kaman]

Hi Nos4r2.
It does seem like a decent little unit.
I must admit it had crossed my mind to fit a kill cord in place of the switch particularly as the engine has no neutral gear - I think I will get it done sooner rather than later.
How hard / expensive was it to replace the switch.
I also read somewhere that it was 100 : 1 premix - did think that was quite low.
I've put 20 ml of 2 stroke oil in the tank just to be sure.

[Nos4r2]

Funnily, I described it in PM last week!


It cost about 15 quid from memory.
I've installed a standard Yamaha kill cord on mine in place of the stop button. It's a really easy swap-you remove the stop button and fit the Yamaha kill unit through the hole left by it . I did it a few years ago, so can't remember if I had to make the hole larger.

What you do need to be careful of is that the front plate on the DT2.2 is too thick to put a retaining nut onto the killcord switch, so you have to make sure it's a tight fit once it's in-maybe even epoxy it in. Mine's such a tight fit I had to turn it to get the screw threads to engage and it's stayed solid ever since.

Wiring it in is simple as long as you only use a 2 wire kill unit. Just wire it straight to where the stop button was wired to.

[kaman]

Cheers for that Nos4r2.
I've ordered one of these....


http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...974634&alt=web

How thick is the plastic front plate of the engine.
Micht need to shave a few mm off of it if it is too thick to get retaining nut tightened.

[Nos4r2]

Quite thick. As long as the killcord will go on you'll be fine-you can always epoxy the switch in.