It's the nitrous injection button, in a tight situation, you push it and you can reach speeds in excess of 93mph in less than 4 seconds.
Actually, it's the trim for the drive. (If it is on the throttle handle itself)
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| Author: | Winns For Life [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Please remember I am new to this. On my 2003 268, there is a button directly underneath the top of the throttle that you can press. When I bought the boat the old owner said it can be used in tight situations. It is not a bow thruster and when I push it while moving slowly I can tell that it does very little to the boats movement. Can anyone tell me what this is for? I can't find anything about it in the manual. The motor is a 320hp. The outdrive is a dual prop volvo. |
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
It's the nitrous injection button, in a tight situation, you push it and you can reach speeds in excess of 93mph in less than 4 seconds. Actually, it's the trim for the drive. (If it is on the throttle handle itself) |
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| Author: | rjrose [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
great response, Capn. LOL. |
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| Author: | tennja [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Actually I can think of three buttons you might be referring to. As the Capn says on the out side of the handle could be the trim on the out drive. You should learn how that effects the boat. (It will have little effect at slow speeds) The other directly under the handle is a lock to keep you from accidentally putting the boat into drive or reverse from neutral. I suspect that is not the one you refer of as you should have to squeeze it to operate the boat. The third I can think of is to release the throttle from the drive so you can rev the engine without putting the boat into gear. A description of where "under" the throttle would be helpful. A picture would be priceless. Otherwise you are lucky enough to have gotten the nitro enhanced boat  I suppose one other possibility is a kill switch that has been disabled. |
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| Author: | Graham R [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
"the old owner said it can be used in tight situations"; It's not the ejector seat or torpedo launching button is it? Seriously, as already described it's if it's on the handle itself it's the trim up/ down switch or the interlock to prevent the drive accidentally being put in gear. Graham |
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
tennja wrote: The other directly under the handle is a lock to keep you from accidentally putting the boat into drive or reverse from neutral. I suspect that is not the one you refer of as you should have to squeeze it to operate the boat. My gut tells me he's referring to a toggle switch where that typical throttle lock is. On my 268 its a different shifter than my 225 had, and its a lot smoother shifting. My 225 had a neutral stop/lock, that you had to squeeze to put the boat in gear. My 268 doesn't have this, instead it has a little white toggle switch. I've pushed it both ways, and haven't noticed it doing anything. |
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| Author: | MichaelB [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Graham R wrote: "the old owner said it can be used in tight situations"; It's not the ejector seat or torpedo launching button is it? Seriously, as already described it's if it's on the handle itself it's the trim up/ down switch or the interlock to prevent the drive accidentally being put in gear. Graham "Tight situations" seems pretty cryptic...If it's not an ejecter seat maybe it's a cone of silence! That would be nice will running with the canvas down!!! |
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| Author: | 248 Vista [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Mine has the same same switch you are referring to and it does nothing. I am not sure why it is there. |
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| Author: | tennja [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
248 Vista wrote: Mine has the same same switch you are referring to and it does nothing. I am not sure why it is there. Every so often the lights in my garage go on and off for no reason.  
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| Author: | Winns For Life [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
It is not the trim, that is on the left side of the throttle. It's underneath the right side of the throttle. It may activate the ejection seats, I don't know. I will sit my Mother In Law in the seat next to me and conduct a test. Maybe it flushes the toilet! Just thought I would ask.
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| Author: | M3eater [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
The throttle arm has the drive-trim botton on the end of the "T", where your thumb is. The small rocker switch on the underside of the "T", where your first two fingers (or maybe #2 & #3) would wrap under the "T", is for actuation of the trim tabs for left-right ballance. This switch is standard on the Volvo throttle/shift assembly that Four Winns used on these boats. However, this functional feature is not actually available or installed on the boats .... sooo ..... the switch is dead and totally non-functional. ..... according to Melvin Village Marina |
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| Author: | Winns For Life [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Thank You Very Much! I did like the ejections seat theory. 
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| Author: | SW Florida Dave [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Rats, I was hoping for the ejection seat because the pics would have been great with mother in laws flying everywhere. 
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
M3eater wrote: ..... according to Melvin Village Marina I keep forgetting to ask you, is that where you bought your 268? |
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| Author: | Graham R [ Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Button underneath throttle on 2003 268 |
Being able to adjust the trim tabs from the throttle sounds very useful, shame FW didn't wire the switch up ( I supposed it could be wired up to the standard trim tabs). Mother in law ejection seats were not offered as an option in the UK! Graham |
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