No Kill Switch OMC 1994

[Captain Tom]

Recently acquired a 94 Adventure with an OMC 200 outboard and having to check for spark to the engine.
There isn't a kill switch, either separate or integral to the ignition switch. The ignition is recessed and the key has a shield over the insert, so doesn't appear that a clip could be attached there. There is not one on the binnacle control either.
I was surprised because I had another OMC 1993 that had a separate kill switch.
Did Grady not utilize this feature in 94? Anyone else out there with the same year and model?

 

[Sparkdog118]

Do you have a pic of the key switch. Some of them have a horseshoe tab that fits over the key entry to keep it pushed half way in. Horseshoe acts as a kill lanyard.

 

[Captain Tom]

Thanks. Previous owner just confirmed there was never a kill switch.

 

[seasick]

A long time ago, a friend asked if I wanted to come along on a trip to pick up his trawler type boat that had a new head installed. We would sail the boat back to NY Harbor. It had a fairly low tech diesel and after he showed me how to start the motor. No key, a switch and a starter button. I was confident that I could handle the boat. That boat made 6 knots on a good day and in strong currents like we hit barely made headway. It also rolled like a son of a gun. At one point in the trip while I was steering, we needed to shut down the engine. Although I knew how to start it, I couldn't find a switch to turn off the motor or a kill switch for that mater. I yelled to my friend " How do I shut off the motor"? He said, go below and shut off the fuel. What , I said.
He came up to the helm, took me below and showed me where the fuel valve was on the motor. "Turn this off and the motor stops". So do some boats not have kill switches or switches at all? Yup. obviously.
That trip took 6 hours to go about 30 miles and was one of the worst in my boating experience, but it was also one of the most interesting journeys. Had I not stuck my handheld GPS in my pocket at the last moment, we might still be out there looking for port