just trace the cables to see what they are hooked up to?
Doesn't matter which way they go but you have to be sure that they are mounted just right so that your thumb can find the spark plug end when you least expect it. Tad
On a 8U or 9U the most common arraignment is that the left one is throttle, out to idle , in for more throttle. Choke is on the right, out to choke. That being said if the carb was ever changed and many were the throttle might be the opposite, in to idle, out for throttle. You can even reverse the linkage on the carb and inadvertently switch the buttons to opposite with very little friction difference in the feel of them. (I did this by mistake once.) As stated above, the only sure way is to look and see which one does what.
And you can buy new knobs with the writing clear on them. I have new ones on my D2
I like your comment Tad. I have been putting off installing the insulated boot on my 7U way too long. That jolt hits the elbow and sometimes to the shoulder makes me a bit jumpy.
I’ve been woken up by the zap also lol. Only up to the elbow though. You must have better mag/wire/plug than me if it made it all the way to your shoulder! Hahaha. Some things one doesn’t forget!
A spark plug zap always hurts my elbow, it will jerk back until it hits SOMETHING...I'm highly allergic to electrical shock-my Dad could grab a plug wire & hang on, say yep that one's got spark! Not me...😖hocked:
My Dad introduced me to an old buzz coil when i asked what it did! 😖hocked:
When I was little, my cousins and I went for a walk away from the beach campsite. We reached a fence that had insulators on the wires - obviously an electric fence but being kids, we thought we'd check if it was on. One cousin wrapped his fingers around the wire, "not on" he says, second and third cousins do the same thing in turn. We're all standing there looking at each other like a bunch of idiots, and then in perfect unison, the three of them jump about a foot in the air and exclaim 'Golly!' or something like that.
I received some "correction" from my cousins for the humor I saw in the situation but the thick ears I received were worth it : )