JR concerning your pigtail for the electric start. Here is what I did on my Evinrude 18. I found a set of jumper cables, red/black, that had a number 6 wires and cut the clamp ends off. Installed wire ends big enough to attach to the battery on one end and the starter on the other. I punched out the housing under the carb so the wires would go through where the old pigtail was. I now run the wires to the solenoid/battery inside the boat. You also need a small wire for the choke solenoid. It works great and don’t cost much! Understand that it is not original for those years. Some where around 1960. OMC eliminated that stupid connector and did exactly what I have described.
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