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December 19, 2022 at 5:15 pm #270127
Bob Wight
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    Here’s a shot of the starter and solenoid location I used on my ’56 RD-18.    The solenoid is an Arco SW-058 used on a number of Mercury applications but also worked fine on an OMC!

    Bob

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