Reply To: Starter Solenoid Wiring

[Bob Wight]

Don – The push-button start switch is corroded to the point it’s not worth trying to save.    I haven’t opened up the starter yet but when I removed it from the mounting bracket, the long bolts were also badly corroded and when turning the pinion by hand, it sounds very crunchy inside the housing.    I’ll open it up sometime in the next few weeks as I progress through the restoration.  The solenoid did check out OK today so I can re-use that.

All of the wiring harnesses on the motor and shown in my pictures are factory correct – the only homemade work was some type of auxiliary wiring somebody rigged up to tie into the engine-mounted start switch and kill switch to control them remotely.   I took that out on day one, leaving only the factory correct work.

Thanks again for your help on this.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
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