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not finding much info on the 30hp but if your 30 is anything like the 35hp RJE19 of 1957 it will have standard magneto
if so…. killing the engine is as simple as hooking up a normally open push button switch to the 2 points as per drawing
normally the 2 M posts on the start switch are joined inside the switch to STOP the ignition… maybe your “new wiring” is missing those connections (wires) which will do exactly the same as the above recommendation … both M posts are wired to the points to short out & kill the engine ignition system
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Your ’56 RD already has one wire going to one set of points and is connected to the vacuum operated cutout switch at the other end. This wire can be tapped into and the mag plate drilled for a second wire to connect to the other set of points. These two wires can then be hooked up to a kill switch or key switch to shut the motor down. I did this on my ’56 RDE and mounted the kill switch on the lower pan and it worked great.
Here’s a photo of your mag plate as it is now with the one wire and the next photo gives a reference where to drill it for a second wire.
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