Electric start "back in the day"….

[amuller]

I also am looking for a starter bracket for a ’69 (or close) 25 hp.

My impression is that all the electric shift big twins had generators, I presume because with a dead battery you can pull-start them, but without enough juice to energize the forward solenoid you are not going anywhere under your own power. Am I right about this?

[garry-in-michigan]

You are right – – –

[lindy46]

A small solar charger will keep the battery charged. I had one on my pontoon with a "57 Evinrude Lark and I never had to manually charge the battery all summer. I even used a fish finder and running lights at night

[jeff-register]

Back a few had a 1942 Dodge 4 wheel drive, Ran 24 volts & a Clatterpiller gennie, That 6VT starter spinned or smoked, check everything 😉

[nabmd]

Back in ’84, when I was stationed at Ft Polk, LA, I bought a used boat with a 40 HP Johnson; got it all fixed up, and ready to go. I was able to pull start it. Off we (wife and 2 young dau) went to the Army Recreation center on a nearby lake; put it in, pull started it, pushed off from the dock and hit the "F" button; nothing happened, so I tried again several times as we slowly drifted further from the dock. Then I realized I needed a battery to run the electric shift! So, with both daughters asking why we weren’t going anywhere, I paddled back to the dock, and pulled the boat back out, and went back home! I bought a Marine battery the next wkend!

[garry-in-michigan]

When you said "Back in the Day" I thought of this 1931 Elto advertisement . . . 😆

Evinrude used this system through 1941 . . .

[Randy in Tampa]

Me too! 😉

quote Garry in Tampa:

When you said "Back in the Day" I thought of this 1931 Elto advertisement . . . 😆

Evinrude used this system through 1941 . . .

[Anonymous]

Me three… For a while I kept forgetting that it wasn’t about pre-war stuff, and being surprised each time….

[PM T2]

The Owen-Dyneto electric starter-generator are the only electric start motors that I will ever collect.

Haven’t managed to acquire one with the squarish "veranda" starter, as Sam Vance refers to them…. but I’ll keep at it

Best,
PM T2

He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...

[garry-in-michigan]

FANTASTIC – beautiful collection, I love those Super Cs . . . 😀

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