Hello all!
I purchased what was sold to me as a 1961 Sport Scott 27.7. It has both recoil start AND electric start, a tiller AND Elgin-branded remote shifter and throttle. When I pulled the cowl, there were two loose yellow wires in a sleeve exiting from under the flywheel. Everything else was connected internally and to two pushbuttons mounted on the lower housing – both momentary – one for the electric choke and one for the starter. I’ve downloaded every diagram I can find and none of them match this combination. There MUST have been some rewiring done at some time because there is a micro switch (ie limit switch) in between the two momentary pushbuttons that has been removed from the circuit. Oddly though, I can’t tell what would engage the switch – neither shifting gears nor tilting the motor affects the switch.
Can anyone advise of what needs to be landed where? I assumed I needed to install a rectifier from the two yellows back to the battery hot; however, when I did that I got a “clunk” noise from under the flywheel as soon as the battery was connected. That didn’t sound right.
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