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" Hi All,
Hope someone ca
" Hi All,
Hope someone can help me. I have a 1979 50 hp 2 cylinder Evinrude Commercial, Model # 50902C. I had bought this motor brand new in the crate in 1983 and had it installed on a 15?aluminum fishing boat. The motor was originally supplied with a tiller handle and pull start, when I had the motor installed I had the tiller handle replaced with a set of manual controls installed at the driving console and have installed a separate ignition/kill switch on the driving console. Except for a little faded paint on the boat and a few paint chips on the motor, both the boat and motor are in exceptionally good condition (as new). I am at the point now that I would like to convert the motor to electric start purely for convenience reasons. The motor starts very easy with 1 ?2 pulls and runs flawlessly throughout the full range of throttle and driving conditions. What I would like to do now is install electric start with a full charging system if it is possible at a reasonable cost. My thoughts on this conversion would be to search for a scrapped or blown 40 ?65 OMC from the same era and exchange all the necessary parts. My dilemma is, in reality I know that there are a few considerable differences between Commercial and Standard or Pleasure models. Also there are very few Commercial models around and I have not come across any with electric start on them to compare parts with. I have been informed by dealers that it would be very expensive to by all the parts needed new and that is if they are all available given the age of the motor. None of the dealers I have spoken with are familiar with any complete conversion kits that may be available. Is there any hope? Can anybody help me find the parts and answers I am looking for?
I am in the Peterborough Ontario, Canada area. Original home of the:
Outboard Marine Corporation of Canada Ltd. "
Hope someone ca
" Hi All,
Hope someone can help me. I have a 1979 50 hp 2 cylinder Evinrude Commercial, Model # 50902C. I had bought this motor brand new in the crate in 1983 and had it installed on a 15?aluminum fishing boat. The motor was originally supplied with a tiller handle and pull start, when I had the motor installed I had the tiller handle replaced with a set of manual controls installed at the driving console and have installed a separate ignition/kill switch on the driving console. Except for a little faded paint on the boat and a few paint chips on the motor, both the boat and motor are in exceptionally good condition (as new). I am at the point now that I would like to convert the motor to electric start purely for convenience reasons. The motor starts very easy with 1 ?2 pulls and runs flawlessly throughout the full range of throttle and driving conditions. What I would like to do now is install electric start with a full charging system if it is possible at a reasonable cost. My thoughts on this conversion would be to search for a scrapped or blown 40 ?65 OMC from the same era and exchange all the necessary parts. My dilemma is, in reality I know that there are a few considerable differences between Commercial and Standard or Pleasure models. Also there are very few Commercial models around and I have not come across any with electric start on them to compare parts with. I have been informed by dealers that it would be very expensive to by all the parts needed new and that is if they are all available given the age of the motor. None of the dealers I have spoken with are familiar with any complete conversion kits that may be available. Is there any hope? Can anybody help me find the parts and answers I am looking for?
I am in the Peterborough Ontario, Canada area. Original home of the:
Outboard Marine Corporation of Canada Ltd. "