Re: 1959 Johnson 35 hp starter replacement
"Marine Electric Suppliers" MES-2060M is another possible replacement.<br /><br />If there's nothing seriously wrong with your starter, you could have it rebuilt by any automotive starter repair shop. There's zillions of them available used on ebay, etc, since they were used on 18/20/25/28/33/35/40hp Johnson and Evinrude engines between '57 and the late 70s (if not longer!).<br />There's actually three major manufacturers of them (autolite, prestolite, and Delco-Remy). The MDW starters are pretty weak, and the later Autolite MDO starters make a fine replacement. The Prestolite starters with the knurled shiny aluminium base (which appeared around '65 I think) are even stronger, but they have a bottom bracket on them which helps support them. I think it wouldn't be difficult to retrofit one of those to your '59, as long as you got the bottom bracket to go with it. The bracket attaches to a couple of the manifold screws under the carb.<br /><br />EDIT: Looks like I was too slow!
That's a fine starter, good luck with it!
