1987 15 hp gamefisher/force/chrysler recoil starter

[LAKEHOME]

Just recently purchased motor and it is a good runner, but bad starter. Previous owner just put a new rope start mechanism on it. You have to
pull it 15-20 times to get it to engage. If you remove the cover and push on the silver pin towards the powerhead it will engage. If I tighten
the nut holding the two slotted plates it will engage but then the shifting becomes very difficult if not impossible. Can someone tell me the fix or
adjustment as I do not have a manual. Can this motor be converted to electric start?? Thanks.

 

[Nordin]

Re: 1987 15 hp gamefisher/force/chrysler recoil starter

Pics please so we know what we are dealing with.
If it is the old recoilstarters mounted beside the flywheeel we are dealing with, they can be a litte tricky to maintain and adjust.