30 horse evenrude

[macojoe]

I wpould like to no how hard it would be to convert an eletric start to a pull start ??<br />Have some of the parts off another motor. <br />Thanks guys

 

[JB]

Re: 30 horse evenrude

We need more info to be of any help, Joe.<br /><br />Let us know.

 

[ob]

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macojoe,need year model of motor and what parts you currently have.

 

[ob]

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[macojoe]

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sorry guys I ment to give you the year It is a 1986 30 hp rude short shaft. Have had problems with the starter a few times and the starter mount bolt broke off in the engin. Tryed to get out but the thing is full of corrision. The starter is working a little and is binding because I can't aline it rt. A friend says that he has 2 motors that some one gave him a while ago that have pull starts on them one is a 1980 25 hp rude with tiller and the other is a maybe a late 70's to early 80's 40 hp tiller mine is not a tiller.<br />I have been pull starting it now for a month or so. I will admit that this boat and motor is in ruff shape I use it to work on my cohog grant so it goes all wintr and summer and open to all kinds of weather.

 

[macojoe]

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[Hooty]

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If you're already pull starting it, what's to change? Get some good penetrating oil (not WD-40) and work on the busted bolt and fix the electric starter whey don' ya.<br />I gotta ask, what's a "cohog grant"?<br /><br />g'luck & c/6<br /><br />Hooty

 

[macojoe]

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The motor runs great but it takes a few times to pull start and I have to keep wraping the rope around and pull. Pulling off the cover to do so. The bolt hole is a mess with failed attemped at drilling it out. I would like to put a reguler pull start to avoid this.<br /><br />I use cohog foir short, A cohog (Quahog) grant is a farm in the ocean I buy cohog seed in the spring and put it in a nursery for the summer then I move it to the ocean bottom to grow for about 3 years then I dig them up and sell them they are then cherry stones.

 

[Hooty]

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About the only place I can think of to look for you a rope starter is on ebay. Give it a try.<br /><br />Cherry stones, like cherrystone clams?<br /><br />c/6<br /><br />Hooty

 

[macojoe]

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I have a couple of part motors and will see if i can make something out of the two I have.<br /> Yes cherry stone clams. That is what I do. Farm them in Cape Cod bay and some on the Chatam side of the cape.

 

[Hooty]

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Good luck finding parts and thanks for the info about Quahog grants and cherrystone clam farming.<br /><br />c/6<br /><br />Hooty