Home Forum Ask A Member 1956 Evinrude Fastwin 15 Electric Starting wiring

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    fisherman6
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      I bought a pretty nice-looking original ’56 Fastwin Electric Starting this past weekend. It needs a tune up, carb rebuild, gearcase reseal, and some degreasing, but it will no doubt be a nice runner. I have no background on this particular electric start motor, however. I was wondering if anyone has a wiring diagram for this motor. Also, is there anything in particular I need to know about this starting system. Does it require a separate solenoid box and start button? There is no wiring for a kill button so I’m assuming this motor was a "choke to stop" setup. All info and literature is appreciated. Thanks to all in advance.
      -Ben

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      #52144
      dave-bernard
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        call me 1 914 310 7086.

        #52145
        frankr
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          1956 Was a 6 Volt system. Do you plan to run it on 6V or 12V? The 6V system was similar to the 25hp. Here is the 15hp parts list and the 25hp wiring diagram. I don’t think the 15 had a mercury safety switch though. No need for anything fancy to stop it—just turn the throttle twist grip to slow/stop till it stalls.

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          #52147
          Mumbles
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            Here’s the parts book for a ’56 Johnson Electric. It should be the same except for the hood.

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            fisherman6
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              Thanks Dave, I’ll give you a call if I need some help when I really get to working on this motor. I have a couple in front of it on my list right now but I appreciate that.

              Thanks Frank, I thought this was a 6 volt system. If I run it on 12, I won’t hook up the choke solenoid. I don’t really plan to use this motor as a remote control motor, but I ‘might’ set up the electric start so I don’t have to rope it over. Not that the 15s are hard to start when they are properly tuned. I do not see the mercury switch on this motor so I believe you are correct. I’ll have to see what I can come up with for the solenoid box and start button. If I ever decided to run this motor with remote control, I’d just use a 6V battery for the motor. I plan to leave it completely original.

              Thanks for the PDF Mumbles! Much appreciated. Here’s a look at it right after I got it home.
              -Ben

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              Mumbles
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                Electric start is always nice and I have the same motor on my rack! 😀

                Your motor has been used with remote controls so you might want to see if the friction spring and its conical washer are still inside the tiller grip. They were often removed for remote operation and then they got lost or forgotten about.

                #52151
                fisherman6
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                  Thanks for the heads-up Mums. Right now the tiller grip is quite difficult to turn, so I have some other things to work out with it also. I will check to see if the parts are still there when I try to figure out why it is so hard to move. That would likely explain what is wrong with one or both of my ’67 Fastwins I have too.
                  -Ben

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                  #52154
                  Mumbles
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                    The gears and shafts never get lubed so if you take the tiller all apart right back to the throttle shaft gear and clean them and grease them it will be like new again!

                    #52156
                    wiscoboater
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                      Thats a fine looking motor Ben. I’ve converted a few of those and the 60’s 18hp motors to electric start. You can sneak a solenoid under that hood to make it a simple effective set up. Look at one of the small Mercury trim solenoids.
                      https://www.amazon.com/Solenoid-Mercrui … B00D5V961K

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                      david-bartlett
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                        quote Mumbles:

                        The gears and shafts never get lubed so if you take the tiller all apart right back to the throttle shaft gear and clean them and grease them it will be like new again!

                        The original OMC "yellow" grease dries up nice and sticky! Good stuff 50 or 60 years ago maybe!
                        Like you say, clean it out and lube it up and things work very nice again.

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