Here’s a head scratcher for the pro’s

[wiscoboater]

I just picked up an RD 19 for really cheap. Problem is it has no electric start. I guess men were men in 1957, but in 2015 roping this thing over is a PITA! I have a line on a FD 20 with electric start on it. Will the bracket and starter from the FD bolt up to the RD?

[Mumbles]

Nope. Two different animals. The FD starter mounts on the port side while the RD starter mounts on the starboard side.

[Mumbles]

Keep your eye open at flea markets for one of these chain drive starters for your RD. I think they were aftermarket so there has to be one out there somewhere!

[mr-asa]

quote Mumbles:

Keep your eye open at flea markets for one of these chain drive starters for your RD. I think they were aftermarket so there has to be one out there somewhere!

Where there is a will, there’s a way. And someone trying to get hurt.

[wiscoboater]

WOW That thing is barbaric looking. I LOVE IT!

[beerman57]

How does it disengage after starting?

[mr-asa]

Looks like it doesn’t.
I think that if they rigged it right, that might become a generator that would keep the battery charged…

[garry-in-michigan]

No – It has a one way sprocket above the flywheel. It free wheels while the motor is running. The down side, if the battery goes dead, you have to take everything off to get a rope around the flywheel. . . . 🙄

[raglover]

That is cool! Great question on how it disengages, was wondering the same.

Here are two more questions…..

Did it fit under the cover?
Would it be/is it loud with the chain spinning/flopping around?

[opposedtwin]

the early RD models are pretty loud regardless.

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