[Rhodes22-list] Electric starter for Motor

[Stephen Staum]

I may be mistaken on the starter.

*Stephen Staum*

*s/v Carol Lee 2*


On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 5:48 PM Dana LeTendre via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Stephen,
>
>      Thanks for the suggestion.  I just went to the Tohatsu website and
> found the 6hp 4-stroke, but no electric start, only an alternator option to
> charge your battery.  Is the electric start some kind of special option?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dana LeTendre
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Sep 12, 2019, at 3:30 PM, Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Tohatsu offers a 6 hp 4 stroke with electric start.
>
>
> *Stephen Staum*
> *s/v Carol Lee 2*
>
> *Needham, MA*
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 9:18 AM Dana LeTendre via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> >      I have had a 1981 Rhodes 22 for about the last 15 years, and most of
> > that time it has been down here in Belize.  As my wife and I are both
> > getting older now, the pull crank on my 6 hp four stroke Mercury seems to
> > be getting harder and harder to pull.  My wife can not reliably start the
> > motor any more and she wants an electric starter system.  I’ve looked
> into
> > it and can not find an electric conversion kit for a 6 hp motor — seems
> the
> > smallest motor I can find a conversion kit for is 8 hp.
> >     Any suggestions?  Do I need to buy a larger motor?  If so, I’ll
> > probably need a new motor mount, too.  Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dana LeTendre
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
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> >
>
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