Advice on adding electric start to a 1968 Johnson FD-22A.

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Originally Posted by Mumbles

Bit of a late answer but a starter and bracket off any 22 C.I. 18/20/25 horse Johnson/Evinrude motor from '57 thru the mid to late 70's will bolt right on. Some of the later ones mounted the solenoid on the starter bracket but the solenoid can actually be mounted anywhere there is room. One word of caution though. Marine solenoids are slightly different internally the way they are wired compared to automotive solenoids. A Ford four pin style can be used but the lead coming from the second small terminal will have to go to ground, not to the coil as original. On a marine solenoid, this lead would go to the neutral safety switch.

OMC offered aftermarket starter kits for these motors and the original P/N was 378461 for the complete kit. If I dig deep into my files, I'm sure I could find P/N's for starter and bracket.

Thanks. I eventually did a ton of research and found the part numbers, then realized that despite the motor being a $50 part the bracket is a $250 part (you'd think it would be the other way around)...$300 is too much for the luxury of electric start.
I haven't seen one sold with a solenoid and plan to use a spare automotive solenoid I've got if I can ever find a bracket cheap enough... Might be a good time to restart the search since demand should be low in winter.