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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overboard" data-source="post: 495697" data-attributes="member: 6547">I have a 2 stroke Mercury 30 hp pull start and it is also brutal to start! I installed just a starter, starter solenoid, battery cables, a starter switch, and a dedicated battery to start it, so far so good.  I bought a used OEM Mercury starter off of e bay, and also the other parts that I needed, including the battery cables. Everything that I purchased was in good to excellent condition and is doing the job, only thing is that it doesn't charge the battery, but with the limited # of times I need to start the motor I'm good to go, and if needed I have other batteries on the boat that I could hook up to. Just something to consider doing, it didn't cost me that much doing it the way I did it, plus probably easier to sell with the electric start even though it doesn't have the charging system on it.</blockquote>