1983 John deere sprintfire electric start

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Mathew Robert
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1983 John deere sprintfire electric start

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I want to put an electric start on my sprintfire could someone please tell me what model # of starter would work.
1983 sprintfire (original everything but paint)
1975 jd 400 (will be restored)
Mathew Robert
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Re: 1983 John deere sprintfire electric start

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Has any body done it?
1983 sprintfire (original everything but paint)
1975 jd 400 (will be restored)
That Girl Racing
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Re: 1983 John deere sprintfire electric start

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Back "in the day" I had an 83 that had electric start. I thought it was factory installed but found out since it was not an option. I have no idea what starter it used. It did use all JD parts.
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Liquifire84
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Re: 1983 John deere sprintfire electric start

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I believe it is the Hitachi starter and if I remember correctly its the same one on a trail/sport.
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Re: 1983 John deere sprintfire electric start

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Hi, I am going to try to convert my 83 Sprintfire to electric start. Can anyone post of picture of their electric start setup? Thanks.
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