-Facing fan shroud the starter should be on right side behind shroud below right cylinder. Sorry about the "
Master" service manual Looking through it I concur that it is a scattered joke. I did find a much smaller parts manual for CCKs. I put it up on my gdrive and you can download it here:
Onan CCK Parts (About 7.7MB pdf)-
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Update: WHOA! Scratch all above! Further digging revealed that it does indeed use gen head as a starter motor. Digging out proper manuals.
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