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Old 02-18-2016, 01:11 PM   #2
jleonard
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I experienced this on a diesel backhoe. It was set up in our factory to do some excavating work and one quiet Saturday it started up on its own. It was on its chocks so harm was done.
The starter relay had shorted out. It was located near the battery.

On another occasion my 70 Dodge Dart tried to start on its own. It was in my driveway and in reverse (manual trans) and it stared backing up the driveway under the starter power. I got to it before it started and disconnected the battery. Again it was the relay that shorted out, located under the battery box (bad place).
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