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Old 02-19-2016, 12:36 AM   #7
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I have seen this happen. The culprit was the start switch on the upper deck. It was one of those push button switches with a rubber cover. The rubber split, allowed water in and shorted out, running the starter. This happened while the engine was running, so burned up the starter, but otherwise did no harm.
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