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Tim Polzin Tim Polzin is offline
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Location: Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada
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Re: Help with starter problem

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Originally posted by Oldspiker
I was sitting in the driveway inadvertently (obviously, stupidly) momentarily turned the key in the start direction with the engine running. I then turned the engine off.
Bob:

How hard did you turn the key? You may have sheared off part of the pot metal "key" that drives the electrical part of the switch. If it is original, it may have already been damaged.

If you had a spare electrical switch part of the ignition, you could quickly test it.

Tim
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