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Old 08-03-2014, 03:34 PM
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Default Re: run away starter
Originally Posted by pizzaguy
THen it would crank continously without the key. (Page 8W-20-2 - assuming the manual is accurate, that is.)

The only explanation (AGAIN, assuming the manual is accurate) is that the key switch itself is bad, but that STILL does not explain that it cranks without pushing the clutch pedal.
I just looked at the circuit diagram and agree.
Suppose the clutch interlock switch failed some time back and you had not noticed that you did not need to push in the clutch pedal, and then the iggy switch shorted out in the ON position when the problem started?
The radio would come on and the short would turn the starter.
 
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