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    Last time I had boat out my Fortrex just stopped working all together!! I checked all the breakers and they were good and I checked to see if I was getting power at the plug and that is good too. Any suggestions on what could be the issue??!! Thanks!!
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    Can you turn the prop by hand? Getting power out of the pedal to the motor?
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    Does it run in Continuous? If so then you may need to adjust the reed switch. If not then could be a board or a motor problem. Remove the plate on the bottom of the foot pedal and jump the motor leads to the power leads. If it runs then it is the board, if does not run then it is the motor and you could be dealing with water intrusion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bradrodfish View Post
    Does it run in Continuous? If so then you may need to adjust the reed switch. If not then could be a board or a motor problem. Remove the plate on the bottom of the foot pedal and jump the motor leads to the power leads. If it runs then it is the board, if does not run then it is the motor and you could be dealing with water intrusion.
    No, it won't run on continuous either! I'll try taking the pedal apart tomorrow and try jumping it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PJ-Rohlf View Post
    Can you turn the prop by hand? Getting power out of the pedal to the motor?
    Yea I can spin the prop by hand no problem.
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