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                                	|   | Name: | Mulligan  -   |  
                                    | Subject: | Starter won't engage |  
                                    | Date: | 8/17/2014 12:37:51 PM |  |  
 Old starter did the same thing, go I installed a new marine starter.  Same symptoms, starter spins but bendix won't move.  Maybe I got a defective new starter?  I thought the bendix has to move/engage before the starter motor would spin.   This is getting beyond my mechanical capabilities.  How do I get a pontoon to CAT, I don't have a trailer. Again, thanks for all the responses. 
                
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