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Tom, it's my understanding that a bad cutout will cause generator to spin wihen the fanbelt is removed? Which is why I tried that and I saw no indication of such. As far as the ammeter always returning to zero, mine does not , thanks for pointing that out. After breifly "bumping " the starter though it does. perhap I have a starter swich problem? Patrick L. , you wrote about my problem yesterday and it went in one ear and out the other. Starting tomorrow I'll start unhooking stuff.