I just bought a 2008 stx15f that would die on the guy on the lake and then would restart. When I got it home it would not start and had no spark.Also the display was bad and while monitoring the "switched" power for the display my voltage would drop to near 1 volt when starting.The orange ignition switch was bad. I took it apart (has screws) and discovered that the springs that put tension on the contacts had rusted and were not preloading the contacts.It seems the springs are not stainless steal so if water intrusion occurs they will fail. I cleaned the contacts,swiped some electrical grease (lightly) on them , installed some new springs,and it started right up and has never gave any problem.
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