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I have a 1989 Montauk 17 with an Evinrude Ficht 90 that’s need a lot of TLC. Bought her last December and just finished refurbishing and had some motor repairs. I took her out fishing last weekend, motor ran fine and had no problems, with about 2.5 hours on the engine. Put her in the slip and had shut down to connect the water hose for flush and went to restart and got nothing. No click, just silence, none of the dash gauges, warning lights or warning chirps came on. I check the cable to battery and it has a good connection and charge. Shows 12 volts and I recharged it overnight and went back the next day with the same results. Went to raise the motor and power switch was dead. Checked the new power junction box, fuzzes all good, pulled relay for start and power tilt, replaced with a good one to trouble shoot and still no joy. I confirmed there are 12 volts coming to the motor on the other end. I checked the Montauk wiring diagram and it shows the two fuses on the console to the light and aux which are fine. Also shows a main fuse but I have not found anything else suggesting a primary fuse. Just those on the motor. Could the ignition switch have gone bad and if so why would the motor continue to run earlier? Any ideas would be appreciated.