Keep blowing Start Capacitor in Whirlpool Washer

Washer Repair
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I switched out the clutch kit and drive coupler. When I put it all back together, everything worked fine, but I blew the start capacitor in about 30 seconds. I got a new capacitor and the same thing happened. I noticed a burning smell coming from the motor but the capacitor blew before I could unplug. Any ideas? My original repair had me take the motor off of course to get to the clutch assembly, but everything went back together fine, so I don’t think I messed anything up putting it back together. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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One more interesting fact. I took the motor off (left it all wired up), turned on the washer, it hums, but if I spin the motor shaft by hand, it spins up and starts running on it’s own. I couldn’t find any loose wires or anything, so it’s almost as if the capacitor just keeps getting power until it blows. Anyone know if there’s some other part that should send power to the Capacitor, but then know to stop sending power to it? And where would that be on a washing machine?