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James the hot tub guy has helped me fix my tub in the past and never asked a penny. He is a stand-up guy. I live way way out in the country and could never get anyone to come fix my tub. May God bless you "James the hot tub guy". Also I had this problem on my 2003 Sundanece 850. In my case the #2 pump would come on in the middle of the night and run off and on all night long. I unplugged the black coated ribbon cable that connects in to J7. That is the ribbon cable that connects the small, far side, 3 button controller. This cured my problem.

Switched the wires out and yes the pump ran on the other controller. I'll order a new pump in the next week or so. Thanks again Dave!

Thank you Dave for taking the time to respond. I will do as you say and switch the connections and see the result. I am guessing that the pump motor connections on the control panel are on the back of the board? I do not see them when I open the control panel cover. I'll post the results here. I appreciate your help! I found a pump here. It was about the only place I found to get the whole unit with the mounting bracket. https://www.spaandpoolsource.com/6500-261-761-128-Spa-Pump-Sundance-Jacuzzi-spas.aspx

I bought a used 2003 Sundance Altamar spa. Everything seems to be working except the main 2 speed pump. It is supposed to kick on when the heater is on occasionally and I can hear it trying to but it won't start. It hums a couple seconds then quits. It seems like a breaker iis kicking or something. After a few minutes it will try again with the same result. The pump spins fine by hand and doesn't seem to be restricted so I took off the run capacitor and tried to check it with an ohm meter. The readings seem to go up while the meter is on it and hold voltage . If I discharge it then it begins all over when I hook the ohm meter again. This seems to me like it is working correctly. So next I took off the start capacitor. Upon visual inspection it had some gooey looking black stuff on it so I ordered a new one. (pretty cheap so why not?) I installed the new start capacitor and the pump came on for a couple of seconds then shut off again. The new start capacitor felt hot. I took it back off. After a few minutes when the internal breaker kicks I tried the button again. The pump ran again for a couple of seconds with no start capacitor then shut off again! WTH? Now I'm real confused. Upon closer inspection with both capacitors removed I turned the pump on again and it ran again for a couple of seconds and Isaw a small wisp of smoke coming from the pump motor. Do I simply need to order a new pump? When it runs it sounds a bit noisier than the other pump that works fine. I would hate to put one on and still have the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. EDIT FOR ADDITION OF INFO: There are no error codes displayed, The control buttons seem to work just fine IE: If I hit the pump control button the icon for each speed comes on. Pump just makes a humming noise and then turns off after a few seconds. Will not come back on for about a full minute or two then a click then it will try again if I hit the button again. Pump turns by hand ok. Half the jets are not working. The recliner tries to work a bit on low on the times it came on for a few seconds. Now it won't come on at all. Just hums and then shuts off.