On the sage advice of Steve I swapped out my throttle coupler the other day.
The old one looks innocent enough when it's just sitting there. But give it a tug (which it is when you're driving) and another story emerges...
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It's easy to see where the protective boot stopped and the weather was able to get at it.
-C