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I spent $50 on it.
It is about as big a motor as would fit in a Metro. It does turn freely. I put a 12 volt emergency jump starter pack on it with a little spare battery cable from the motorcycle connecting two of the four power connectors on the motor. It made the motor spin.
I like the idea of some sort of regenerative braking. I will have to contact some other EVers and see what would be needed to make that work. It's a really interesting idea.
I have not had this motor open yet. I will need to de-grease it and pull the end off to take a look at the brushes and everything.
I know a lot of these old forklifts were highly abused, but were very well built.
The main problem is that I can't even lift this thing. It must be 150 lbs easy.
I should be able to roll it around my garage and take some bolts out of it.
I am really busy this next week, I may not get to work on this motor for a while - too many other projects going on right now!
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