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MetroMPG · 07-31-2008, 11:16 PM

Duh. You already did your first motor power up. And made a video. I missed a few posts...

Anyway - I had a chuckle when I read about your motor turning the wrong way. The ForkenSwift's did too at first, but it was harder to fix than yours. The field/armature connections were internal, and silver soldered together. So we had to pull the motor apart, make jumper wires, and re-solder it.

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