Many thanks to each of you. All of this information will make things go much more smoothly. I plan on disassembling and cleaning the points today. I’ll let you all know how that goes.
There is one thing that I am still not clear on: the gear box and what kind of oil/grease to use. I looked at the foot and there is no stamp at all by either the fill or the vent/level screw. Knowing how to change gear oil in my other motors makes me lean towards using oil. But, I have also seen the word "grease" used in the sparse literature I have to describe things like the seals. They are reffered to as "grease seals" (see attached image with the words circled) But everything else I have read says to use 90w.
I’m confused…
Also, Garry, the things you posted are so helpful that I can’t help but ask for any additional info you may have on the gear box and how to actually change seals, etc. as I said, I am a recipe kind of guy when it comes to motors. Thanks in advance.
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