I hoisted the monster up on the bench and found an "old-timer"(73) who gushed when he saw it. "An old Century!"
"Yank them covers off, boy." I did. He looked and poked around a minute and said, "I think where it sat so long, when you turned it on, it dragged dirt under the brushes. Clean it and blow it out..that thing"ll run." I got a can of CRC electric motor cleaner and squirted down the brush holders and all the other stuff in that area, rotated the shaft and squirted some more. I let it sit and drain a while and plugged it in. Ahhh! What joy!
Plate says 33.6 amps on 115 volts/17.0 on 230. This sucker draws some juice!
There"s no telling how much corn "meal" it has ingested over the years, but it"s still quiet and smooth. The old feller that looked at it said the brushes still has lots of life in them. Good!
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