[MrForbes]

We got lucky, our kit 775 has less than two ohms resistance between the case and terminals. Good thing we didn't try to use it. We did not try to clear the debris with the battery trick, but did take it apart, and aside from slightly chipping the brushes while removing the end cap, did not see any debris. The windings are almost a dead short to the motor shaft (measured between shaft and commutator). Any suggestions for what to do now? Maybe we could unwind the windings? the soldering job doesn't look very good, but it also doesn't look like it would be causing problems. I took some pics but don't have means to get the pics off my camera here at school.