You were seeing continuity through the field winding to the grounded terminal from the insulated terminal. And as mentioned, connecting the blue wire to a grounded terminal normally results in a lot of burned up wiring, you’re lucky it stalled it first. Find a fiber washer for the grounded terminal screw, problem solved.

Last edited by 72roadrunnergtx; 09/21/20 09:06 PM.
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