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Purchased this small fan from a local antique shop. The cord was completely gone and unsafe to test. Visibly the fan had a broken mounting bolt from the top of the cage. Paint was in poor shape and the fan didn’t turn well by hand. After disassembly, I found that the wiring on the inside of the fan was also broken and needed to be repaired. Once all of the parts were cleaned and painted the faulty wiring was cut off the coil. A new set of wires going to the brushes were soldered in as well as the new power cord. The Grommets were replaced as the one in the base was rotted away and the one for the fan housing was simply missing. Once rewired The fan was reassembled. At first I found that the fan was running backwards (not shown in video) Turns out I reversed the two brush wires, after taking the fan back apart and fixing the fan now turns the correct way. It definitely needs new bushings and the fan blade balanced. I currently have no way of making the bushing but will likely return to do this once i have a sm
