Well I'm back at it now. First I took the foot controller apart and didnt find any problems. I adjust the contacts a little bit so both sides would touch at the same time and as close to the same pressure as I cud get it. Didnt even have any of that carbon dust inside it. But I reconnected the wires and blew it all out anyway. Tryed it again and the outcome was the same. Still really slow. So I too the motor out. That was a lot easyer than I thot it was gonna be. I cleaned it up really good and checked it over as much as my limited mind cud see. It looks like a completely sealed motor to me. I checked the brushes and cleaned the old lubricant from it. Oil and grease that had gotten put in every place you can think of. I got a lot more of that fuzz stuff outta it again. I thot for sure I had it this time. NO such luck for me. Its still just as slow as it was to start with. I sure am gettin a lotta old oil and grease remnants from up inside the entire machine. I'm sure what I put in there wasnt any help, but on the other hand I dont think I hurt it any. By the way I did find a new drip pan pad for it. I replaced the old one, threw that nasty thing out. I cudnt even get it clean with carb cleaner. Used a full can on it and still was nasty as it was to begin with. I dont know where to turn to next. I guess I gotta break down and try findin someone who can actually work on it for me. I'm afraid that if I start takin it apart I wont know how to put it back together or I'll loose somethin that is vital to its operation. Thats my kinda luck. I wanna thank EVERONE for all their suggestions and links to check out. I did watch everone of the youtube videos and checked all suggestions I was given. ALL were much appreciated. The older ones I dont mind gettin into. But, this one is different. Theres a lot more to it than I'm used to. I have a lotta other machines that need some attention. So I'll set this one aside for a little bit and work on some of the ones I know a little bout. Thanks again. Dan