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That's the problem that I'm facing. The threads in the casting seem to be stripped. Any solutions?

I gave it a shot while the motor was out of the head and it seems to work. Thank you very much for your help.

Thanks for that. One of the things confusing me is that the motor has only 3 wires, red, white and green.

Well, I've gotten myself into another fine mess. On a 1956 ShopSmith, the power cord was shot so I decided to replace it. While I was at it, I thought I'd replace the cord from the safety key box/receptacle to the motor. That should be easy. By the time I got all the pieces out, the wires were all d...