Wire feed motor problem

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On my hobby mig, that I'm selling,  of course. I just replaced the liner and now the feed motor isn't working.  Lincoln Weldpak 100. Solenoid is getting triggered and the volt meter detects power at the motor, but strangely, it goes up slowly,  not instantly.  Motor blown? Or something else
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Originally Posted by Markwemple

On my hobby mig, that I'm selling,  of course. I just replaced the liner and now the feed motor isn't working.  Lincoln Weldpak 100. Solenoid is getting triggered and the volt meter detects power at the motor, but strangely, it goes up slowly,  not instantly.  Motor blown? Or something else
Reply:Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions. I believe I'm either going to wire the pump for 240v or just continue running a 120v leg to the pump. The thing was working for years until we had the electrical storm which burnt up the main breaker. It created all kinds of problems that I'm just now getting resolved. The pump business was just one of them.
Reply:You posted on wrong thread.

Originally Posted by hvw

Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions. I believe I'm either going to wire the pump for 240v or just continue running a 120v leg to the pump. The thing was working for years until we had the electrical storm which burnt up the main breaker. It created all kinds of problems that I'm just now getting resolved. The pump business was just one of them.
Reply:So how do I check if it's the motor or the switch
Reply:Check motor voltage and supply that voltage directly to the motor and see if it spins at decent rate.
Reply:Tore it all apart. The gearbox was a little gummed up. Clean and regressed and it's working. Have to turn the feed up just a little to make it go, though. Before this, it would function at the lowest possible setting.