[Electrothaumaturgist]

Thank you VERY much Arran for the concise information regarding the checking procedures for the windings and such. That made it so clear in my mind. I could have traced it out in the circuit on the schematics, but that would take a couple of hours I'm sure, and there would always be doubt because of all the unknown (to me) variable factors like addition of caps, resistors, etc...involved. So maybe go back there tomorrow armed with a multimeter, and check the trans. & field coil. Offer him $50 if they're good... $35 if no good? I never really haggled for anything much in my whole life, so this might be a good lesson for me...