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Fixed. The mystery device riveted to the base plate of my C2110 is a relay. Opening it up I found that the gray arm under the coil was stuck but a little nudge freed it to close the contacts. A squirt of Tri-Flow on the pivot and it's completely free. What I didn't know was that the relay...

I'll disassemble and see what I find. If that relay doesn't belong there I don't know when it could have been installed. This has been in my family since about 1965 and dad wasn't one to dig into electrical items. It looks factory though. I just found this on Ebay. The same model, 397.19501...

Three more pics of mine, showing the inside. From the power cable hot, to the switch, then up into the motor and two wires, red and black, coming out to the mystery device. Power cable neutral (white) connected to the device as well. The motor is free to turn but only hums.

Thanks. I did find another thread I'm posting to.

It's a 1/4 HP model, C2110. Not the best pics of the device but three-prong. It's original, the mounting rivets have not been disturbed. Dual capacitors are a thing, so with one terminal connected to the neutral (white) I was thinking this was a capacitor as there doesn't appear to be room...

Hello, New here. I have a 397.19501 C2110 that was my fathers. I'm troubleshooting it as it just hums and I suspect the motor start capacitor. The motor is free to spin, bearings are good. There's a small rectangular device with the hot and neutral wires (black, white connected and a red...

Looks great. I have one, a 397.19501 C2110 that used to belong to my father. I used it for years until it stopped rotating and only hummed. I figured the start capacitor failed and opened the bottom (dated 10/16/1962) to find the three-prong rectangular block which I assume must be the cap as...