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Just finished inspecting things. The selector plate and all contacts appear fine. There is, however, a slight 'bow' in the selector plate (bending outwards away from the mechbox) but no signs of heat damage. There is a slight sign of wear just to the front side of the 'horse shoe' shape cutout (for the selector switch thing) which indicates some sort of rubbing. Could the bow in the selector plate cause it to rub against the medal body cause the stiff selector?
I also found a slight tear exposing a bit of bare wire as the pinion gear on the motor must have nicked it - could this be causing my all my electrical problems? I don't see why semi seemed to always work but not FA. Note that it was (seemingly) impossible for the exposed wire to ground itself to the mechbox but possibly the motor.
Side note: would it be recommended/beneficial to remove the contact on the selector plate and just connect the two 'fingers' directly (via a small piece of wire or copper plate soldered onto the two 'fingers')?
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