I practically robbed my homeowners association today when they sold me 2 "broken" trolling motors for 40 bucks.

The first one was an Endura 50 that supposedly ran in reverse in forward gears and forward in reverse gears. Apparently who ever used it must have crossed positive/ negative wires because it ran fine when I bench tested it!

The Traxxis is another story. It has all 3 reverse gears functional, but none of the forward gears work. Any one here have an idea where to start on this particular motor? I would love to use this as my primary electric motor if I can get it to run.

Don't feel bad for getting something back from the HOA. They rob you all everyday. A google search might turn up a schematic. I'd lay my hands on one before anything else. First thing I'd check is the handle/switch. Hopefully you'll get lucky and won't have to dig any deeper.

LOL... You have that right, Mike. The dues went up again a little this year too. I fixed it. It was the switch as this is the SC model and not the variable speed model. I just took the speed control switch from my wasted-lower unit endura 40 and put it into the traxxis and voila!! Up and running. If both run with no problem on the water, I am throwing the Endura 50 on Craigslist.

Cool. That was a good score. I have to admit, that's a nice little lake to have so handy. Good luck.