Hello Jraef. Thanks for the lesson. I am now quite sure it is a universal motor. The $50 isn't the issue, my time is definitely worth more than that but I am trying to learn more about these as I tend to work with electrical motors a lot. So basically I guess, I had better find the wiring...
Thanks for all the input so far. I will get the exact information on the motor and post it. I don't know a whole lot about electric motors but I too would suspect it's not 3 phase. I didn't think they used many 3 phase motors until things get really big ie 8hp or more. This thing probably only...