Steve,
Thanks for your time.
Popped open the motor for a better look.
Your discription was very close to that of my motor.
Red lead is connected to a White coated wire leading into the winding.
Black lead also is conected to another White wire leading into the winding.
Both White wires are...
Yes the motor did start harder, hummed and when starting the second time did reverse rotation yet when starting third time turned in normal rotation.
There is a capacitor mounted on outside of the casing with a centrifugal switch in the shaft.
This motor was manufactured in Taiwan.
Cking
With the 110v power:
The #1(white wire) supply lead connects to red+yellow wires
The #2(black wire) supply lead connects to black+white wires
In exchanging the red with the black leads I noticed no change in rotation.
Could this be one of those rare non-reversable motors?
Cking