GOOD NEWS. . . . The PICTURE UPLOAD FUNCTION IS WORKING !!! The tech folks at the parent company have been able to remedy the issue. You can upload pictures once again. Thank you for your patience.
I disconnected the blue and yellow wires and tested resistance red probe to blue, black probe to yellow and have an open circuit as per the manual described. am I safe to assume the stator is shot?
Re: no resistance/open on blue/yellow stator wires
I believe You are reading something wrong. I don't have any force manuals (and don't want any) but the 2 yellow wires normally go to a rectifier. You shouldn't read any resistance between a yellow and the blue.