1 - I'd replace them while you have it open, they're about 50% or less
2 - picture here shows the trick, good luck grin
3 - if you have an old time auto electric shop close, they'd likely have the brushes on the shelf and could do the job quickly

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics