grin definitely somethings wrong .... sounds like the motor is shot or bearings rotten - the hum will be the motor trying to turn, may burn some wires if you let it go long - the rattle may be a loose fan on the shaft or the bad bearings .... you need to get in there and take it apart, clean it up good [might be fulla rat nest], check the motor, rebuild it if necessary

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
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