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Christopher Tidy
 
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Default Vacuum pump seized?

If the pump was totally emptied of oil when you got it, it might be
fine. Try turning it by hand to get the oil into the tight spaces. As I
said, there's a hell of a lot of friction in these pumps even when
they're running normally. I wouldn't be surprised if it was impossible
for the motor to turn a pump which had been drained of oil.

Chris