Pulled the wheel and hub today. Pulled the wires off the harness, and
checked just the two going to one wheel. It had continuity, .03 after
starting off higher. I hooked up a hot (12.5v) battery with jumpers, and
applied to the two pigtails coming out of the magnet. Not a sound. No
movement. Switched wires, and nothing. I did manage to get the two hot
terminal wires together, and the galvanized burned right off, and they
became HOT! instantaneously. I checked with the ohmmeter, on the lowest
scale, and this got a 3.6 on the 200 ohm scale range. I did not try the
other wheel. The shoes looked good, with about 3/16" of shoe left. The
components did not have a lot of brake dust on them, and no really visible
corrosion, rust, or wear.

Just wondering how to get them working without spending more than I can get
out of it. Can you just replace magnets? Is that a good idea? The other
components have little wear.

Steve