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The commutator is fine, I checked it out. Infinite resistance from contact to contact and between each contact and the shaft. The problem is only in the windings. Where can I get insulating paper? Thanks!

what is fish paper?

Any advice on how to accomplish this? I have an old Lionel-Ives 1661E that must have had a serious incident. The armature windings are "grounding out" to the armature stack and thus to the motor shaft. I rewound the motor and I still get the same problem, less resistance between the shaft and...