Thanks again for the reply.

Correct me if I am wrong but if the directional switches didn't have power, then the FWD & REV contractors wouldn't pull in, no?

I am reading TB2 is the set of wires on the bottom of the SCR card but I am not seeing TB1. Could you please tell me where TB1 is?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "it requires the switch in front of the switch to be closed"

Thank you again. If you can help me get thing thing going, I'd love to toss some reward cash your way.

Say, do you happen to have a schematic for this particular machine?