Still confused. I ran a 14 gauge wire back to the control box from battery ground and added it to the screw that goes through the fender (the ground wire from the controller is stacked on the screw), so I retested the switches. The chute direction motor when I move it one way it is 12v and the other way it is -.5v; When I do the deflector wires it is 12v and -12v.... so that SHOULD be good, right? So when I hooked up the chute direction wires, and moved the switch - nothing happened AND when I moved the deflector switch I expected SOMETHING, but alas.... nothing. So, it looks like something is wrong with one of the switches- I guess, and I don't know what to think about the deflector wires and nothing happening. You think that for BOTH the motors to go bad together at the same time would have been caused by some catastrophic failure somewhere, but I don't know of anything. Everything worked fine last year, I unplugged everything for the summer, and then this fall found that the controller wires under my seat were worn away, and that is when I cut into the harness- after I took out the fuse to ensure no sparking. Does anyone have any other ideas I can try?