Thanks for your reply!

I just got finished checking that out. They didn't appear corroded, but I did a little sanding just to be safe.

Here is what I noticed. The centrifugal switch does not close when the switch is turned on. I tried manually closing it to see if that would start the pump, and I got nothing there either. Granted, I was a bit nervous while manually closing it (with screwdriver) so I may have not made good contact. I'm ignorant as to how these switches work, btw.

Next, I went ahead and looked at the wet end of the pump. Impeller was clean and looks great. I wrapped a rope around the impeller casing, flipped my power switch, gave a yank and she fired up.

Reassembled and wrapped my rope around the shaft between the impeller and motor (not nearly as easy as the first go). Took me two tries, but got her going. Ran about two minutes and kicked breaker. I saw some water in the bottom of the motor casing as I was scrambling my fat, old, contorted, crammed between deck supports, soaking wet butt back away from all the electrical business. When I primed the basket, I got soaked and figure the motor did as well. Thinking this is where the water came from and why I kicked a breaker.

So, is my prob the cent switch?

Much thanks, guys!!