I am repairing a 1960s-era IBM Executary 214 dictation machine. For some reason the DC motor is running backward. In the picture below you will see a component broken in half attached to the motor. I would appreciate any help identifying the type and size of the component. It looks like a ceramic capacitor, but I can't interpret the markings. Thank you!
Looks like a 0.1uF ceramic capacitor. It is just accross the terminals to suppress noise in a brushed DC motor.
yeah an 0.1uf say 1kv for the spikes ??
50V is fine, it filters the ripple from the motor current, I have seen many on old tape decks.