MGM fried immediately

[myndseye]

I have been putting a conversion together for months, and today the mail man brought me the final piece to the puzzle. I unwrapped my new Neu motor from Ray Fuller at Fuller's Fast Electrics, and immediately started to solder and hook it up. Once finished, I checked the programming on the speed controller one last time (Which I had prior set, weeks ago). Next I got my trims and motor direction together, and all was well. The delayed startup in the MGM's settings seemed just the ticket to tame this beast. Turned it all off, and put the wheels on to go and do the famous MGM automatic setup run. When I connected the battery this time though, all I got was a single kick from the motor when it should have armed. Unfortunately, all I got was a flashing red light. ?WTF? So I disconnected it from the battery to try to let it reset itself. I hooked it up, turned on my controller, and then turned on the MGM and was waiting for the arm when smoke started shooting out of both ends fiercely. While I was reaching for the battery connectors to unplug it, the spewing smoke turned into a fireworks show inside the controller. I have never seen such a spectacular display of me losing $400 in my life. I never even got to run it once. Oh well, Mamba Monster Max anyone?