On Mar 13, 8:44*pm, Jerry Avins > wrote:
> My Cuisinart DLC-8 gave up the ghost -- literally. After I finished
> grating, while it was off, it began to smoke. I pulled the plug, but the
> windings are too burnt to consider a repair.

Get it rewound.

>
> It owes me nothing. I bought it new around 1975. A new replacement
> (temporarily out of stock) costs $80 plus shipping. I have a bid in at
> eBay for a used one plus $20 shipping. We'll see what happens.
>

I strongly suspect that 35 (or however many) years of cost reduction
has had an effect on your replacement's reliability and durability.