Greg,
the power is coming from a rotary phase converter. The readings were from the lines to ground. When i go l1 to l2, l1 to l3, l2 to l3 is get 230. I think that is all normal for a phase converter.
I did get a little further i think. I verified that the wires were connected in the correct places on the start/stop switch and on the coil, contactor. I also tried to isolate it by disconnecting both motors from the contactor and the contactor and switch work correctly with no motors. That leads me to believe that something in the first motor is incorrect, maybe a wire was connected at the motor incorrectly when switching to low voltage, but I did verify the connections on the motor plate. The line numbers were very hard to read on the motor wires, but I thought they were correct and relabeled them. I will triple check them again.
I do still get power at the blue wire on the start/stop which per Northfield should not be the case, but again without a motor the contactor and on/off switch work correctly.
thanks,
Stevo