Thanks for the replies folks...
I'll whip the thing out again and take a closer look at the soldering for any cracks, discolour etc.
Here's a pic of the whole circuit board that has the motor on it.
Mark...do you mean these 4 pins coming off it on the bottom right?? What does IC stand for? Haha, I can feel a whole engine temp gauge ala the ur coming on here with my electrical skills!! Haha
Would like to think I can get power to the motor to see what it's doing.