We-6 agitator motor
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I just purchased a WE-6 also and its my first restoration machine so Im being very cautious. In this post I have a few questions concernign my machine. For starters the macine seems to be 99.5% complete but I noticed the elecetrical wires are suffering from severe dry rot so therefore I dont know if my machine even works because at this point I feel with the wiring it is a total fire hazard. I have purchased a plug to replace the original (which was cut off, for who knows what reason!)
1.- Now here the tricky part... this pump that all of you folks are talking about has wiring with dry rot so therefore I want to replace it but I don't know how to access the inside of this motor to replace the wiring. I cant see or figure out how it opens, can someone help me.
2.-Also after I replace all of this wiring is there any thing special I need to do before plugging the compressor in and testing to see if the compressor and condensor work.
3.-My pump and blade appear as if they were held together with a rubber shaft coupler but it has dry rot as well therefore it doesn't hold the motor and fan shaft together. What should I do.
4.-If I order one of these reproduction manuals that I see for sell for my machine does it list part numbers and picture so that if I need replacement parts I can just contact somebody and give them a part number out of a book.
5.-Where is the best place to get Westinghouse replacement parts.
globalcompressors:
Hi Guys,
Just thought I'd add a little something about the motors. It looks similar to the watt fan motors for the coil, condenser and evaporator. These motors, up 35 watts, are what we call a "51 frame" motor. If you want to know which rotation you have, you read cw or ccw from the motor end not the shaft end. Hope this helps.
Eric
Bob K:
I'm interested in the response to hndapwr's question about re-wiring the agitator motor. I'm in the exact same boat. Are these sealed units and un-rewirable ? Now there's a technical term .
Thanks,
Bob
dr galaga:
I hate to go off topic, but I thought that you had to register in order to post
Jim:
Brent,
You're right!
I never followed up and researched this phenomonom (spelling...?)...
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