OK, so the HVAC guy comes out today and looks at my unit- You have a bad blower motor he tells me. NO crap, as if I didn't know that. I don't have that motor on the truck or in stock(special motor mounts needed.) Here is what I can do he say, I can change the capacitator, take out the old motor lube it and buy you some time until the new one comes in and I'll have so and so call you with a quote, but the motor will run somwhere around $200.00. He also advises that it is an easy change out and I may want to DIY it. OK cool. He take the thing apart puts a few drops of lube in and gets it spinning again. $100.00 later he leaves my heater is up and running. OK now to track down the motor. Well that is easier said than done. (inthe meantime the motor stops again)The HVAC stores that have it in Ral, are only wholesale. But as luck would have it the only local store that is retail is in Goldsboro only 1.5 hrs away. Oh and it's now 4:30 and they close at 5. Oh yeah they don't ship either and don't have the motor only but do have the whole assembly, and he's only gonna charge me retail. $158.00(motor only is $107+)
OK I saw him take it apart cake. as Alan said a "trained monkey could do it." I set up to take it all apart. No prob take it apart and unlike the repiar guy CLEAN the entire motor assembly with electric cleaner, clean the cage, clean the blower, you know CLEAN IT. Clean the old oil from the ports, and fill with new until it runs CLEAN. put it all back together and install it. Flip the switch and it runs like new. While it was out I manage to get the blower assembly part # as I was working with the heater part # earlier. NOw it is time to go looking for a good souce(read cheap) for the motor.
So in short it cost me $100.00 to be told that my blower motor was bad and have a baindaid put on it. The good news is it only cost me $100.00 to learn how to change a blower motor I know is bad.:gar-La;
