Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?

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In a message dated Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:38:40 Chris Tromley writes:

> My New Idea EGT-150 is in some ways a newer version of your  E-15.  
> I seem to remember reading the EGT lift motor is stronger and runs 
> on 36V.  Can anyone verify?  If true that might be the  easiest upgrade.

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I have a New Idea big frame tractor,  and the lift motor is entirely 
different than any I have seen on the GE  tractors. It appears to me to be 
a much 
heavier motor, and has a different gear  box arrangement. It is definitely 
NOT a window lift motor from a GM car. I have  posted several photos on my 
Kodak photo site at: http://goo.gl/NIAzs

When  I attached one of these lifts to a GE front bumper I had to redrill 
the holes in  the bumper.

I did see on this forum that some New Idea lift motors were  rated for 36 
volts, and these were suppposed to have an orange dot on the motor,  as I 
recall. I couldn't see any orange dot on the two NI motors that I have so 
I  
stayed with 18 volts.

I have previously suggested using a motor and gear  box that are made for 
moving slide rooms in RV's. If you have an RV salvage  store in your area 
I 
would suggest looking there. I am in the heart of the RV  industry in 
northern Indiana, and we have several of these stores, with a big  
selection of 
slide room motors. I have several of these in my "stuff". One of  them is 
way 
too slow, but another one appears to be about right, although I have  had 
no 
need to adapt this to my New Idea, so I don't know whether it would  work.

Erv Troyer
Lagrange, IN