Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?

[David Brandt <ev_dave13 yahoo com>]

Yes, they came from cadillacs (maybe buicks too, I'm not sure), but you 
have to open it up and add a ground wire so that it doesn't ground through 
the frame anymore.


David Brandt


--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:

> From: Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>
> Subject: Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:34 AM
> On 2/26/2011 1:56 AM, David Roden
> wrote:
> > What is the current thinking on the best option for
> replacing a lift motor?
> 
> You could rebuild it. My guess is the brushes have simply
> gone bad, the other possibility is one of the armature
> windings have shorted.
> 
> Since these are Buick window motors one can get a new
> armature in a motor for nothing on Ebay. Brushes would be
> good too. The Elec-trak needed a certain lift motor (I think
> it's the driver's side) but since you have the frame you
> could use a passenger side (common and always in fine shape)
> and swap in the armature.
> 
> I have about 4 parts motors in the shed for just this kind
> of thing.
> 
> Chris
> 
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