Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?

["Jerry Rhodes" <jerry38 windstream net>]

I have one of the 2 wire lift motors, it was on a E15 I got about 10 yrs 
ago, works fine. It had a ground wire hooked to the motor frame. I do not 
need it if someone is interested let me know

Jerry NW Ohio

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brandt" <ev_dave13 yahoo com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>; "Chris Zach" <cz alembic crystel com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Lift motor ideas?


> 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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