Penguin AC help needed

Based on what Doug said, if you cannot get a motor that doesn't require a lot of adapting, try and find the bearings for yours. There was a thread awhile ago where an OP replaced the sleeve bearings in his Coleman/FASCO motor with ball bearings. Sounds great, but sleeve bearings are used in fans because they're quieter than ball. In an RV A/C I don't know how you'd hear the difference over the roar, though...
If you're actually in Houston, you've got to be able to find a motor rebuilder or a bearing shop. It'd be my choice to repair a working motor than cob up a mounting for a new one. That said, if you made up some brackets, an epoxy like JBWeld would hold them to the new motor without welding, drilling, riveting, etc. Just remove the paint, rough up the surface, and re-paint before installing.

OLD Penguin AC units, they did NOT have replacement Motors as they replaced the complete upper unit when the fan motor failed under warranty. This is probably why you cannot get the correct fan motor for your Penguin. Doug

I was thinking about moving the armature and motor endplates from the new motor to the old motor if they are exact size matches....not sure yet. Shouldn't have to do this, someone should be able to buy a replacement and just bolt it in. Everything is a struggle!:)

In case some info suddenly disappeared, I posted some capacitor wiring info to your thread thinking it was the Heat Wave in Texas thread. If you'd like it, I'll put it back here. I was totally punchy last night when I was looking for that for the other OP's thread.

If you can find an electric motor rebuild shop, or a bearing warehouse, I'm sure you can get those bushings. We were on a trip when the motor first started sticking and I waa able to keep it running by oiling/WD'n it daily. Worked on it or a day at home and it was OK on my "bench" (strapped to a board on the kitchen counter). Then it went back to sticking on another trip and I asked Amazon to ship it to the campground. By then I was very good at pulling the motor. Changed it on site. I had drilled the bearing retainer rivets out, soaked the bearings, made new wicking for the oil and no joy. Sometimes the Dragon Wins.

Thank you j-d, looks like we have the same motor failure mode, thanks for the WD-40 tip. I sent an email to Dometic with my motor dataplate info and they responded with the replacement p/n. I will try to find someone at Dometic to talk to about the slick-sided motor. There must be a mounting kit to accomidate the lack of welded on mounting brackets. Oh, a new sarting cap was the first thing I tried. Thanks again!

Duplicate... Posted to wrong Penguin Thread. What's with these things lately?

That happened to me with the FASCO blower motor in our Coleman Mach 15. A/C quit, I found the fan stuck, lubed it with Turbine Oil, ran till the next time it'd been off for awhile. I was lubing it a few times a day till I found WD40 helped it more than the "right oil" but it would still stick, just take a little longer. Took the motor out, dismantled, cleaned bearings. Soaked, washed, crocus clothed shaft and bearings. Reassembled and it STILL STUCK! I can only figure that the sleeve bearing material gets corrupted with something that just won't go away. I don't give up easily but this time I bought a new motor.

I looked at Dometic fan motors, only on Amazon, and noticed some of the kits had tab brackets (but not your numbers) and one of the smooth motors came with bolt-on brackets. Are you sure you have the right cross reference to the new motor?

It may have a bad capacitor not allowing it to start. There is a belly band mount available that clamps onto motors for mounting with tabs. Visit an HVAC supply house.