Penguin AC help needed
The blower motor on my rear Duo Therm Penguin AC does not rotate freely and needs help to start most of the time. Once a day I spray the shaft next to the motor with 3 in 1 oil and give it a spin. It ...
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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.
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.
