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Originally Posted by Mike, SC Hunter
The old washing machine motors like pictured are good to make stuff as indicated......My Dad used "em" too..........The last dead washer I dissected had a square spot welded together motor on it....Kinda useless......
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Hmmmm, don't know about the newer motors but like everything else I'm sure they cheapened them. The older appliances usually had either GE, Emerson or Westinghouse 1/4 to 1/3 HP 1750 RPM motors with spring loaded oil ports on them. I'd scout out the older model appliances. In my personal experience, it's usually not the motor that goes bad, but the controllers and electronics that are first to fail.