Refurbish roof motor, beyond repair?

Jezza21 · Post by **Jezza21** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:22 pm

After enjoying 1 year of a working roof motor which i’d relocated and house in an Evian bottle, the roof stopped again. Pulled back the felt to discover an orange / brown Evian bottle.

Removed the motor, ran current through it. Nothing...

Drowned in WD40 and bathed in diesel. Nothing still.

I thought these things were never beyond repair!?!?

Any further refurbish tricks I could try?

It’s currently spending the night in a diesel bath.

bowser134 · Post by **bowser134** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:38 pm

There is two types of motor, yours in the large spade terminal type which had a different circuit board setup which is prone to the welds breaking. You’d have to strip that motor apart and resolder the welds, no chance of that coming back to life soaking it.

Jezza21 · Post by **Jezza21** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:29 am

Dang... do I have to buy an exact motor replace my or are the 2 different types interchangeable?

bowser134 · Post by **bowser134** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:15 pm

The two different types are interchangeable. You should have some adapter leads on your wiring loom which have been added at some point. If you get the a replacement small terminal motor just remove the adapter leads.

McDade · Post by **McDade** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:00 pm

Diesel worked for me in the end but I tried literally everything including having the motor in the oven for 20 minutes to dry it out

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