will recompress like a champ but every once in awhile a lil hum and a blowed breaker ---starter motor ??????it has the magnetic starter motor -may run great for a week then bam blows breaker may flip breaker to its its normal or may blow breaker3-4 times then fire up and be great again
2007-12-10 16:26:20 · 5 answers · asked by michael_stewart32 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
when it is working take a amps probe and check how many amps the motor is drawing. When it is blowing breaker recheck with amps probe the motor and cap. and start switch. Note to try to narrow down your problem to 1 thing in stead of guessing.
2007-12-12 04:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the description, it shounds like you have a starter capacitor that is going bad. The cap will provide a phase shift to assist the motor to start. Once the rpm's build up, then the cap is normally disconnected from the circuit. So if it isn't the capacitor, then it could be the contacts on the internal switch.
good luck.
2007-12-10 16:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is,the centrifugal switch located at the end of the armature on the opposite side from the pulley is not fully engaging and or disengaging that switch,so it over loads and kicks the breaker.Just unplug the motor and take the side housing of the motor off and grease the centrifugal mechanism untill it works freely and re-assemble and it should work real good.Happy Holiday
2007-12-10 16:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by (A) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound like a bad start capacitor......try replacing it....if you keep trying to run it like it is it will eventually burn up the stator and you will have to buy a new motor....if that doesn't work I would take the motor to a reliable electric shop and have them check the windings and "growl" the armature to check for any shorts or bad windings...
2007-12-10 16:36:24 · answer #4 · answered by tooldaddy2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bad capacitor
2007-12-10 16:28:55 · answer #5 · answered by David H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋