Wasn't the motor on my 99K!
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Wasn't the motor on my 99K!
Earlier this week I wrote about buying a 99K that didn't work...knew that when I bought it. People on the board suggested I find a good repair man to fix it. Well, the more I looked at the machine the more "something" bugged me...drove me crazy. Finally a light came on in my head and I started laughing. Yep, it was the bulb itself. Someone had replaced the bulb with a ROUND refrigerator bulb instead of the long machine bulb. Bought one for $1.50, inserted it and the machine ran for the first time. Guess the round bulb just wasn't making the connection. I have oiled the machine this morning and it sounds so smooth. Doing a happy dance!! Just have to find a name for her now.
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While I'm happy you got your machine running, something doesn't sound right. Your motor shouldn't have to depend on having a light bulb installed to run. I could be wrong. I certainly don't know everything there is to know about these machines. Maybe someone else here will chime in on what's going on.
Rodney
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While I'm happy you got your machine running, something doesn't sound right. Your motor shouldn't have to depend on having a light bulb installed to run. I could be wrong. I certainly don't know everything there is to know about these machines. Maybe someone else here will chime in on what's going on.
Rodney
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Must be a girl thing. I had a dryer that started acting up. Dh went through same motions as I did. Got it started. but as long as it is running with a new/correct light bulb. Don't knock it. Could be just moving it around checking this and that and bulb change and oil just jiggled everything into place.
#6
+1. rodney, is right. there is no connection between light and motor. no light there should be motor. no motor there should be light.either way something is not right with your setup. motor and light assembly wirings are seperate. you can run either one seperately. meaning - i can turn on the light by itself and i can run the motor by itself. they are not dependent on each other.
Great you got it working, though.
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