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Hi

Does anyone have a motor or know if any are still available for a 1969 Whirlpool washer model number model#LTA5605E0 serial#02699 5849.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
David
 
Any two speed whirlpool belt drive washer motor will work on this model whirlpool, so you can use any motor from 1956 through 1986 on this washer that was used in a whirlpool or Kenmore belt drive machine.

So it shouldn’t be too hard to find a motor for this washer.

John L
 
HI
This is the motor I received from Ebay, Seller states it will fit the Whirlpool belt drive.
Please let me know for sure,

Thank you
David
 

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suds14 said:
HI
This is the motor I received from Ebay, Seller states it will fit the Whirlpool belt drive.
Please let me know for sure,

Thank you
David
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That motor absolutely WILL NOT work for your LTA5605E0. It's for the mechanical design known as VMW (vertical modular washer) introduced new in 2010.

VMW replaced the direct-drive design which was introduced in 1981 and ended in 2010/12.

The belt-drive design of your LTA5605 dates much older and ended in 1986/87.
 
Hi David,

I suggest checking whirlpool part number 285222 on eBay and parts stores. Not sure if parts stores have any left, but there are a variety of 285222s on eBay.

Sometimes sellers list used motors under the 285222 number, but 285222 is/was whirlpool’s almost universal motor for original belt drives (all one and two speed motors but were not listed for three speed models).

Good luck in your search

Gordon
 
I will look for that round Emerson and check it when i find it. I have several early '80s era square Emersons,but that round one is more era correct for a '69 machine :)
 
kenmoreguy64 said:
Hi David,

I suggest checking whirlpool part number 285222 on eBay and parts stores. Not sure if parts stores have any left, but there are a variety of 285222s on eBay.

Sometimes sellers list used motors under the 285222 number, but 285222 is/was whirlpool’s almost universal motor for original belt drives (all one and two speed motors but were not listed for three speed models).

Good luck in your search

Gordon
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Thanks Gordon

Hope all is well
 
Used Emerson two speed motor, this is what you need. The one thing you need to do before you use that motor since it’s been sitting around a while is to completely polish all the rust off the motor pulley in the area where the belt rides.

I usually just put a jumper cord on the motor and plug it in and then take a fine file and use it to polish the rust away while the motor is running, if you don’t do this, it will shred the belt in the first year of use. The rest, will not wear away easily from the pulley.

You should also put a few drops of turban oil down along the motor shaft to give it a good start for its new life.

You can also pop the steel bearing cover off the bottom of the motor and oil felt wicking on the bottom bearing as well if you like.

John L
 
Used Emerson two speed motor, this is what you need. The one thing you need to do before you use that motor since it’s been sitting around a while is to completely polish all the rust off the motor pulley in the area where the belt rides.

I usually just put a jumper cord on the motor and plug it in and then take a fine file and use it to polish the rust away while the motor is running, if you don’t do this, it will shred the belt in the first year of use. The rust will not wear away easily from the pulley.

You should also put a few drops of turban oil down along the motor shaft to give it a good start for its new life.

You can also pop the steel bearing cover off the bottom of the motor and oil felt wicking on the bottom bearing as well if you like.

John
 
Cleaned motor pulley, now just waiting for my son in law to let me know when he can help install it.
should I replace the belt at the same time, I have new belt as well?

Thanks for the help & information I greatly appreciate it.
David
 

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We did get the motor in. I thought the motor was only thing wrong because the washer would just stop and, in an hour, would start back up again. Washer still will not start just slight humming noise.
Most likely will return the motor in a few days and retire this washer> Wish they still made them like this. Spray rinses after wash & rinse cycles, suds saver, warm rinses. Thanks everyone for the help & suggestions I really appreciate it. It was nice that my son in law worked hard to try to find solutions as well.
 
Not dead yet-does motor run by itself off a cheater cord?,with the belt off? I found a spare Emerson that looks like the motor you just got-i will see what wires to hook up to run motor out of the washer.There is a start capacitor on the motor that could be bad also,fail to start under load.With that small pulley,a good motor should burn the belt if washer pulleys locked up or binding.
 
The motor you got probably is supposed to have a star capacitor, it doesn’t matter whether the original motor had a capacitor or not.

Post pictures of what you’re doing. It sounds like the purple and red wires were supposed to go to the start capacitor, which should be screwed onto a bracket on the bottom of the motor you bought

John L
 

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