Suzy Homemaker Dishwasher Repair

[chachp]

I know someone out there can answer this question. I have a Suzy Homemaker dishwasher in great shape except the motor does not work. I have removed it and tried touching the two wires to a battery and it is dead. I have been searching on the internet for a replacement motor and all that I find seem to be just a little too big and all seem to have the connections on the bottom instead of the side.

The motor I need is about 1 inch long excluding the spindle and 1 5/8 inches with the spindle. It is 7/8 inch in diameter. It has the connection wires on the side instead of the bottom. Has anyone ever replaced one of these? Or, does anyone know of a place I might find a motor like this? I can take a photo if anyone wants to see what it looks like.

I would sure appreciate any help you might have. I am really eager to get this thing going as I suspect it will be fun to watch. This will be my first official vintage dishwasher repair LOL! Maybe someday I'll have a real one to fix!!

Thanks, Ralph

 

[Kevinpreston3]

Can I suggest something?

I do not know I good source for the old motors, but I have repaired literally dozens of toys with electric "can" motors.

Have you tried putting a drop of light oil where each spindle comes out, apply battery power, and as you hold the battery power on the motor start to spin one of the spindles? Keep spinning it. More often than not you will feel the spindle start to tug slightly. Keep turning and then out of nowhere the motor starts. These bind up after time and applying power only does not always get them "off the groove" and running.

I have done this on alot of Mattel Switch and Go vehicles, as well as the smaller motors on Motorifics, and other can motors out of slot cars, etc.

If this absolutely does not work your motor would be burned out. In that case, if you are unable to find a source, you might look at a modern cheap toy that is motorized and use the closest thing you can find there. Or, even more ideal, find another unit that is really broken up but has a motor and get that one.

Try my suggestion if you have not already. A humid running atmosphere followed by the toy not being used for a while makes for a good possibility that the engine is just temporarily seized.

 

[knitwits1975]

Could you upload some photos?

 

[chachp]

Thank you!

Thank you Kevin. That worked perfectly. I put a drop of oil on the motor, applied power and spun it by hand until it started running on its own. I installed it back in the dishwasher and it worked perfectly.

Ralph

 

[kenmore1978]

Dishwasher

Is this the combo sink-d/w that uses an impeller shaped like the cups on a anemometer? I have one of those, didn't know they existed until I ran across one on e-bay while searching for the range.

 

[chachp]

Yes, and I was surprised at how much water it threw. It's a fun toy but now that I've seen it work I am over it and ready to move on to the real thing. I am thinking about reconfiguring my utility room to make room for a sink, cabinets and place for a dishwasher. It would be great to have a second one, and then I could take a stab at restoring a real one!