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heynow999
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Posted: 10:33am 15 Apr 2009

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I think I found a washer for sale that looks like it has a F&P motor in it. The washer is broken so it is not to expensive, he wants $125 Canadian for it. I will wait a few days and try and get it cheaper. Here is a link to the motor

http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?mode l_id=5174359

Does that look like the right one? It is from a Samsung front loader.

We don't have a lot of these machines here in North America. I expect to have to pay for one, Oh well. Hopefully we can add some more machines to the list.

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PeterEdited by Gizmo 2009-04-16

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Posted: 10:46am 15 Apr 2009

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Diagram 5 shows the motor.

Its not a F&P but a similar design, and should work just fine. Looks more like the GE motor.

Glenn

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heynow999
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Posted: 11:00am 15 Apr 2009

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thanks for the quick reply.

There is a nice picture of the motor on the link page. I tried to link directly to it but I couldn't. You have to look around a bit on the page. The motor looks to just over 10 inches in diameter.

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Posted: 10:53am 15 Apr 2009

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I dont know if I would pay much for it, if its broken its really not worth much more than scrap value.

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Posted: 02:20pm 15 Apr 2009

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$Can125.00 IS expensive for something that does not work (broken). I certainly would not pay that. Why don't you offer $5.00 to take it to the dump for him?

I can get broken F&P machines from the local recycling center (read:dump) for $A5.00 here in Australia.
Those motors are really not worth more than that, coming from a broken machine, since one never knows if the motor is still serviceable until extracting and testing it.

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Posted: 02:52pm 15 Apr 2009

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Hi heynow999 are you sure this is a used washer because this site sells O.E.M. new parts for appliances. This is a Maytag motor WF306LAW you can find WF306LAW motors in most all brands here in the U.S. they are fairly new machines though. I have been looking around to find a used WF306LAW without any luck but they have to be out there somewhere because everything breakes down sometimes.

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heynow999
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Posted: 12:43am 16 Apr 2009

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I know I hate to pay for it, but there just arn't many of these machines around. I am going to offer $50. To clear things up, the machine is here

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/hsh/1122120236.html

But the previous link is for a parts place where I looked up the model to see if it looked right.

It reall is hard to find those machines here. I have looked at many appliance places, been snooping around the back doors looking for ones that are going for scrap. Of course I would always ask and offer cash before I took anything. I did find one place that had a newer one with a big dent in it. They wouldn't sell it to me. They were keeping it for parts.

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