Last week my inexpensive air conditioning fix (from a couple of months ago) failed and I had to replace the motor. I found
a direct fit replacement motor on Amazon for $116 bucks.
This is an easy enough repair. If you can get up on the roof, you can do the repair. Have your wife help with this as you'll need someone on the ground to toss up whatever tools you forgot and to watch in case you slid off the roof. Make sure she has the camera.
Remove the plastic cover from the air conditioning unit and you’ll see the motor which is held in place with 5 screws and a brace with another 2 screws. There are also 5-6 color coded wires that you will need to cut.
Remove the screws, clip the wires and the motor, squirrel fan and condenser fan will lift out. Mine had some corrosion around the shaft and the individual fans, so I soaked the areas with PB Blaster lubricating oil so they would slide off easier.
When the motor arrived, I moved the squirrel fan and condenser fan to the new motor and reinstalled it into the air conditioning unit. Not a tough job by any means and probably saved myself a bunch of cash.
Note: You'll have to wire the new motor to the wires you previously cut. Assuming you'll use wire-nuts in the process, use a zip-tie to secure the wires. I didn't, and I had to go back up as the wire-nuts were banging against the frame of the air conditioner. The noise was quite irritating, so back up I went.
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