I got a motor replacement kit from a colleague who had received an extra
one by mistake, the new motor uses a different type of tachometer so if
you get a new board you have to replace the motor unless you can figure
out how to convert the old one. I installed it myself since that's just
how I do things and the whole machine was free anyway, it was not difficult.

That's the only repair I've done on both Neptunes and the one I replaced
the board and motor on has been working now for a few months. The other
one I fixed by resoldering parts on the motor board has been working
longer so far. I fixed a Neptune for someone else that had the wax motor
fail and take out the triac on the control board, that was a more
straightforward repair as the wax motor is under $20 and nothing hard to
find fails on the control boards. One of the ones I got had had the wax
motor replaced already, the one I use in my house is original but I
expect to have to replace it at some point.


P Boy wrote:
James,

So far, I am unable to locate my IC8, which is only available by
distributors with minimum order of $150. IR2101 is available in
digikey.com though.

I further discovered that my C18 (47nJ100) and IC3 (IR2101 0048), both
are connected to R35, might have been damaged also.

I am thinking about getting the motor conversion kit, and have a few
more questions.

1. Did you buy the motor conversion kit or just the control board?
2. Did you install it yourself or repair-man? Reason for this is
regarding warranty.
3. Did you replace any other parts such as door lock assembly, machine
control board, etc?
4. How long have you had your machine fixed?
5. Have you had any other problems since then?

Regards,
P Boy