On Nov 16, 2:52*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:40:43 -0800 (PST), wrote:
Hi there! *Hopefully you can point me in the right direction for
finding this part.

My parents have a Payne furnace that is a few years old. *The
combustion motor has recently started to fail, as I am told by a
friend of mine who originally installed it. *He called about the part
from his supplier, and found that it would be $130 or so to get the
part from him with all of the combustion motor assembly and related
parts.

The guy on the phone told him that he could probably find the part
online a lot cheaper, *AND* we don't need the whole kit...we only need
just the little motor itself. *My friend is going to salvage all of
the other parts of the mechanism off the current, failing motor and we
can use them with the new one.

So, here's the info on the furnace and motor label I currently have:

furnace: Payne, model #768MAA024045AAJA, serial #3303A27185

combustion motor: Jakel J238-100-10108 *3000RPM *counter-clockwise
rotation *81F1A *8.1MHP

I just want the actual motor, no kit, no extra shrouds or widgets or
fins or whatnot.

Any leads? *Any ideas? *Anyone got one of these little bad-boys that
they'd like to part with? * *Thanks in advance for your assistance!
I really do appreciate it.

* Don't count on it. It was impossible to remove the blower wheel from
the Jakel on my Tempstar. The problem with the furnace was the
combustion motor/fan was noisy. Ends up it wasn't the motor, the
squirrel cage fan was loose in the hub. I brazed it up and stuck it
back on 3 years ago.

The Jakel unit is not a servicable part - no parts available. Other
manufacturers make replacement units at about half the cost of the
Jaykel * Fasco is one alternate supplier.

What is wrong with the current motor??

I don't know what's wrong...my friend is a contractor and enlisted me
to scour the Internet to find a replacement. From my understanding of
what he told me, my parents' furnace has not been starting these last
few days. He indicated that he spun the wheel clockwise and then
tried it and it started spinning as it should...he said he heard some
sound like something rattling in the vent pipe and then it went out.
So, perhaps something got in the vent last summer and left a present
that gummed up the fan?

I found something from Jakel on eBay that looks similar enough to my
contractor friend that he wants me to get it. So, I guess that is my
next step, but in the mean time perhaps I can locate the correct
replacement part.

How will I figure out what Fasco part would be the replacement? Can I
tell just by the 3000 RPM / CCW part, or is there a cross-reference or
some other details needed? I imagine size is quite important as well.

Thanks!