"HeatMan" wrote in message
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Get a *competent*, licensed, professionally trained, HVAC technician to
get
the problem diagnosed and corrected properly. It will save you money in
the long run.

I had a customer that wanted to do it himself. He burned his brand new
motor and still had to pay me to come out and install a new motor

There may have been 20 people on that day who wanted to do it themselves.
One failed, and became your customer. The other 19 succeeded, but you'll
never know about their success cause they had no reason to call you for
help. What I am trying to say is that being an HVAC pro, you only deal with
those who failed, you have no idea how many do get the job done successfully
:-)

And indeed, people fix their houses, roofs, floors, cars, appliances,
electronics etc, why not HVAC. Some of the jobs I would not risk and would
indeed leave to professionals, but replacing a motor does seem quite doable
to me. I already took it out, all I have to do is buy a new one and put it
back in.

So, if anybody has answers to my original questions, I'd appreciate it very
much.