| Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #324672] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 10:39  |
Ken Burton
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Does anyone have a removed OEM roof vent they want to part with? I need the motor only. I have three here that I have taken apart trying to get enough parts to make one good one. All three have the same problem. Water got into them and rusted the inside badly. Then they over heated and melted the winding insulation. I had one of these "fixed" and lubed the bearings. I installed it and it ran for about 15 seconds before going up in smoke.
These ought to be available from people installing MAXX vent or Fantastic vent upgrades if they have not thrown them away already.
Thanks
Ken Burton
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #324674 is a reply to message #324672] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 11:04  |
Ken Burton
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I should note here. If you ever have one of these out drill a little hole in the lowest part of the case with the smallest drill bit that you have. This will allow any accumulated moisture to weep out and prevent this problem from happening in the future.
When I get one of these running again that is what I plan to do to it.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #324676 is a reply to message #324674] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 11:20 |
tphipps
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Ken, I have one for you. Be in the mail this week. First, we have to deal with a little Hurricane. Address on GMC MI address where you would like it sent.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #324680 is a reply to message #324672] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 13:29 |
77Royale
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Pretty sure I have one sitting in the garage if you want another. Worked when pulled.
Just let me know.
77 Royale, Rear Dry Bath. 403, 3.55 Final Drive, Lenzi goodies, Patterson carb and dizzy.
Mid Michigan
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| Re: Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #324682 is a reply to message #324680] |
Sat, 07 October 2017 13:47 |
Ken Burton
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All three vent covers were badly cracked on this coach. I mean 1" wide cracks at the perimeter with at least 3 cracks per cover. This coach is a 1978 and it has a Hammond vent in the bath also. I fiber glassed two of the covers because replacements are unobtainable. The third was unrepairable. The problem I am finding is the motors also got water in them and are internally rusted in the lower bearing and brush area. One motor runs OK and and one runs slow. I haven't taken them apart. Right now I'm working on the 3rd which is DOA.
If you have a spare I'll take it to replace the slow one. I know it is going to be full of rust when I take it apart.
I'll PM you my address and I'll take it if you find it. This coach has been parked for 19 years supposedly inside but there is some water damage to the headliner so it got wet sometime.
Tell me how much I owe you.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #325237 is a reply to message #324672] |
Sat, 21 October 2017 01:08 |
Ken Burton
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Well I'm back with my original request. I have two of these that are not repairable due to internal rust and melted windings.
I had two generous GMCers send me replacement motors, but they did not work. One was the wrong style motor and could not be mounted. The other one came out of a Royale and rotates backward. It is not easily reversable with out major surgery and I would probably destroy the motor. (Died in surgery)
So I am back looking for anyone that might have a motor out of a used OEM Hammond roof vent. I had a pair of them that I gave away a few years back. Now I wish I would have kept one of them.
I also ordered a new one off of the Internet only to find out it was 1" too tall and hit the top cover.
If anyone has a removed / used one I sure could use it.
Ken Burton
Ken Burton wrote on Sat, 07 October 2017 10:39Does anyone have a removed OEM roof vent they want to part with? I need the motor only. I have three here that I have taken apart trying to get enough parts to make one good one. All three have the same problem. Water got into them and rusted the inside badly. Then they over heated and melted the winding insulation. I had one of these "fixed" and lubed the bearings. I installed it and it ran for about 15 seconds before going up in smoke.
These ought to be available from people installing MAXX vent or Fantastic vent upgrades if they have not thrown them away already.
Thanks
Ken Burton
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #325271 is a reply to message #325252] |
Sun, 22 October 2017 02:42 |
Ken Burton
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I could use the motor, fan blade, and might as well throw in the switch too since it is going to the junk pile. I think that I have your email address. I'll switch to email and send you a note there.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #325272 is a reply to message #325271] |
Sun, 22 October 2017 05:46 |
Bruce Hart
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Is the Hammond the vent with the two handles to crank it open?
On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Ken Burton wrote:
> I could use the motor, fan blade, and might as well throw in the switch
> too since it is going to the junk pile. I think that I have your email
> address. I'll switch to email and send you a note there.
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> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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1977 28' Kingsley
La Grange, Wyoming
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #325274 is a reply to message #325271] |
Sun, 22 October 2017 07:50 |
mrgmc3
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Ken Burton wrote on Sun, 22 October 2017 02:42I could use the motor, fan blade, and might as well throw in the switch too since it is going to the junk pile. I think that I have your email address. I'll switch to email and send you a note there.
Ken, I gave my spare motor to someone here or on facebook a year or two ago. I do still have the fan blade and you are welcome to it. PM me an address.
Chris Geils - Twin Cities / W Wa
1978 26' Kingsley w/ very few mods; PD9040, aux trans cooler, one repaint in stock colors, R134a, Al rad, Alcoas, 54k mi
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need used Hammond vent motor. [message #325310 is a reply to message #325274] |
Mon, 23 October 2017 02:15 |
Ken Burton
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mrgmc3 wrote on Sun, 22 October 2017 07:50Ken Burton wrote on Sun, 22 October 2017 02:42I could use the motor, fan blade, and might as well throw in the switch too since it is going to the junk pile. I think that I have your email address. I'll switch to email and send you a note there.
Ken, I gave my spare motor to someone here or on facebook a year or two ago. I do still have the fan blade and you are welcome to it. PM me an address.
I have fan blades. What I need are good motors. The ones I have taken apart have been loaded with rust and usually have shorted windings. I assume this happens from people having cracked covers or maybe from leaving them open in the rain. I know on the ones I get going I will drill a little weep hole in the lowest part of the motor before reinstalling. This way if they ever get water in the motor again it will have a way put.
This particular coach is a 1978 and has the bath module designed for a 14x14 Hammond vent. It is not like mine and earlier models that have 6" or so round vent. I smoked one motor trying to repair it and I have an second one in the front vent position that is running slow I have not touched the front one because I am afraid of what I will find and maybe smoke it too.
Someone else asked in another posting if the Hammond Vent is the one with the two handles. The answer is YES.
I also had two spare motors that I gave away to someone in the past. I never dreamed, at the time, that I would need them myself.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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