http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/ge-motor-74720.html Ask on that DIY forum
http://www.meparts.net/products/GE/GEMotors/GE_Motors_Section_09_DCMotors.pdf www.gemotors.com • 800-541-7191 These drivers may know of a source http://www.evalbum.com/4180 http://www.evalbum.com/1010 I am sure there are other motor stores than this one http://www.emotorstore.com/product.asp_Q_brandID_E_1_A_catID_E_7_ And there are places that refurb/repair motors too. The nedra.com folk have been known to have someone rework their motors, you could ask them for refurb sources. According to http://www.scribd.com/doc/13294792/ElectraVan-Parts-Catalog a Prestolite MTC4001 would work too. -The Escort Wgn I had that Green Motor Works (now defunct) built, used a Prestolite that had a thermostatically controlled blower fan to ensure it kept cool. Good performance with a light motor on an EV conversion that is heavier than an Electravan. IMO There is going to be a point of diminishing returns when replacement parts become scarce. I suggest you also look at what current technology is available, and see if it is within your budget to use today's EV components. -Example: if I still had my S-10 Blazer and it had motor issues, I would explore what AC motor and controller I could upgrade to. I would gain regen that I could use to not only add to the range, but the added dynamic braking that saves the life of my brake pads & shoes, but also would be safer when coming down out of the mountains I had climbed. Map of route I liked http://goo.gl/maps/LFFTs {brucedp.150m.com} - On Tue, Mar 5, 2013, at 03:41 PM, J Bills wrote: > Hi all - in the midst of an Electravan reboot project and have found out > that the armature is fried on the current motor. Had hoped it was just a > brush replacement but oh wow, you should have seen the windings and junk > falling out from the bell housing when we pulled it apart. > > Would ideally like to attempt to source one of these old motors before > looking into a Warp 9 or other modern replacement, since the adapter > plate > and everything is still perfectly usable. And it wasn't a half bad > motor, > when not abused! > > Does anyone have any ideas for where one of these old beasts might be > sitting around? Or contacts that might know? > > It's model no 5BT1346B38 > > apparently GE donated quite a few to schools and universities for > research > projects, in addition to it's duty as a forklift motor or whatever it > was. > > Thanks for any tips. - {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
