Is this fan motor shot? Video inside

[ElGuapo]

So my buddies A.C has been having problems over the past couple weeks, i'm trying to get him going for as cheap as possible. Now the system is really old, it as made in 1980 Its a GE BTN736A100A The A at the end tells the date I read online so I'm assuming its 1980..

 

Its hard to believe its still going.

 

So far I have changed 2 of the 3 capacitors & the contactor.

 

After the contactor it worked fine for a week or so, then he had more problems so I changed the 2 shot capacitors..

 

Now the condenser sounds fine and the air will cool but the fan will only turn on spuraticly and the unit will get very hot & it wont kick on.. 

 

But occasionaly it will kick on for a little while.

 

 

 

A small album of the unit

 

http://imgur.com/a/h9MjM

 

Everything is old & they lived there 2 years and never had a tech come and look at it. I'm still new to the field, so there is a chance i'm just missing something..

 

I would really appreciate any help.

 

 

This is an awesome site btw, its nice to have a such a knowledge bank available, espeicaly for someone new to the field like myself.

 

 

 

[ACtechGUY]

Fan motor bearings are shot . it should not grind to a halt like that . replace the motor. 

 

**** Get replacement motor from TRANE if possible*****  GE/Trane units had heavier than normal fan blades and a "universal " motor can be overloaded ( even if it has all the correct specs) .  

 

 

GE units last FOREVER. GE was later bought by TRANE and then American Standard. Find a trane or American standard wholesaler and get the factory motor. 

 

Good luck.

[ElGuapo]

Thank you for the advice, I'm going to do exactly as you suggested.