McClary Washer 1970s YWG1118W1291 Intermittently Not Agitating Or Spinning

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This old workhorse is nearing 50 years old! The agitator jiggles ever so slightly, and you can hear the motor buzz for 5 seconds or so, until the overdraw protection cuts out. After a few minutes the cutout resets but the motor usually doesn't resume it's intended job. 

Out of the blue it starts to agitate/spin perfectly strong and healthy. 

I'm thinking that motor has a bad winding and it occasionally works past a bad bar on the commutator? The buzzing might likely be the motor arching out which explains the overdraw cutout after 5 seconds. 

I am going to try to find a motor, I think.

I suppose it could be a faulty startup capacitor or mechanism on the motor? Any ideas? 

[Vance R]

Not much information on these washers seem they went out of business in the late 70's.

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3 minutes ago, Vance R said:

Not much information on these washers seem they went out of business in the late 70's.

Thanks

Must be because they were too repairable. 50 years of service.