Some times you just need faith my friend - Some things to repair are hard, others rather simple, just need to try. Happy it worked out for you.

Good luck, you can buy us linch sometime when we are down there.

Eggs

 

Glad to hear. Thanks for the update. We appreciate hearing back. Stay warm/cool.

 

I would like to thank @eggs and @waldo for not only making realize how simple it is to change out the motor and find the part but also giving me the motivation to actually do it.
You weren't kidding that the blower is just held in by a few screws and slides out. Then the motor pops off with four bolts. It took me 20m to remove the blower, 15m to get the fan off the shaft, 20m to reinstall. You guys saved me $10k today, hopefully there is a lot of life left in the unit.

 

From UnitedHVAC website:

 

Below are pictures of my motor and these are two motors I found online. The website treats them as two different products but seem the same. I have two stickers that have both SKUs.
D341314P52 GE Genteq ECM 2.3 3/4 HP Blower Motor MOT09675
5SME39SL0674 GE Genteq ECM 2.3 3/4 HP Blower Motor

 

Yes, it states it is pre-programed for your application - should be very easy to install

Eggs

 

Thanks for the feedback and sorry for the two threads. So basically i should buy this This and should be good to go?

 

And I just found a Trane manual that says a 3/4 HP is called for in this unit - so match the one you have - attached. Sorry for the confusion.

 

So let's look at this in a different way. if the motor was $1200,even though we can find one for less, to put this into perspective - Your car has a tire that keeps loosing air, so we want to replace the car. We know that tire is exspsive because of its size and type - but to spend $25,000 on another car for the cost of a tire just does not make sense.

The unit you have, if repaired properly will give you 10 - 15 years more life easily. So what we are attempting to do is help you save $8,000 t0 $10,000. Both Waldo and I are on the same page here. The blower replacement is simple, and yes - contractors make crap up all the time - DO NOT listen to them. Trane is top dog in this equipment out there - if maintained will give you 30+ years of life. My AC is 45 year old, made in 1980 and runs great - I just keep it clean it and it takes care of me.

Jumping treads causes all of us problems, so like Waldo stated - please keep to one, this one is fine. I will close the other one. To open another is like we are looking at a new person, are issues and we are chasing our tail around.

It is your best interest to replace the fan motor - do not worry about that one saying it is a 1/2 or 3/4 hp, The spec says 3/4 hp, so it is a 3/4 hp. People posts pictures all the time on things being sold and find generic pictures, may or may not be the correct ones.

Dining leaks on a system can be difficult, but not impossible - use soapy water over all fittings and joints is a good way to find them, then have those leaks repaired. If you think a new system will give you trouble free for years to come, so will this system if the small issues are resolved.

The refrigerant R22 can be replaced with MO99 ir R438a and a fraction of the cost. Techs do not tell you this as they make more money welling you a new system over doing a repair.

As I stated earlier before we found this is a duplicate - Simple is better - Stay away from variable or multi speed AC units - lower SEER is better - American Standard (Trane) is top dog here, with what ever they ask.

Once you start and get the blower replaced, you will look back at this and say - that was not too bad at all - and you still have all that cash saved.

Eggs

 

To avoid confusion and duplicating responses, please stick to posting on your original thread. Thx

 

Please post the model numbers of your current indoor and outdoor units. If you have some basic mechanical skills replacing a blower motor is usually a simple 1-2 hour job. A leak definitely needs to be located and repaired. Eggs will know whether you can find the leak before fixing the blower so you have an idea what you are looking at.

 

I have a a thread troubleshooting my blower here

So do I need a direct replacement blower motor? Because those are about $700.
The information I see on the motor is:
HP 3/4
Volts 200/230
Amps 6.8
D341314P52
MOT09675

 

Current system doesn’t cool very well. Im pretty sure i have leak somewhere and now the blower in the air handler went out. I got two separate quotes to replace it for over two grand.

 

If you like large repair bills, go with the 3 stage - if you want low repair bills and simple, stick with the American Standard (which by the way is a Trane).

You will never save enough money going with the 3 stage over the cost. The more tech, the more issues. Simple and sweet is always best.

To put this into perspective - a 16 SEER vs 20 SEER might save as much as $2 - $3 a month. The cost of operating a 3 stage is more than the operation of a single stage.

Bigger question, what is wrong with the existing unit. You should be able to get 30 years out of it.

Eggs