How to Troubleshoot & Replace Frigidaire AP3219509 / 134159500 Drive Motor

I found your site which was most helpful. I saw on your forum, that others had replaced a motor & capacitor with + results. I was willing to spend what I thought was a reasonable amount & your guarantee was the clincher. I knew that if I called the appliance store where we had purchased the washer in 1998, it would be very expensive & even more important, it would take many days as they would have to order the part & then schedule a service call. I installed the motor & capacitor & was "back in business"!! I also have to say that your videos are "state of the art" . I really appreciate your website (fast efficient s&h) & reasonable prices & shipping. 

From the smell it was pretty clear the drive motor had burnt out so I decided to replace it along with the capacitor. It made sense to replace the Idler Pulley and drive belt at the same time as these are both wear and tear items and were not too expensive. The video was excellent and helped a lot, the drive motor, belt and capacitor were simple to replace, with the far corner nut of the drive motor being the most fiddly but I have large hands and access is tight. The Idler Pulley proved to take the longest time, with the circlip a pain to remove as it was compressed by the washer and very hard to see. As I have a stackable washer/dryer I did not have the clearance to move the drum upwards. To get around this I put the unit on its side that allowed me to see and gain better access. All in all, a great job and the parts came in only 2 days with standard shipping. I can definitely recommend AppliancePartsPros.com, awesome. Thank you! 

I suspected that the washer motor had shorted out due to a recent basement-flooding episode. I consulted the AppliancePartsPros online "exploded view" documentation, which was extremely helpful in telling me how to disassemble the unit as well as identifying all of the individual replacement parts available for it. As it turned out, the drive motor was indeed shorted, and its failure also caused (through overcurrent) the bimetallic door-locking mechanism to fail, too (the plastic lock mechanism housing melted and this was what caused the smoke). I ordered a motor and new lock mechanism, installed them, and the washer works fine once again. I am delighted with all aspects of AppliancePartsPros' service: low part price, comprehensive support documentation, fast shipping speed, and low shipping cost. 

My husband placed the motor ordered into the machine and it worked. 

The parts came in 2 days. They are top quality, OEM parts. The job was quick and easy. The 20-year-old Frigidaire is "out of retirement" and working better than our 2011 GE scrap heap. I'm SO GLAD automotive engineers don't design washing machines. THANKS, APP.COM. You have my back, AGAIN!!! Coach 

I had the motor replaced (by a friend). The delivery of this part was so fast, it would put Jimmy John's to shame. 

Took the old motor out and replaced it with the new motor. Thanks to appliancepartspro.com for the speedy delivery and the easy to use part finder. Will use and recommend this site for all future repairs. 

Replaced both. The parts came the day after I ordered them. I had the drive motor replaced in less minutes with no problems. the lid switch gave me a bit of trouble because the mounting holes on the new switch were a bit under sized.even being self tapping screws they did not fit.i just had to use a little bigger screw to open them up and then all went fine 

Replace the main drive motor. The motor I got from appliance Parts was a great replacement.It took about one hour to do.