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Greetings,</p>
I recently (2 weeks ago) purchased an L103 with the matching bench for $75 from a thrift store here in Fort Wayne. It is in great shape physically except one of the two legs was broken and the other one somewhat split (I believe this probably happened in transport to the store). Internally she was very dusty but virtually no other issues were visible. Everything cleaned up great and all but one of the tubes were original HAMMOND branded.</p>
After some messing around I was able to get all of the keys, all of the pedals, all of the tombstone tabs and most of the drawbars happening. At the same time I oiled the tonewheel and the motor with Hammond oil. The organ was really working great, until recently. </p>
A couple of days ago, I left it on for an hour of so and really noticed a heavy "hot" smell coming from the motor. Upon closer inspection I was not able to hold my hand on it for more than a moment, it was that hot. At first I thought the motor may just need some more oil so I added a few drops to each side, turned it off, let it cool and then restarted it - it still got very hot.</p>
It seems to reach that "very hot" temperature after about 15 minutes. It still seems to play fine and other than the smell you probably wouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary.</p>
In an effort to not be a total noob, I did search the site for questions about motors in L100's. I found a lot of informative discussion but I still have some questions:</p>
- How hot should the motor get when used at room temperature?</p>
- Could the capacitor be bad even if it doesn't get hot (though it does have a bit of sticky residue on the outside of the can).</p>
- What do I replace the capacitor with (value, model, etc.) if it is bad?</p>
- Did I over-oil the motor in an effort to lubricate the heat issue away (I probably dropped 6 drops per side, 2 when I got it and 4 today)?</p>
Thanks for the help.</p>
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