WANTED - Motor for Columbia BY "Improved Imperial". See pics

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john9ten
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WANTED - Motor for Columbia BY "Improved Imperial". See pics

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Hello all

A friend of mine in Spain finally acquired a Columbia BY, but the motor has been switched out. I am trying to find the correct motor for the machine. THe motor, as well as some pics of the machine, are below. All help is gratefully appreciated.

John Robles
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Re: WANTED - Motor for Columbia BY "Improved Imperial". See

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I was trying to find the exact same motor recently. I have one additional
question . . . does anyone know the direction each of the 4 springs are
supposed to go to operate properly? Generally double springs wind in opposite
directions to each other.

Thx

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Re: WANTED - Motor for Columbia BY "Improved Imperial". See

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There has been a motor frame casting and a few gears for one of these re-listed several times lately on eBay. Don't currently see a listing for it however.

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Re: WANTED - Motor for Columbia BY "Improved Imperial". See

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erunltd wrote:I was trying to find the exact same motor recently. I have one additional
question . . . does anyone know the direction each of the 4 springs are
supposed to go to operate properly? Generally double springs wind in opposite
directions to each other.

Thx

All 4 springs install the same direction. See photo.

Cliff
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