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I tried oiling it up a bit to no avail. Pretty superficial job though. I was in the middle of doing three things at once.
Replaced the capacitors over the summer so we are good there.
Not the best timing, but AC always seems to do that to people!
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Be glad it wasn't July or Aug. I had the same thing happen about 7 years ago on July 3rd, and we were suppose to have company stay at the house.
I found a small-ish shop that did parts for A/C. I called, they said to bring the motor with the fan blade still attached, shroud, top grill, and cap. They used an aftermarket motor that matched the specs of the OEM motor, custom fit it by trimming the motor shaft for fan blade clearance and supplied a new cap, as well as a detailed wire diagram for the new motor. It was much cheaper than a OEM replacement and by mid afternoon on the 5th, the A/C was back up and running good as new.
So you may want to look for a shop in your area that does that type of work.