[zarandle]

I have diagnosed that the Western motor on my plow is shot thus I need a new one. Original part # is 56133 from Western. I was told by a local vendor that they carry a replacement motor from Fischer, part A5819, that will work. I looked up the model and it indeed does look identical to the one I have albeit a different color.

Can anyone confirm that the motor does indeed work?

I'm really hoping I just put on the new motor, tighten the two mounting screws, reattach the positive and negative cable and voila, I'm back in business.

 

[Flipper]

Yup, same pump underneath. While you have the motor off, drain the resevoir and clean off the intake screen on the pump.

 

[zarandle]

While I had the motor off I also removed the pump just to make sure the shaft was spinning without restriction. Pump screen was rather clean but I cleaned it a bit more anyway. Fluid is cherry red but I'll take your advice and drain it anyway and try to vacuum out any sediment that may have collected on the bottom.

 

[zarandle]

Just wanted to confirm to everyone that the new Fischer motor does fit and work perfectly as a replacement to the OEM Western motor. A snap to install and. Line up the pump shaft, put on the gasket, tighten two bolts, attach the positive and negative and your done.