Bought this washing machine second-hand. Looks like it had already been apart.

Tested it at various parts of a cycle and it fills, and drains fine, but I'm getting no action out of the motor. The repair manual behind the switches says that the motor control board should have a light that flashes on/off at .5 seconds each for "in-use" and 1 second each for "standby", along with other numbers of flashes for different problems. Right now I don't see it flashing at all. Anyone have any ideas other than a $230 motor assembly? Looks like they only sell the motor and control board together...

Thanks!

Just looked at the board and didn't see any flashes, looks like there is some white goop at the base of a couple of the capacitors... Would that be to cover the solder to protect it from water? I check the connections later.

Thanks Eric! That information is exactly what I needed. Unfortunately, it's not a happy ending just yet. Fuse link was bad, bypassed it just to see if motor would work, and it did... until it started emitting that magic smoke. Turned the washer off, then had to unplug it to get it to stop. Since this was some amazing deal that my dad got for next-to-nothing, we've ordered a motor and fuse link, assuming that the issue is with the motor. There was a pretty big current spike (measured with the clamp-on multimeter) while the motor was running, before the smoke started.

Anyway, unless something else might be the culprit, I'll update this as soon as we get the motor and fuse link replaced.

Thanks again!

So there's no need to order the fuse link? I may order it and just ship it back if I really don't end up needing it. I just don't want to get this stupid thing fixed and I don't want to be waiting on parts...