The replacement motor for my dryer is GE Universal Dryer Motor Kit WE17X10010. It comes with a wiring diagram which shows the "old" black, blue and orange wires going on the "new" motor at terminals 3, 5 and 4 respectfully. The first problem is new terminal 3 is a short little stub not meant to take a wire. The second problem is my dryer has 5 wires, the above mentioned 3 plus a red and yellow wire. So, what terminals are my 5 wires suppose to go on the new motor? When I put them on the terminals suggested on the wiring diagram, and try alternatives for the red and yellow wire, nothing will start. When I put them on the numbered terminals they came off of, the switch on top of the dryer doesn't work, the motor starts as soon as you set the dryer timer, and there is no heat. No technicians locally, and GE is Tennessee can't answer this question. Thanks.

Thanks sidfink43. The parts house has no technical support (the Owner is on summer vacation). I have confirmed that this is the correct replacement motor, and I looked into getting exactly the same motor but that's not made anymore. Recently I went ahead and connected the black wire to the short stub terminal and now I have heat, but the switch on top of the dryer still doesn't work. I have to open and close the door to act as an on-off switch. Would be interested if anyone has a solution for making this work correctly. Thanks.

Thanks again sidfink43, I finally got it working. The problem was I was 1 position off on my diagram for which color wire went to which numbered terminal. The correct positioning is black-1, red-2, yellow-4, blue-5, brown-6. When you hook the 5 wires up to the terminal block this way it works. I managed to throw my house circuit breaker for the dryer in the process and that took an hour to fix since the electrician had the two 30 amp breakers bracketed together and they wouldn't reset without removing the bracket. Thanks for your help and I hope this helps somebody else.