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PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE ELMECO SLUSH MACHINE MODEL FCM
P05 – Control board’s screen is blinking; when MENU
button pressed and released, "ALARM MOTOR" comes on
the screen; Mixing augers do NOT turn
Problem
Machine does not freeze.
Reason_1
Gear motor (pos.125) either does not receive voltage or received the voltage but it is locked
Solution_1
Verify if gear motor (pos. 125) is plugged into the machine electrical wire harness. If
connection is good, replace the gear motor: disconnect all the wire coming into the gear
motor; cut the cotter pin that goes through gear motor’s shaft (pos.35); remove transmission
shaft (pos.29); remove 2 screws pos. 52 with alan wrench key (q); remove the whole gear
motor assembly from inside the machine. Install the new gear motor following above steps in
reverse then verify if gear motor is operational.
Note: If gear motor is burned also verify whether control board has not been damaged in a
process.