Never mind, we figured it out below. I overlooked a period on a marking.
I am refurbishing a old KitchenAid 3-C Mixer which I think was manufactured some time in the 1950s. Upon disassembling it I found a capacitor connected to the motor. Knowing that these things sometimes go bad with time I decided to measure its capacitance. My equipment is rather cheap, all I have to measure capacitance is a (presumably Chinese) Velleman DVM890 multimeter.
The capacitor is marked 109 MFD however the multimeter only measures up to 20 uF. I decided to try it anyways and it measured 160 nF. Is it safe to assume this capacitor has gone bad? Or did it give a false reading because the meter is incapable of going that high?
If it is bad, does anyone know where I can find a replacement? I checked Mouser, they only had 1 similar part but it is far too large, an cylindrical aluminum electrolytic measuring 1.8 inches in diameter by 3.4 inches tall, the Mouser part was 539-PSU10835A. The old capacitor is rectangular measuring 1 inch by 1 inch by 0.4 inches. I am not sure if used the right search, I selected 105 - 115 uF for the capacitance and 220/230/250/275 VAC for the voltage.
The capacitor is marked:
MC-968-E
109 MFD
220 VAC
GAS
CORNELL-DUBILIER
Thanks!