I have a Simac IL Gelataio 1600 ice cream maker and the churn does not want to turn. I think its the capacitor. If so, who sells these capacitors?

Mine was doing the same thing, but motor turned fine and drive belt was not broken. I found that a metal "drive-shaft," is inside the plastic sleeve that turns the plastic churn. The very top of this metal drive-shaft can be seen as the threads for the nut that holds the churn down. At factory assembly, the bowl and hollow-plastic churn-turning sleeve assembly are slip-fitted down over this metal drive-shaft. This metal drive-shaft is connected, through the top of the power transmission cover, to the large plastic drive gear via a "clutch" connection. If you dissemble unit down to where you can remove the top of the gear/belt-drive housing, (disconnect things so that you lift up refrigeration unit--SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH the bowl--letting the metal drive-shaft slip down out of the plastic churn-turning sleeve, exposing drive-shaft coming out of the gear housing cover). Then remove motor, and then gear housing cover. Here you could use a helper, because you will be left holding refrigeration-charged unit assembly AND the bowl/plastic sleeve assembly). You will now have access to the hex nut at bottom of this drive-shaft, which can be tightened, which in turn tightens the "clutch" connection, which will stop churn from slipping. It's a bit challenging since the factory soldering and charging of the refrigeration unit was done AFTER the assembly of the parts listed above (rather typical Italian assembly!) Mine now works fine! Good luck! Mine was doing the same thing, but motor turned fine and drive belt was not broken. I found that a metal "drive-shaft," is inside the plastic sleeve that turns the plastic churn. The very top of this metal drive-shaft can be seen as the threads for the nut that holds the churn down. At factory assembly, the bowl and hollow-plastic churn-turning sleeve assembly are slip-fitted down over this metal drive-shaft. This metal drive-shaft is connected, through the top of the power transmission cover, to the large plastic drive gear via a "clutch" connection. If you dissemble unit down to where you can remove the top of the gear/belt-drive housing, (disconnect things so that you lift up refrigeration unit--SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH the bowl--letting the metal drive-shaft slip down out of the plastic churn-turning sleeve, exposing drive-shaft coming out of the gear housing cover). Then remove motor, and then gear housing cover. Here you could use a helper, because you will be left holding refrigeration-charged unit assembly AND the bowl/plastic sleeve assembly). You will now have access to the hex nut at bottom of this drive-shaft, which can be tightened, which in turn tightens the "clutch" connection, which will stop churn from slipping. It's a bit challenging since the factory soldering and charging of the refrigeration unit was done AFTER the assembly of the parts listed above (rather typical Italian assembly!) Mine now works fine! Good luck!

hey ed! thanks for this helpful comment - i have been following your directions for 2 days trying to fix this but, if i've located the hex nut correctly, it seems like it's super tight? i can't figure out how to loosen (or tighten) it. so i'm worried i'm looking at the wrong piece. any chance we could communicate and you could help me troubleshoot? many thanks from a grateful internet stranger!!!!! hey ed! thanks for this helpful comment - i have been following your directions for 2 days trying to fix this but, if i've located the hex nut correctly, it seems like it's super tight? i can't figure out how to loosen (or tighten) it. so i'm worried i'm looking at the wrong piece. any chance we could communicate and you could help me troubleshoot? many thanks from a grateful internet stranger!!!!!