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I was visiting a local Habitat for Humanity Resale store on John's Island SC. I've been on the hunt for a dryer but came upon something really big. An Avacado Norge dryer!!! Now I'm not a Norge person but fell in love with it and decided to get it. It has a lighted pannel too! For those of you who know something about Norge dryers I have to ask. Where's the lint filter???? Secondly why does it have a switch to turn off the dryer tumble??? It's in good shape the model is DEJ 13500. I hope someone knows the age/year it was made. (Yes there is a pic see link I'll try to get a better one) Man this thing is big - 31 inches wide!!!. Any way while I was looking around I came upon outside in the junky stuff a Figidaire WC-DAL!!!!. The wiring diagram is almost gone but the date on it says March 1966. The agitator is in great shape and barely any rust. It even has the cap and the detergent thingy inside!!! My digital camera is acting up but I will try to take more detailed pics. The guy helping me load it says it does not work but you know I'll get it to work. Right now though it will be in storage until I get a home but I can count on you guys to help me. I've not been this excited about Christmas in a long time so this was a present to myself.

Great finds! WCDAL Frigidaire should be a 1967 Custom Deluxe.

kennyGF

I'll bet you'll be able to fix that washin machine in no time. The no tumble switch would allow you to put an accessory
rack in the drum and dry things like tennis shoes or delicate "none tumble-able" "delicates" since I can't see the dryer with the door open, I'll just guess that the lint filter is like a GE or in the door itself.

I searched the machine pretty good. It's a mystery
Joe
jamman_98

The lint filter was located behind an access panel, which was located towards the bottom front of the dryer. It was under the door and was practically on the floor. Yours is a much later model, and I would hope that Norge would have moved the filter to a more convenient location, but you never really know. It's possible that the filter for your dryer is in a similar location.

Mike

Fantastic finds! If I were president, there would be a Frigidaire (vintage, of course) in every laundry room!

Congrats! I hope you get her to working soon! Don't forget to post pics/video of the great washing action!

Venus :-D

nice ! score one for you yeah!! am sure youll have it up and runnin great in no time and you will love it !

Then I say this: VENUS FOR PRESIDENT!! I'm not even fussy about the era. Any ol' Frigidaire will do...

Joe, that Norge dryer looks to be the match to the VHQ washer that's POD here in a Tide Commercial. It's probably TOL and the first year Avocado was THE new colr, if that was 1968 or 1969. And it looks like it has the 3-in-1 door that opens partway as a chute; flat like Kenmore/whirlpools; and then will go all the way down right next to cabinet so you can get the basket right at the door opening. I rarely used the flat position, choosing the chute position for transferring laundry from washer to dryer--worked pretty well. The other position was where I could put the laundry basket right next to the drum opening and pull clean stuff out.

The lint filter IS at the bottom front behind a spring-loaded narrow horizontal access panel.

Yes it opens part way which I was not used to since I grew up with Kenmores. As far as I can tell there is not small access pannel unless the whole bottom pannel comes off. It is neat though to have a push button to open it up.

Joe
jamman_98

Joe, that door open button is waht clued me into what type of door it was. It's knotched sturdily in each of the first two positions, you have to give a bit of downward pressure to get it past the "notch". If the lint filter isn't inside the drum/door front, then it has to be down at the base. I can't imagine anywhere else it owuld be. Norge to my knowlege only had to places for their filterss: at the base behind that spring-loaded hinged small panel or inside the like where a GE would be or a modern maytag.

Joe! what a find!!! Incidentally, what was next to the Norge in the background? A GE??

Yea there are quite a few GE's there. They had a nice GE with a ramp activator and mini basket for 75 bucks. Nice bunch of GE dryers too.

Jamman_98
Joe

Nice score Joe! Nothin' like bringing home the bacon...err, a Fridigaire!

Ben

Merry Christmas Santa!

YEA, what a find, I think I will truck my happy a** to the Habitat for Humanity here today.

Steve

Cool find! Did you get the hair dryer attachment with it?

veg

Well if it is suposed to have a hair dryer attachment it would be a waste on me LOL

Joe
Jamman_98

I see a lot of hair to dry! LOL

Well I got it now I have to store it for a while. I did finally find the lint filter. I"ve posted some pics of the control panel too. Picture 6 is how it got moved.

jamman_98
Joe

Great finds Joe! And you didn't even have to pay for shipping!
You will have a lot of fun getting to know these machines.
Best of luck with everything. Patrick

Let me know how things go with the restoration on that Roller-Matic. I tried to e-mail you but it would not go through using the addresss as it appears in your profile.
Best Wishes,
Steve (Gyrafoam)

I cast my vote for Venus for president too!!!

Oh, man, I love those "remote control" dials!

Congrats! Where did the lint filter turn up?

veg

Now that is how you haul'em home! Nothin' like a Roadmaster Wagon! Again, love the finds.

Ben

The lint filter is behind a small door a the bottom of the front of the dryer. Almost like a tray.

jamman_98
Joe

That's a keeper, don't see too many of those last generation GM large station wagons. My kind of car.

Well the wagon belongs to my ex. {you've probably know him better as Satan}. The dryer almost didn't fit but it stayed on for the 40 mile trip.

jamman_98
Joe

Joe, glad you finally found the int filter--I was beginning to tink I'd lst my mind.