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Thread Number: 11512
POD - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Apex) |
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| Post# 206226 4/25/2007 at 11:35 (6,209 days old) by laundramatt (Youngstown, Ohio) | ||
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Has anyone ever seen any Apex washers? What is the "spiral dasher" all about? What was the wash action like? Does anyone have a restored Apex? I would love to see one of these running. Thanks | ||
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| Post# 207001 , Reply# 1 4/28/2007 at 17:41 (6,206 days old) by laundramatt (Youngstown, Ohio) | ||
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| Post# 207885 , Reply# 2 5/2/2007 at 13:12 (6,202 days old) by laundramatt (Youngstown, Ohio) | ||
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Automaticwasher.org members stumped! Aha! I evidently stumped the experts. Sad, if there are no Apex washers left out there. | ||
Post# 207890 , Reply# 3 5/2/2007 at 13:53 (6,202 days old) by dadoes  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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I'm surprised no one answered. Robert/Unimatic1140 found an Apex washer years ago. It had mechanical problems and he had no service info at that time, so the machine was sent to the Krusher (a decision he now regrets). This info sheet may answer most of your questions. The entire tub bounced/gyrated to provide washing action, and about half the water typically sloshed out by end of the wash period. 
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| Post# 207891 , Reply# 4 5/2/2007 at 14:10 (6,202 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC) | ||
the krusher | ||
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Post# 207898 , Reply# 5 5/2/2007 at 14:40 (6,202 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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BUT I'M NOT BITTER...
Yes by some miracle I managed to find an Apex automatic back in 1996 when I was about six months into collecting washers. The washer pictured in the brochure above was the model I found from 1953. After some tinkering it worked fine, I probably did 25 wash loads in it, but the outer tub/cabinet was rusted so I wanted to pull the tub to sand it and repaint it. Pulling the tub cause me to ruin the main bearing. Due to lack of experience on my part I had no idea that I could simply take that bearing to any bearing store and get a replacement for $10 or less. Had I know that I would have a working Apex Bouncing Basket Washer! Instead I got rid of the washer thinking I would find one in better shape at some point in the future (duh). Two early Apex automatics were found late last year, they were on their way out to me here in Minneapolis, BUT... (up organ music) the truck was stolen outside of Chicago and the thief got away with two vintage Apex washers. (Up organ music again). Hopefully the thief will post videos of the machine in action so we can all see what a cool washer it was. When I found it that the machines were stolen, this is what I heard: | ||
| Post# 207922 , Reply# 6 5/2/2007 at 15:30 (6,202 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Been a lot of those Apex Bouncing Basket machines stolen around here too! Those Apex machine are a hot item on the streets here too! I think the boyz are using them for the bounce in their low riders. Prolly what happened to yours Robert. The guts of those Apexs are now in the front and rear suspentions of a 1963 Chevy Impala somewhere.... <: | ||
| Post# 207932 , Reply# 8 5/2/2007 at 16:56 (6,202 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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