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Thread Number: 11806
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Post# 210069 5/14/2007 at 18:54 (6,181 days old) by jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes Combodacious and think outside the OEM parts box!!! I hit the wall last week and thanks to all your words of encouragement!! We have over come the battleship syndrome. After getting most of the seals to work properly I came home to find that the "restored" water valve had a S L O W leak to it. Just like my 58 did! Water had backed up the condenser tube and was running across the floor. A mess! So not wanting to install another 50 year old valve and face that OR lukewarm water throughout the rest of the house I put on my thinking cap staring at a NEW Maytag water valve. How could I get that into my Combo and get HOT or WARM water out of it? Then it hit me: A RELAY A SOLENOID RELAY!! Off to Radio Shack and $13.99 later I had all the parts I needed. You wire it in the circuit so that whenever the washer calls for warm water it will call to the COLD water solenoid and then you have the relay activate the HOT solenoid and PRESTO warm water always!!! I hate thermostatic valves, I hate paying $60 smackers for a 50 year old valve and I hate lukewarm showers and baths at my house. Now all the problems are solved and I can use a nice $4.99 water valve off ebay that was made only months ago!!! see the photographic evidence: 
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Post# 210070 , Reply# 1 5/14/2007 at 18:56 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Both condenser seals are | ||
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Post# 210071 , Reply# 2 5/14/2007 at 18:58 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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A money shot | ||
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Post# 210072 , Reply# 3 5/14/2007 at 19:02 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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The dry cycle
As you know the hot box leaked like a sieve when I first tested this machine. I used JB Industro Weld and Hi Temp Silcone and prayed to the washer gods in the sky and drains!! IT WORKED see the photographic evidence! I also tested the temp range with my meter and found the box only reached 230-240 degrees WELL BELOW the 650 degrees of the JB Weld and WELL below the 600 degrees of the silicone 
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Post# 210073 , Reply# 4 5/14/2007 at 19:04 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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You can see the smoke rising | ||
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Post# 210075 , Reply# 5 5/14/2007 at 19:10 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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In the process I also got | ||
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Post# 210076 , Reply# 6 5/14/2007 at 19:11 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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AFTER | ||
| Post# 210077 , Reply# 7 5/14/2007 at 19:11 (6,181 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | ||
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After You Get a Well-Deserved Rest... Would ya mind sharing a video demo of your restored Bendix? Sounds like you went through the wringer to get her working up to snuff. Big Congrats on overcoming all those annoying leaks and other issues. Many Thanks.--Laundry Shark | ||
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Post# 210078 , Reply# 8 5/14/2007 at 19:13 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I would but I need to find a video camera | ||
| Post# 210079 , Reply# 9 5/14/2007 at 19:15 (6,181 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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I'm so proud of you Jon!!! I knew that you could do it. Can't wait to see it when you have it all installed in its new spot. | ||
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Post# 210085 , Reply# 10 5/14/2007 at 19:25 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thank you Terry | ||
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Post# 210088 , Reply# 11 5/14/2007 at 19:36 (6,181 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 210095 , Reply# 12 5/14/2007 at 20:04 (6,181 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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| Post# 210109 , Reply# 13 5/14/2007 at 21:59 (6,181 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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Post# 210141 , Reply# 14 5/15/2007 at 06:30 (6,181 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 210143 , Reply# 15 5/15/2007 at 06:58 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I love that Robert | ||
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Post# 210144 , Reply# 16 5/15/2007 at 07:05 (6,181 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Oh and Bob | ||
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Post# 210147 , Reply# 17 5/15/2007 at 07:17 (6,181 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Wow! Look at that butt on that Bendii-Boy! You'll be in the AW.org calendar for sure... Nice work on the combo, do you have a wiring diagram and parts-list for your water valve relay? It might be helpful to post that for collectors in future civilizations to get their excavated Bendix combos (and any machine with a pesky water valve) running again. | ||
| Post# 210162 , Reply# 18 5/15/2007 at 09:16 (6,181 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
Jetcone: | ||
| Post# 210182 , Reply# 19 5/15/2007 at 11:33 (6,181 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Damn boy, you are sure looking good these days!!! I know you will make the calendar cut for sure!! | ||
| Post# 210190 , Reply# 20 5/15/2007 at 12:21 (6,181 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 210195 , Reply# 21 5/15/2007 at 13:20 (6,180 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Post# 210211 , Reply# 22 5/15/2007 at 15:52 (6,180 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 210250 , Reply# 23 5/15/2007 at 19:06 (6,180 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Oh Louis thats cool | ||
| Post# 210258 , Reply# 24 5/15/2007 at 19:37 (6,180 days old) by brettsomers () | ||
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good, I am not the only one who noticed Jetcones shapely @ss! spank! | ||
| Post# 210260 , Reply# 25 5/15/2007 at 19:41 (6,180 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Jon, awesome news, glad to see it washing away! The chain-drive timer is TRES cool...I didn't know they were like that. I'll have to remember that relay trick you did when I have to change a water valve. Good luck on the remaining restoration work! | ||
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Post# 210436 , Reply# 26 5/16/2007 at 20:13 (6,179 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 210438 , Reply# 27 5/16/2007 at 20:20 (6,179 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Not yet you don't , I need | ||
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