Thread Number: 11957
HeyUp! MacGraw Edison Speed Queen W&D Set |
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Post# 212034   5/24/2007 at 16:38 (6,153 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 212044 , Reply# 1   5/24/2007 at 17:53 (6,153 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 212051 , Reply# 2   5/24/2007 at 18:58 (6,153 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Looks like a "lighted controls" set. Washer with the large solid tub? Too bad they don't show better photos. Anything looks good on E-Bay from that distance! |
Post# 212064 , Reply# 3   5/24/2007 at 20:14 (6,153 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Large capacity solid tub, lighted panels. Electric bleach dispenser and agitator mounted softener dispenser. This has an infinte water level control that is pressure activated. There is a small hose that comes off the fill flume that diverts water into a small tank in the back-right corner of the washer cabinet. When the tank reaches the proper level selected on the dial ("Relatively narrow range of fill levels" CR said) the machine advances into wash. During the pause between agitate and spin, there is a solenoid that opens a valve in the tank and it dumps the water into the outer tub to be pumped away. It's a very cool sound to hear - audio drama! I found this same washer, in almond, at a thrift store - one of the first vintage washers I found. It was a nasty mess, but I cleaned and cleaned, replaced a couple of minor parts and washed like crazy. My machine had a record of it's service written with a marker on the outer tub of the machine inside the front panel. Nearly every part appeared to have been replaced at least once and the washer required so much service that they continued the notes from the tub onto the inside of the front panel. Somebody must have really liked this last solid tub washer from Speed Queen, they poured a lot of money into it before finally giving up. To it's credit though, it was 20 years old when I found it. The last of the solid tub Speed Queens were pretty bad in overall quality - most didn't make it more than five years or so. |