Thread Number: 18228
Need a console lamp switch for a Norge built Wards machine |
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Post# 296410   8/13/2008 at 09:54 (5,728 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Got a junkyard queen from Kenny a couple weeks ago. Am doing a restoration on this machine from. It is a Montgomery Wards TOL by Norge, built in 1969. It has the rapid advance timer, and it is a kind of a rare, cool looking machine. I call it the "Monkey Norge", and Kenny calls it the "Ugly Wards". At any rate, I happy to have it, and glad that Kenny hauled it out of the junkyard. I have it torn down right now, but it is going back together soon. The only part that I cannot seem to find, is the console light switch. It is of the type that you hold the push button in a second or two, then release it to light the fluorescent light. I cannot seem to find one around here. This machine sat out for many years, and the original switch rusted away to nothing. The only thing left is the wires, and the push part of the switch. Does anyone know where I can locate one of these switches? My 56 Whirlpool uses the same type switch, so I know that it was not just Norge that used them. There are four wires that go to the switch, btw. This is the only pixs I have of the machine right now, and Kenny took this one. |
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Post# 296411 , Reply# 1   8/13/2008 at 09:58 (5,728 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 296510 , Reply# 3   8/13/2008 at 17:29 (5,728 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 296513 , Reply# 4   8/13/2008 at 17:36 (5,728 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 296515 , Reply# 5   8/13/2008 at 18:16 (5,728 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 296592 , Reply# 6   8/14/2008 at 00:43 (5,727 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 296684 , Reply# 7   8/14/2008 at 14:30 (5,727 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Thanks guys!! I found a switch that will work today, at the appliance parts place that I always purchase my parts from. It is a used switch, but it is ok, and will work for my application. The machine should go back together this weekend. Also purchased a new belt, fill valve, and a new fill flume for a more modern GE machine. (The original Norge replacement is NLA)The original fill flume was made from hard plastic, and was broken on this machine. I think that the broken fill flume was the reason this machine was junked years ago. Will have some pixs at a later time. |
Post# 296699 , Reply# 8   8/14/2008 at 15:17 (5,727 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 296708 , Reply# 9   8/14/2008 at 16:55 (5,727 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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