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Thread Number: 18581
FOR SALE: 1959 Frigidaire Custom Imperial washer |
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Post# 301498 , Reply# 1 9/4/2008 at 22:26 (5,710 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 301499 , Reply# 2 9/4/2008 at 22:29 (5,710 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 301544 , Reply# 4 9/5/2008 at 07:07 (5,710 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Well, a 1960 is a MULTIMATIC! I even offered a place for you to overnight when you came to pick-up your machine, but did not even get the courtesy of a reply. So if you are finding things are a bit cold, perhaps you should take the temperature of your own refrigerator. | ||
| Post# 301551 , Reply# 6 9/5/2008 at 07:43 (5,710 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania) | ||
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Tech Support? Derrek, I all but emailed myself to Atlanta. I pointed you in the directions to start and what to look for. It honestly sounds like a belt issue, which, for a Multimatic regardless of year, is probably one of the most common problems. Sorry, I don't understand the tech support comment. Dave | ||
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Post# 301555 , Reply# 7 9/5/2008 at 07:54 (5,710 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Derrek,
I won't comment on the tech support problem - personally, I have found that even some of the folks with whom I have the greatest political and religious differences on line have jumped to help me with my thumper questions and problems. But Tragimatics can be quite a challenge when it comes to their belts. My honey found a 1959 (might be a very very late 1958) in PANK. He was ecstatic, I was seeing days and weeks with a micrometer and tools, carefully balancing the belts against each other and the mechanisms in steps of 0.00001gram torque at a time. Well, he showed his usual good judgment - our beauty in PANK had been totally rebuilt shortly before being taken out of service in the mid 1980's. So, please - don't despair. | ||
| Post# 301560 , Reply# 9 9/5/2008 at 08:13 (5,710 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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| Post# 301566 , Reply# 10 9/5/2008 at 08:42 (5,710 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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NO worries folks This washer will be in good hands! And a mutual search for a WCI-60 continues, for I know the thrill of find a TRUE dream machine. Thank you, Derrek. 
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| Post# 301567 , Reply# 11 9/5/2008 at 08:43 (5,710 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Post# 301571 , Reply# 12 9/5/2008 at 09:04 (5,710 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Definitely,
You are the right person for this forum. I think you just maybe chose a machine which, not for nothing, ranks as the Tragimatic...the hardest thumper to work on of all times. As for the mentality on Imperial, well...there is a very strong desire in this forum to concentrate on the exact, precise, expressed venue. Yes, a very small number of the queens here go out of their way to be nasty, but just ignore them. Ninety-nine percent of this forum is sweet, patient, helpful and friendly - just like Robert. So let it roll off your back, stick around and learn - Robert's decision to let new people participate was enormously wise. It's what has kept us alive and going. Oh, and, I've been keeping count. Since the flood, our thumper (and she's PANK!) has washed 37 loads of the ickiest, filthiest, mud and concrete and paint and general ickiness encrusted stuff cleaner than clean...and those are just the loads I've run. My partner has run at least as many, if not more. Not one single problem, not one single torn anything or ripped off button.
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| Post# 301577 , Reply# 13 9/5/2008 at 09:17 (5,710 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Ok, well I thought perhaps you wanted to sell it because the machine didn't come with the customary box of Tide in it. I don't really know what you expect from other club members. We are not going to search basements, or knock on doors to find you a 1960 machine. That would be something that you do with your spare time. Also, I did take the time to post a reply in ref. to the problem you have with your 1959. You never posted anything in return. So who has the cold shoulder, and who would be giving it out? | ||
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Post# 301580 , Reply# 15 9/5/2008 at 09:34 (5,710 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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OK now I'm pissed after reading this guys comments
First of all a big YAY goes out to Jed, congratulations Jed I can't think of a more suitable and caring home for that beautiful 1959 Custom Imperial. Now you'll have working Unimatic and Multimatic, that's totally cool! I can honestly say this experience with the 59-WCI left me cold. I really don't think that is fair. You posted that you needed help less than 36 hours ago, you took and posted no new pictures to share your find with the club. You got a very GOOD response to your question from RickR ("The humming sound may be the motor start capacitor. The start cap is easy to replace, and only cost about $10.00 or so. The motor cap is located in the control panel in my 60, however it may be located on the side of the motor on a 59. The motor capacitor is black bakelite, and round. Two wires attach to it. If the cap is attached to the side of the motor, it will be under a protective metal shield. Be sure the power is disconnected before you try to work on your machine.") Did you even try to check out the capacitor or even thank Rick with a response? I bet not. If you expect to take a 50+ year old washer off of the pallet, hook it up, put on an flowery apron and walk up to it with a pink basket full of clothes you are making a big mistake. A WCI-59 Multimatic is almost EXACTLY the same underneath as a WCI-60 with a few minor exceptions. If you plan on using a machine like that you are gonna have to learn to work on it, period! I can guarantee you what's going to happen if you call Minnegasco-ServicePlus to come out and "fix" my washer. Maybe I SHOULD MOVE TO A WARMER CLIMATE! Uh huh, nice, see ya in the Sahara. | ||
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Post# 301606 , Reply# 18 9/5/2008 at 11:33 (5,710 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Music Stops - Lights Come On | ||
| Post# 301607 , Reply# 19 9/5/2008 at 11:40 (5,710 days old) by derrek17 () | ||
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who cares how you respond!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 301608 , Reply# 20 9/5/2008 at 11:51 (5,710 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Derek,
I tried to make you feel welcome and explain that sometimes things here don't quite go the way one wishes - we all have lives. But attacking Robert that way is beyond belief. It is only thanks to him - and to no one else - that this site exists at all. We are guests in his living room. He runs this site, at his own expense and, yes, even the code the site runs on was written by him. Robert has helped me on innumerable occasions and put up with quite a lot of hassle from the killer queens around here for letting new people such as I once was join in. Without him, this site would be just like some other collector's sites, nothing but a group of catty, bitchy underfcuked queens. I regard him as a friend and such an attack on him is an affront to me. His opinion does count and, quite frankly, I think you should apologize. Even my youngest cat has better manners than you have shown. | ||
| Post# 301609 , Reply# 21 9/5/2008 at 12:00 (5,710 days old) by derrek17 () | ||
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Panthea, No disrespect intended toward you- he attacked me! I agree with some of your thoughts but I have a right to express the way I feel. If he will apologize- I will too! | ||
| Post# 301611 , Reply# 22 9/5/2008 at 12:08 (5,710 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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I do not know what this dude expects from others here, but I don't think he understands how this works. It takes weeks to restore a vintage washer. Sometimes years. The 1960 that I own is only a shell.(There are NO guts in the cabinet) I have been trying to find the parts I need to restore it for years. Three other club members have, or are in the process of sending me the parts I need to TRY to repair the machine. I do not nag at these people to hurry up, or tell them that they are not paying enough attention to my needs.In other words, I am not demanding, because I understand that we all live in a busy world, and we all only get 24 hours in one day. At some point, when the other members have time, they will send the parts I need. I know this, so I do not sweat it. It's NOT that deep!! Things happen in time. This is not a hobbie for people that cannot wait, or expect people to jump at their every demand, when they cannot even bend down and look at a capacitor. If you must have a certain machine RIGHT NOW, go to Best Buy and try to purchase it. When you find that you cannot, perhaps you will be on track on how things work here at AW. | ||
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Post# 301613 , Reply# 23 9/5/2008 at 12:12 (5,710 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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(choke) | ||
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Post# 301621 , Reply# 24 9/5/2008 at 12:25 (5,710 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Who died and left you in charge!
Hmmmmmmmmmm, now lets see, #1 I designed this website, #2 I wrote all the code for this website, #3 I pay all of the related costs for this website without ever asking for one thing in return, #4 I decide which posts stay and which posts get deleted, and what posts get moderated which I only do in cases of extreme stupidity like your behavior early on in this thread, #5 I decide who gets banned (and no I'm not banning you, I need a good laugh every now and then), #6 I have deleted quite a few of your posts back when you were posting new very annoying threads every single day whining about no one giving or selling you their WCI-60. And by the way, thanks to all of my efforts with this website as well as the efforts of so many who have gone out and pounded the pavement (without using a computer) looking for machines far and wide, many have found their dream machines. You want it handed over you on a silver platter with a box of Tide inside and manuals shrink-wrapped inside, by simply writing a check, whatever good luck with that one. Go to Best Buy and get a Duet and hang a picture of a WCI-60 over it, cause that is the closest your ever gonna get to have a working one. I agree with some of your thoughts but I have a right to express the way I feel. Only if I continue to allow you to do so on this website. If I catch you begging for a WCI-60 again without any clear indication of a willingness on your part to do the legwork that it takes to find these rare gems, I will not only delete your post, but I will ban your IP address from ever seeing this website again, do I need to be any more clear than that? | ||
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Post# 301622 , Reply# 25 9/5/2008 at 12:29 (5,710 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Derrek,
Even if Robert had been rude - and he was not, I am deeply offended by your tone towards him and others here. Yes, we have personalities and yes, we all understand the frustration of making things work. Right now, my partner and I are digging parts of his vacuum cleaner collection (he lost 17 pre-1960 vacuums for certain that we know of) out of the slime, mold, mud and ick which was once his cellar. But there is no excuse for such rudeness, not least demanding the other apologize that you might. I'm out of here on this one, as I said - my youngest cat has better manners. Oh, and if you will permit me, one does not type in all caps. That is shouting and is simply not done. | ||
| Post# 301623 , Reply# 26 9/5/2008 at 12:34 (5,710 days old) by derrek17 () | ||
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ROBERT, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WEBSITE! AND EVERYBODY THAT BELONGS TOO IT ! I CAN DELETE YOUR WEBSITE ABOUT AS QUICK AS YOU CAN DELETE ME! WHATEVER! SAD! SAD PEOPLE! | ||
| Post# 301626 , Reply# 27 9/5/2008 at 12:54 (5,710 days old) by estatesale_gary (Golden Valley) | ||
Reality check - | ||
| Post# 301631 , Reply# 28 9/5/2008 at 13:10 (5,710 days old) by derrek17 () | ||
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I AM A AMERICAN. I FEEL ASHAMED OF THIS WEBSITE. IT DOES NOT PROMOTE FREE SPEECH! GOD FORGIVE YOU IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA OR THOUGHT OTHER THAN THE ALMIGHTY WASHER-GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS. | ||
| Post# 301635 , Reply# 30 9/5/2008 at 13:17 (5,710 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 301646 , Reply# 31 9/5/2008 at 13:52 (5,710 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA) | ||
BZZZZZZTTT........Incorrect...
Derrek, I met Robert during the last vacuum cleaner convention in Ohio. You have no idea how great this guy is. Nor do you have any idea of what you may be destroying. Neither site, this one or ours over at vacuumland.org would even exsist had it not been for his skills and knowledge to do all of what you see in front of you, or on the other site. As a sidebar- I talked to Robert only briefly at the convention to say hello. We are not close or anything. But I know what he has done for me, however little we know each other. And I would NEVER commit website suicide by attacking or even berating him on his own forums. That is just a definite no no. We, and most importantly "I" give him, any individual in fact that wishes not to become a frog, or a WCI based clothes slosher...COMPLETE and total respect due his kindness for making places like this possible. It make take a few flips of switches and a few punches of buttons. But this site can go away just as fast it came about. Moreover, even if any of us "has" a "beef" with him or anyone, It's a learned and unwritten rule that you take it off board and deal with it directly with the person with whom the beef is with. Becasue of him, and what he does for us all..you even had that faintest hint that there WAS a Frigidaire washer available, and heled you by HIS own goodwill to help you gain the opportunity to even PURCHASE the 1959 Frigidarie that you got to buy. Your last few posts in response to his questions to you, however it was taken is totally : BZZZTTT....INCORRECT.. "HE" made it possible for any of us to even know that one was available. I get the feeling that a VERY strong " tink-a, tink-a tink " is about to occur. And that's sad because no one should end up a WCI machine...or a frog. Chad. | ||
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Post# 301650 , Reply# 32 9/5/2008 at 14:14 (5,710 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Don't shit where you eat!
Wow Derrek, you not only burned the bridge, you dissolved the pylons and blew up the support beams too. DUH. I have been very good friends with Robert for nearly 10 years now and will admit that he may have one fault - it's being too patient with petulant children on this website. The fact that he hasn't already banned you from even looking at the pages here is a testament to his patience and generous nature. Please don't email me again about your dream 1960 Frigidaire, the remnants of your bridge have washed downriver and are gone. It's too bad too, if one group of people in the entire world would find one or help you with problems... | ||
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Post# 301661 , Reply# 35 9/5/2008 at 15:02 (5,710 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! | ||
| Post# 301663 , Reply# 36 9/5/2008 at 15:05 (5,710 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS) | ||
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Sure, Greg ... Handbags, too? :-) | ||
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Post# 301666 , Reply# 37 9/5/2008 at 15:17 (5,710 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Toga, nah... | ||
| Post# 301672 , Reply# 38 9/5/2008 at 15:29 (5,710 days old) by estatesale_gary (Golden Valley) | ||
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Who is she? Who was she? Who does she hope to be? | ||
| Post# 301673 , Reply# 39 9/5/2008 at 15:29 (5,710 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS) | ||
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Oooohhhh ... cute apron there, Robert. And yes, that would be vintage Blue Cheer you smell! :-) | ||
| Post# 301687 , Reply# 40 9/5/2008 at 16:12 (5,710 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 301709 , Reply# 42 9/5/2008 at 17:44 (5,710 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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I have had an ass full of you both | ||
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Post# 301710 , Reply# 43 9/5/2008 at 17:49 (5,710 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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