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Thread Number: 21497
1969 Wards by Norge Touch n' Wash videos |
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| Post# 338683 3/29/2009 at 22:01 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
For now, these videos are of the underside only. Darrel is being kind enough to send me a Vorpulator with the fountain filter in a few weeks. When I get the other Vorpulator, we will make videos of the top/tub of the washer. This is the famous tub brake... CLICK HERE TO GO TO rickr's LINK | ||
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| Post# 338684 , Reply# 1 3/29/2009 at 22:03 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Next is the wash cycle | ||
| Post# 338688 , Reply# 2 3/29/2009 at 22:11 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Final spin cycle
This is a long video, but worth downloading. It shows the huge Borg-Warner transmition in action, plus how the motor self tentioner works. (one side spin, and the motor rocks to the other side for wash) Very massive contruction on this machine. This machine sat in a junkyard for 20+ years in Northern Indiana, and was rescued by Kenny in the Spring of 2006. Kenny was kind enough to offer it to anyone last summer, nobody wanted it, so I took it. YAY for Kenny (goatfarmer) for saving this rare Machine! I rebuilt it late last summer.
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| Post# 338690 , Reply# 3 3/29/2009 at 22:15 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 338793 , Reply# 4 3/30/2009 at 10:51 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 338802 , Reply# 5 3/30/2009 at 12:00 (5,504 days old) by revvinkevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 338818 , Reply# 6 3/30/2009 at 14:05 (5,504 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 338859 , Reply# 7 3/30/2009 at 16:37 (5,504 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 338867 , Reply# 8 3/30/2009 at 17:19 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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That is strange that no other "Touch n" Wash has been found around here. Darrel said that he worked for Wards back in 1969, and remembered this model. If I remember correctly, he said that there was a Touch n' Dry, dryer also. I don't know why this seems to be the soul surviver, but I am really glad to have this machine. I LOVE it! It was lots of work to bring back from the dead, but was worth every hour I put into it. I cannot get over how massive the transmition is in this machine. It has to be twice the size of a Maytag. Here is a close up, and I have placed a penny on top to give relation to size. 
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| Post# 338868 , Reply# 9 3/30/2009 at 17:23 (5,504 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Another | ||
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Post# 338896 , Reply# 10 3/30/2009 at 19:33 (5,503 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 338902 , Reply# 11 3/30/2009 at 19:56 (5,503 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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that massive thing | ||
| Post# 338925 , Reply# 12 3/30/2009 at 22:23 (5,503 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Hey, you could put an eye out with that thing!! ...Maybe even an arm! Do you have any pictures of the tub or videos of it washing clothes? | ||
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Post# 339078 , Reply# 13 3/31/2009 at 14:40 (5,503 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 339110 , Reply# 14 3/31/2009 at 16:31 (5,503 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Holy crap, that's some angular momentum! If you put it at the North Pole, I wonder if it could tell time... | ||
| Post# 339132 , Reply# 15 3/31/2009 at 18:20 (5,503 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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No more videos for now | ||
| Post# 339133 , Reply# 16 3/31/2009 at 18:24 (5,502 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 339138 , Reply# 17 3/31/2009 at 18:34 (5,502 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Yes Kenny, I think this is the only "Monkey Norge" T&W in captivity! After all, you pulled it out of the "jungle" lol! I still would like to try and restore this one someday. I think this is a 1957, or 1958.It has the cool Timeline console. Remember how I got caught in the barbed wire while we were hauling this one out? Oh well, maybe after the "summer home" is done. Not this year, thats for damn sure..... 
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| Post# 339156 , Reply# 18 3/31/2009 at 21:18 (5,502 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Rick, thanks so much for the video, that machine is just beautiful!!! | ||
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Post# 339394 , Reply# 20 4/1/2009 at 17:25 (5,502 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 339396 , Reply# 21 4/1/2009 at 17:33 (5,502 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Russel, the machine is an 18lb capacity, and the motor is at least a 1/3hp, possibly more. There is no tag on it that I could see, but the 14 lb version had a 1/3 hp. I would guess this one has the same 1/3hp, or perhaps they changed it to a 1/2hp. No larger than 1/2, I am sure. A larger HP motor would not be needed due to the clutch system of this machine.
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Post# 339415 , Reply# 22 4/1/2009 at 18:33 (5,501 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 339964 , Reply# 23 4/4/2009 at 20:50 (5,498 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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Norge motors The big Norges had 3/4 hp motors according to the service manual. | ||
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