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Post# 356390   6/11/2009 at 22:35 (5,403 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        

Does the bottom front cover come off to work on them and if so how????




Post# 356398 , Reply# 1   6/11/2009 at 22:51 (5,403 days old) by frapdoodle ()        

that is a beautiful machine.

and i am not sure, but i think the back cover comes off to reveal the pully system and all that jazz.

if im wrong then call me an idiot.......not kidding


Post# 356400 , Reply# 2   6/11/2009 at 22:53 (5,403 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
has a leak

right in the front where I can't see it and the boot is fine no holes

Post# 356459 , Reply# 3   6/12/2009 at 06:14 (5,403 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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GRAB THE BOTTOM OF THE PANEL WITH BOTH HANDS RIGHT ABOVE THE BLACK STRIP KICK PANEL AND PULL THE BOTTOM TOWARDS YOU. THERE ARE 2 CLAMPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WHITE PANEL. IT MAY FEEL STIFF BUT IT JUST POPS OUT AND DROPS DOWN

Post# 356467 , Reply# 4   6/12/2009 at 07:02 (5,402 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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So that's the L9 I guess! Hope the door boot is good!! If you need any help with the speed changer, I got dumb-ass lucky getting my L5's moving again!

Post# 356488 , Reply# 5   6/12/2009 at 09:06 (5,402 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
all works

boot is great but the door is bad

Post# 356494 , Reply# 6   6/12/2009 at 09:31 (5,402 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
ok got it off

its a bad hose....is there anyone here I could call about help on working on this......the hose is hard and no idea how to get it off......crazeedude1974@gmail.com

Post# 356500 , Reply# 7   6/12/2009 at 09:59 (5,402 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Which hose, Brian? The one from the fill valves into the tub? Or the hose between the tub sump and the pump? The filler into the tub should pop right off...

Post# 356624 , Reply# 8   6/12/2009 at 20:22 (5,402 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
the

tub sump and pump its leaking and its hard as a rock

Post# 356629 , Reply# 9   6/12/2009 at 20:46 (5,402 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
well

It broke when I squeezed the hose clamp....but its not a regular hose now what ???? :(

Post# 356673 , Reply# 10   6/13/2009 at 01:16 (5,402 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post a picture and I'm sure we'll come up with something!

Post# 356699 , Reply# 11   6/13/2009 at 08:34 (5,401 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
this

is the end that goes into the tub.....its knotched.....the rest broke like glass but the other end was like a regular hose

Post# 356717 , Reply# 12   6/13/2009 at 12:12 (5,401 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)        
OK,

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We need some more pics. The good news is, Westinghouse in that period used a lot of very standard dimensions and normal plumbing components.

If push comes to shove, you can use a hi-temp epoxy to attach a brass hose-connector to the drum and then - carefully looping the new hose to cope with vibration - solve the problem.

But a few more pics would help.
Thanks

By the way, be careful taking any side panels off. Westinghouse had this thing with anchoring thermostats and thinner wires to the struts spanning between the front and the rear of their slant-fronts. A nice surprise if you pull too hard...not.


Post# 356818 , Reply# 13   6/13/2009 at 20:17 (5,401 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Is that hose similar to the one Robert changed in his Whirlpool combo? The one he posted pictures of?

Post# 356904 , Reply# 14   6/14/2009 at 09:10 (5,400 days old) by syndets2000 (Nanjemoy, MD)        
this hose was called...

a spool- I do not know why, but that is what our parts didtributer had it listed as, & I bought the last four that they had- the sump to pump hose from the newer 27 inch westies used the same size, ( the hoses all have a flanged lip that squeezes into the opening, use silicone to lube it & seal it..) but that one has an angle to it- but it fits the hose opening to the outer tub-& fits the pump too-the earlier westies had a metal nipple comming of the outer tub, with a very short space between it & the pump- Perhaps Unimatic may have a source for what you need- What wrong with the door? is it rusted out?

Post# 357032 , Reply# 15   6/14/2009 at 16:35 (5,400 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
yes

the bottom of the door has holes ansd lots of rust ....looks like the owner filled it by hand as there was no hook ups where it was and the fill valve was disconnected

Post# 357064 , Reply# 16   6/14/2009 at 20:18 (5,400 days old) by oldappliancenut ()        
?????

will this work??????

Post# 357183 , Reply# 17   6/15/2009 at 12:17 (5,399 days old) by syndets2000 (Nanjemoy, MD)        
Will this work?

Try it & see! Can you find a flanged hose with less of an angle? I made a few attempts with this kind till I got a non angled hose-


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