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Thread Number: 23585
The Frigidaire Rapidry 1000 is back again!!! |
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Post# 367287 7/26/2009 at 18:05 (5,381 days old) by joelippard  (Hickory) |
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I have finally finished the tub change on my Rapidry 1000. It's been out of service for about two months. First of all I want to say thank you to all who have provided me assistance with this. Bob Orear, who has transported several machines for me and who brought up the donor machine from SC. Philippe, who donated the donor machine. Mark Harman, for early advice on how to handle the project. Steve Riley, your advice has helped me learn and kept me from foolish mistakes. Hans Craig, for donating other machines that will be shown in this thread. Robert Seger, for providing this website full of knowledge, without this site none of the machines I have would have been possible. Finally, my Dad who worked a great magic on rusty parts yeserday. We found a small tear in the water bellows that was on the machine and this contributed to a great amount of rust to be battled. Eventually all those rusty parts became putty in his hands. I feel a great sense of satisfaction in the completion of this project and I'm very happy. It was worth the labor, but I don't want to wrestle with putting on one of those damn water bellows anytime soon. To recap the project, the original problem was a terrible vibration in Rapidry and very poor balancing. The culprit, a leaky tub plug on the original tub had allowed the cast iron granules to clump together. Here is a picture of the bad old, nasty tub ;) 
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Post# 367288 , Reply# 1 7/26/2009 at 18:07 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The Donor Machine | ||
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Post# 367290 , Reply# 2 7/26/2009 at 18:08 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The new tub awaits | ||
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Post# 367291 , Reply# 3 7/26/2009 at 18:10 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The Rapidry Restored and Ready to Wash! | ||
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Post# 367294 , Reply# 4 7/26/2009 at 18:11 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The First Wash | ||
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Post# 367295 , Reply# 5 7/26/2009 at 18:12 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Overflow Rinse | ||
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Post# 367296 , Reply# 6 7/26/2009 at 18:13 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Throwing the Wash Water | ||
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Post# 367298 , Reply# 7 7/26/2009 at 18:13 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The Rinse | ||
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Post# 367299 , Reply# 8 7/26/2009 at 18:15 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Ramping up to Rapidry | ||
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Post# 367300 , Reply# 9 7/26/2009 at 18:16 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The Finished Product | ||
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Post# 367301 , Reply# 10 7/26/2009 at 18:17 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Look Who's joined the gang! | ||
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Post# 367302 , Reply# 11 7/26/2009 at 18:18 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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inside | ||
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Post# 367303 , Reply# 12 7/26/2009 at 18:19 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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My Frigidaire's Together | ||
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Post# 367306 , Reply# 13 7/26/2009 at 18:20 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The Rapidry Mechanism | ||
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Post# 367308 , Reply# 14 7/26/2009 at 18:21 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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The Holy Rollers! | ||
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Post# 367309 , Reply# 15 7/26/2009 at 18:24 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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And here's another new project | ||
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Post# 367312 , Reply# 17 7/26/2009 at 18:27 (5,381 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 367314 , Reply# 18 7/26/2009 at 18:32 (5,381 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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| Post# 367318 , Reply# 19 7/26/2009 at 18:46 (5,381 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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I think the Whirlpool is a washer. The timer on the washers are on the right side and the timers on the dryers are on the left.(when you are facing the machine). | ||
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Post# 367321 , Reply# 20 7/26/2009 at 19:11 (5,381 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Norfolk, from my experience with 1/18s, even when new, the slowing down during spray rinse was pretty normal, especially if you had used a high-sudsing detergent. Now, as for the filtrator, dare ain't nuttin quite like a load of towels being put in a filtrator after being washed in a Frigidaire washer with a 1010+ rpm spin. | ||
| Post# 367322 , Reply# 21 7/26/2009 at 19:22 (5,381 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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Very nice machines. I've not seen a 1-18 with that interesting emblem on the front. Must have been a limited edition. ;-) The turquoise is a '65, the other a '68, correct? | ||
| Post# 367323 , Reply# 22 7/26/2009 at 19:31 (5,381 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Post# 367325 , Reply# 23 7/26/2009 at 19:32 (5,381 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 367334 , Reply# 24 7/26/2009 at 19:51 (5,381 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 367340 , Reply# 25 7/26/2009 at 20:26 (5,381 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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NorfolkSouthern: Mine slows down just a tiny bit during spin spray, but it's barely noticable, if it's significant on yours, I'd clean the rollers first off and check the belt tension (1" deflection) If there is a way to tighten them someone who knows more than I do will have to chime in one that. I've never worked on the 1-18. Matter of fact, from the looks of mine I don't think it's ever been worked on except the timer motor. Now about that emblem on the 1-18. I wondered if that would get any remarks. There's nothing original or "limited edtion" about it. I bought that off ebay, one day I held it up to the 1-18 and it looked so nice there that I just decided to put it on. I don't even know what it came off of, but it appears to be something from the 50's. I felt that it may be inappropriate, but it is my machine and I decided that I was blending "vintage" with "really vintage". Now to end the wonders about the Whirlpool. That is a DD, dual action, WhirlShred. It's not worth a damn compared to the Frigidaire's. I use it to wash underclothes and dog towels in. Pretty soon, it's coming out and another little goodie is going in it's place, but more on that later... The Filtrator, yep it's the one Hans found. It's in pretty good shape too, just a little cleaning, dust removal, and a new cord, after that we'll see if she runs. | ||
| Post# 367367 , Reply# 26 7/26/2009 at 22:45 (5,381 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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frigidaires Im so glad you got the dryer, I feel like it went to a good home,that washer is almost like the one we got when I was4, it was bought in69 and looked the same except was not a rapid dry . Hans | ||
| Post# 367377 , Reply# 27 7/26/2009 at 23:43 (5,381 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Hee hee! | ||
| Post# 367380 , Reply# 28 7/26/2009 at 23:58 (5,381 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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Beautiful collection, and congrats on a job well done! | ||
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Post# 367447 , Reply# 29 7/27/2009 at 08:18 (5,381 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Great to see another | ||
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Post# 367559 , Reply# 31 7/27/2009 at 15:24 (5,380 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Guys
Thank you for your kind compliments, they mean alot to me. It really is a labor of love to make these machines look nice and function properly again. I'm going to tell everyone who has one of these solid tubs. If you have not sealed your tub plug and you have a good relatively vibration free machine, get that plug sealed immediately. It will save you hard work and trying to locate a replacement tub. | ||
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Post# 367563 , Reply# 32 7/27/2009 at 15:49 (5,380 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Wonderful!! | ||
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