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question regarding GM-Frigidaire washers
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Post# 72217   7/4/2005 at 03:29 (6,868 days old) by tbolt25 (Kentucky)        

How can a GM-Frigidaire washer agitate up-and-down without bumping and pushing the lid open on each up stroke of the agitator? I was wondering about this once.




Post# 72226 , Reply# 1   7/4/2005 at 08:20 (6,868 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Short agitators DO have their advantages....

Post# 72227 , Reply# 2   7/4/2005 at 09:09 (6,868 days old) by Whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        
Frigidaire Jet Action

The tubs were very deep and the agitator didn't go up and down say more than 2-3 inches or so. I've seen some that were marked "Fridgidaire Jet-Action Washer" by GM, but how long were they billed as such?
They definitely made a very particular sound. Once you hear one, you'll never forget it.


Post# 72257 , Reply# 3   7/4/2005 at 12:01 (6,868 days old) by westytoploader ()        

The agitator stroke on a 1-18 is only 1 7/8", but looks much bigger because of the rapid 360 PPM pulsation. The "Jet-Action" 1-18 was made from 1970-1979. I have a 1978 model which is now my favorite machine to use. The sound it makes during agitation is part of the fun--a rapid "thunk-thunk-thunk-thunk" sound, and of course you can't stop watching the action either! It also is one of the few machines that can actually wash its 18 lb. rated capacity, and cleans amazingly.

Post# 72259 , Reply# 4   7/4/2005 at 12:29 (6,868 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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All so right you are about not ever forgetting the sound. Did you ever get to have the experience of being in a total Frigidaire-equipped laundromat? That's a sound one will never forget either. Closest I've come to that was the 2001 convention in Minneapolis with 4-5 of them going at once. Yee haw!!!

Post# 72361 , Reply# 5   7/5/2005 at 14:25 (6,867 days old) by Stainfighter (Columbia, SC)        
brings back a memory!...

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I was maybe 7 or 8 y.o. the year we went to the Jersey shore and we went to an all-Frigidaire laundromat. Oh the joyful (LOUD) sounds of 15+ machines all chugging away at once. I think they had 24 (12 adjoining oneanother)along with a couple of Double & Triple loaders off to one corner. The heat from the dryers, the smell of chlorine bleach, Tide, Downey....what a memory
:-)



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