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Post# 459018   8/25/2010 at 02:44 (4,965 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459019 , Reply# 1   8/25/2010 at 02:49 (4,965 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459020 , Reply# 2   8/25/2010 at 02:51 (4,965 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459021 , Reply# 3   8/25/2010 at 02:54 (4,965 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459022 , Reply# 4   8/25/2010 at 02:56 (4,965 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459024 , Reply# 5   8/25/2010 at 03:01 (4,965 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459026 , Reply# 6   8/25/2010 at 03:09 (4,964 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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This shot of the undercarrage shows the reason I can't wet test her and my other challenge... The drain hose. Fittings at both ends. AAiiieeee!!! I'm thinking that I'll take this to a shop I know that specializes in making custom hoses and see what can be done. Who's taking bets on if this hose can be found NOS?
By the way, Mr. Delp, this does not make a harem. I'll need a few more for that! LOL! |
Post# 459028 , Reply# 7   8/25/2010 at 03:16 (4,964 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 459042 , Reply# 8   8/25/2010 at 06:25 (4,964 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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It looks in very good condition given its age, my is in embryonic stage considering how yours looks, a sandblast job me thinks...
This is the first Hotpoint UK Wringer washer, produced here by an alliance with Maytag USA. Its the Hotpoint Model a which is your Maytag Model E I believe!!! Looking forward to seeing yours run Andrew, my hoses are gone and did some research and fire hoses seem to be similar... Does anyone know if it is possible to file/sand/scrap the rollers back to "Smoothe" when badly cracked?? |
Post# 459049 , Reply# 9   8/25/2010 at 07:26 (4,964 days old) by Dblrinz ()   |   | |
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Andy, That is awesome! Can't wait to see the restoration! I had two decades ago. It went to the crusher unfortunately when my parents wanted to clean out their basement... |
Post# 459054 , Reply# 10   8/25/2010 at 07:47 (4,964 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 459056 , Reply# 11   8/25/2010 at 07:50 (4,964 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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the GE motor is a very old one-probably from the teens or twentys-they have a wound rotor with slip rings and a copper barred "stator"-just the opposite of more modern split-phase motors. |
Post# 459131 , Reply# 13   8/25/2010 at 12:37 (4,964 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 459275 , Reply# 15   8/25/2010 at 23:04 (4,964 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 459321 , Reply# 16   8/26/2010 at 08:05 (4,963 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Geoff thanks for all the information on the MT wringers, I still have a grey ghost like yours and Andys and it even runs fine. Its amazing how durable these machines were with most of it being aluminum they didn't even rust much, and the high post for the agitator drive kept water out of the transmission [ MT should have never abandoned that design]. I would love to find a home for the one I have, its free to a good home I hate to throw it away.
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Post# 459354 , Reply# 17   8/26/2010 at 12:55 (4,963 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 459357 , Reply# 18   8/26/2010 at 13:45 (4,963 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 459454 , Reply# 19   8/27/2010 at 00:14 (4,963 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Could the motor on the first washer pictured(Redcarpetdrew) be a replacement for the original motor-or the machine had a gas motor.The wood plank and the odd base the motor is on. |
Post# 1004017 , Reply# 20   8/18/2018 at 11:39 (2,049 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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