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Thread Number: 4478
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Post# 101639 , Reply# 1 1/4/2006 at 07:31 (6,685 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 101688 , Reply# 2 1/4/2006 at 17:43 (6,685 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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I worked on many a Frigidaire 1-18 under warranty.We usually had 2-3 in the shop at any one time.They were notorious for water leaks,which wiped out the bearings,or ruined the transmission.The bellows that were under the agitator was one major weak link. Something like a nail or a screw left in a pocket would get impaled in the bellows,instant water leak.Frigidaire even designed a small plastic tray that diverted the leaking water away from the motor on later one's,to save the motor! Great wash action,though. kennyGF | ||
| Post# 101700 , Reply# 3 1/4/2006 at 18:12 (6,685 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 101842 , Reply# 4 1/5/2006 at 12:55 (6,684 days old) by 48bencix (Sacramento CA) |
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the bellows One of the old time appliance store owners told me that with the solid-tub machines, both the water and oil bellows could fail. When that happens your wash load gets oil on it. The first time that this happens, most people would junk the machine. | ||
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Post# 101851 , Reply# 5 1/5/2006 at 15:22 (6,684 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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We saw some clutch problems,Rick,but by far,the water leaks were much worse.I can still remember my dad cussing and using a torch to cut off a rusted on tub support,after it leaked through the center.IIRC,the clutch disc was a small,thin piece of friction material,not much to it.Not their best design.
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| Post# 101874 , Reply# 9 1/5/2006 at 17:51 (6,684 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston) | ||
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Sorry to repeat myself. I didn't think my first thread made it thru. | ||
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Post# 101981 , Reply# 10 1/6/2006 at 06:57 (6,683 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Frigidaire Design after 1980
Hi there, Can anyone tell me then, what Frigidaire design came out after GM sold the company in 1979? I remember a Frigidaire Washer on sale (very briefly)here in Australia about 9 years ago: it had a black control panel, a white plastic tub? and white agitator....does this sound familiar? What were these machines like? They didn't last very long here in Oz. Cheers Leon | ||
| Post# 101998 , Reply# 11 1/6/2006 at 09:23 (6,683 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
HI brettsomers: I would like to know the true answer of all of these being discontinued myself. I know about a merger, that's a given, new blood, new ideas, failed, junk, what-evea, etc.! In addition, all washers that had an odd agitation system have changed. Only centerpost rotation agitators and front loaders are what exists today. Very few others are made. We had Frigidaire, Philco, Kelvinator, and others with all the same story. Let's all ask WCI via their email "Contact Us" if they will ever consider reproducing pulsators. Ok, I am doing it right now. Bombard them with questions. Steve | ||
| Post# 102067 , Reply# 13 1/6/2006 at 18:17 (6,683 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 102068 , Reply# 14 1/6/2006 at 18:18 (6,683 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Answer From WCI | ||
| Post# 102726 , Reply# 16 1/9/2006 at 18:56 (6,680 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
The bellows was a sturdily constructed column of horizontally ribbed rubber--in some respects, indestructable. With six active kids, our Frigidaire seemed to be running all day every day. Only once did our bellows rupture, a nasty spike left in work jeans by my plumbing father. Regarding the wave: My gradnmother had the famous black pulsator(there are pictures of it, I think in Robert's collection), and that thing virtually flew. It pulsed so quickly that it appeared to be stationary. Here's a story about the pulsator's cleaning ability: My Aunt Dolores did not like to do laundry. Fortunately, her machine was also a pulsator model. When she washed a load of white clothes, she would stuff the tub in a way I have never since witnessed, the equivalent of three loads would not be an overstatment. Looking at the load, it resembled white cement; yet it kept moving. Coming out of the dryer, the load looked like the ton that issues from a professioal laundry, but--and this is the good part--it was absolutely spotless and pure white. I was in awe of that machine, and properly loaded, yes, it did create a wave. I love frigidaire's, but since our extended family bought them exclusively, (they were "the best on the market" I always coveted the unattainable Kenmores with their fascinating drain cycles, their multiple six second spray rinses, their intoxicating suds-returns. I would have sold my soul to have one Perhaps robert or someone else who has a pulsator could create a "See it Wash" video of the fastest agitation ever seen. | ||
| Post# 102742 , Reply# 18 1/9/2006 at 19:49 (6,680 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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| Post# 102757 , Reply# 19 1/9/2006 at 21:33 (6,680 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 103051 , Reply# 20 1/11/2006 at 18:07 (6,678 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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