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Thread Number: 44918
Frigidaire 1-18 filter |
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| Post# 658870 , Reply# 1 2/8/2013 at 06:04 (4,089 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
You Mean This | ||
| Post# 659103 , Reply# 3 2/9/2013 at 04:13 (4,088 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Typo? | ||
Post# 659113 , Reply# 4 2/9/2013 at 06:37 (4,087 days old) by joelippard  (Hickory) |
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| Post# 659124 , Reply# 5 2/9/2013 at 07:11 (4,087 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
If you order this, just be sure your washer used the first type "bed of nails" lint filter (most do but the latest 1978-79 models have a different type). If you're not sure, post your model number, or better, a picture of the filter location on your washer. They attach differently to the sub top and aren't interchangeable.
Earlier models have a track at the center and the retaining tab is part of the "bed of nails" filter and the later ones with the pan-type have a tab that remains attached to the sub top. See this picture showing a bed-of-nails type filter and sub top. 
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| Post# 659125 , Reply# 6 2/9/2013 at 07:12 (4,087 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 659276 , Reply# 7 2/9/2013 at 19:40 (4,087 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Good Information | ||
| Post# 659300 , Reply# 8 2/10/2013 at 00:28 (4,087 days old) by Soap-n-Suds () | ||
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Thank you Phil and thank you Joe. The model is WC-6 and for good measure, a pix of the inside and of the pair. :) 
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| Post# 659301 , Reply# 9 2/10/2013 at 00:30 (4,087 days old) by Soap-n-Suds () | ||
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not as nice at the Westinghouse pix's of the day. lol but until I find those, these will have to work. 
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| Post# 659302 , Reply# 10 2/10/2013 at 00:33 (4,087 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 659306 , Reply# 11 2/10/2013 at 01:08 (4,087 days old) by Soap-n-Suds () | ||
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thank you Phil. Do you know how to tell what year the machine is? | ||
| Post# 659312 , Reply# 12 2/10/2013 at 02:35 (4,087 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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It should be from 1976 or 1977
There used to be a searchable database on the Frigidaire website with older PDF manuals but it seems you can't search them by model number anymore. They are still online but I had to keep the links to every model that was available... Your washer's manual is here: CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
| Post# 659314 , Reply# 13 2/10/2013 at 02:42 (4,087 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Here's the manual for the WC-6B that followed your model. Note that this one has the pan type filter.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
| Post# 659415 , Reply# 15 2/10/2013 at 13:34 (4,086 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Yes they did (there was a Frigidaire factory that closed in 1970). GM started to import some stuff from the US and the Canadian factory started to produce different appliances in Canada. A series of ranges which didn't look like the US models first (and some Canadian-made models that looked almost identical to the US models at the same time), then in the mid-sixties, washers /dryers and refrigerators that had different characteristics too.
I have a 1965 and 1970 dishwashers that were imported from the US and a 1962 and 1969 dishwasher that were made here... I have a 1971 range that wasn't approved for the Canadian market. When I got it, I thought it might have been a later import but I was told Frigidaire briefly imported some after the Canadian factory closed. Then there was nothing available until later in the seventies. Here's an instruction manual for a Canadian model range of the late seventies. This Custom Deluxe with Ceramatop was about the nicest we could get here as we didn't get the Touch-N-Cook models. These were CSA approved but not big sellers as they used to be when they were made here. The picture shows another Custom Deluxe Canadian model with regular burners and no self-cleaning oven. CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK 
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| Post# 659417 , Reply# 16 2/10/2013 at 13:38 (4,086 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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An instruction manual that covers Canadian (US-built for Canadian market) 1-18 dryers.
I think the only difference with the US model was the separate ground/neutral on the cord (which could be modified on the US models). All washers were CSA-approved starting around 1977 (see the tag on yours). CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
| Post# 659420 , Reply# 17 2/10/2013 at 13:44 (4,086 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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I didn't find the instruction manual for your exact dryer but here's the one for a slightly older "Gold Crown" model with the same features.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
| Post# 659422 , Reply# 18 2/10/2013 at 13:48 (4,086 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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And for a same vintage "non-Crown" Custom Deluxe dryer with a similar console. But these had timed-drying only. There was no exact match for the Crown models in the regular line with two "Fabric" selections and automatic drying.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
| Post# 659423 , Reply# 19 2/10/2013 at 13:51 (4,086 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Oh, and BTW, your name sounds French, do you speak French? French is my first language...
Frigidaire also had many factories worldwide where they produced appliances that were specific to the local markets. Here's a Frost-Proof fridge ad from 1966 for France. 
And a Cycla-Matic from the same year. 
Another French ad from 1967 (I wish they had made stainless dishwashers here too!) 
One from 1974 
Pulsamatic washers in France (some automatic, others semi-automatic). 
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Post# 659434 , Reply# 20 2/10/2013 at 14:22 (4,086 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Bed of Nails | ||
| Post# 659515 , Reply# 22 2/10/2013 at 23:03 (4,086 days old) by Soap-n-Suds () | ||
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Thanks for the tip Joe. I'll run it under water (when I get one. lol) and see if that works. I still don't know why the would ever make suck a thing. Should have been a little tray with holes in it, like the GE's had. Laurent | ||
| Post# 659519 , Reply# 23 2/10/2013 at 23:50 (4,086 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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The fuses on ranges are normally hidden by the top cover. Here it was removed so I could take a picture of the fuses. Some older Canadian Frigidaire free-standing ranges had their fuses under the oven, on the left side of the storage drawer or below the controls behind a removable panel (see other pics below, panel also removed in the first one). Built-ins, Flairs and cooktops had a separate fuse panel that could be installed in the cabinets or in the Flair base cabinet. The Canadian Compact 30 drop-in ranges had a removable panel below the oven door for the fuses.
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Post# 659522 , Reply# 24 2/11/2013 at 00:42 (4,086 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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1-18
Phil-
Thanks for those great French ads. I too wish Frigidaire had made a SS interior dishwasher over here. There might be more of them still around if they had. Laurent- On the bed of nails lint filter. They are easiest to clean right after you are done washing while they are still wet. If you let them dry and then try and clean them the lint kind of glues itself in and it takes either hot water or another wash cycle to loosen it up again. I know I've rapped them a little too hard once or twice and chipped a corner off. When comparing the 2 types of filters Frigidaire used in the 1-18's my opinion is the bed of nails was more effective. It seems to catch more lint than the sieve type since the little holes plug up pretty fast and then most of the water tends to flow through the back of the overflow indent pretty much bypassing the filter completely. Just my opinion! Your machines look to be in nice shape. One of my favorite designs. Enjoy! Patrick | ||
| Post# 660571 , Reply# 26 2/15/2013 at 22:16 (4,081 days old) by Soap-n-Suds () | ||
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It came today! I came today! YIPPY! Doing first load now. Thanks again Mr. Patrick for the tip. :) | ||
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