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Thread Number: 4973
Easy Does It -- The Mechanicals of the Easy |
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Post# 109409 2/12/2006 at 21:39 (6,644 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Well it appears at first glance that the new Easy washer I found this weekend has two serious problem. First, one of the two outer tub to pump hoses has become very brittle and has broken. The other hose is very soft and in perfect condition like it was replaced at some point. The second major problem is the outer tub boot is cracked and is falling apart. With a little luck I will be able to replace them both. This first pictures shows the top off and the strange water fill flume. 
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Post# 109410 , Reply# 1 2/12/2006 at 21:40 (6,644 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 109411 , Reply# 2 2/12/2006 at 21:40 (6,644 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 109413 , Reply# 3 2/12/2006 at 21:48 (6,644 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 109414 , Reply# 4 2/12/2006 at 21:48 (6,644 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Good luck, Robert! Fascinating pictures and story so far. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 109415 , Reply# 5 2/12/2006 at 21:51 (6,644 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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Are there bearings in the boot? Hi Robert, Can you take a picture of the SQ boot up close, so I can see what it looks like? Are there bearings in the top where the spin shaft goes through? Thats one beautiful machine. | ||
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Post# 109418 , Reply# 7 2/12/2006 at 22:16 (6,644 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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As for the water fill flume it does stick over the top of the wash tub, but you would really have to overload the poor dear for the clothes to come up above the red clothes guard and knock off the flume. Nathan, there is a sleeve bearing up at the top of the bearing housing where the top of the boot attaches. I will take so more pictures tomorrow when I install the new boot. Here is a view of the Velva-Power Transmission, you can see quite a few parts of the structure of the machine that were left over from its Beam days... 
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Post# 109445 , Reply# 8 2/13/2006 at 05:04 (6,644 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Some Fill Flume!!
Hi Robert I Look forward to seeing that fill in action, a pity it didnt recirculate through that as well, How does the Spiralator agi fit on the the drive?? is it screwed on etc?? Do we know why its called a Velva-Power Transmission?? Its nearly the same as the Hotpoint machines here of the sixties, but the motor sits in the middle here, with filter flow one side and the gearbox the other. Mike | ||
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Post# 109464 , Reply# 9 2/13/2006 at 07:52 (6,644 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 109537 , Reply# 10 2/13/2006 at 15:29 (6,644 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
ELEPHANT TRUNKS 
It is amazing to see similar traits running in machine families the same way they do in human families. The elephant trunk hose is nearly identical to and as irreplaceable as the one running from the spinner to the pump on my Easy Spin. I patched mine with some really cool heavy grade blue plastic tubing i found at Home depot. It has held fast for four years now. The infamous Spiralator: Mine is identical, and yes, Chester, the agi cap screws into a unique ribbed triangular drive block. Robert, there is another Spiralator that fits perfectly onto the drive block. It is the original HEAVY METAL model like those in the old Speed Queens, only the Easy's are PURE WHITE BAKED ENAMEL and they're gorgeous and i have two of them IN MINT CONDITION. The least I can do for all you do (i.e.: the pics of the super uni with every possible washer fetish dream come true) is to give you one of them. The original is a bit narrower along the column, but the curved fins extend well beyond the plate, almost two inches, and really cut the water similar to the action of a gyrator. I have races and play games and contests between the plastic and the metal. When you finish the Easy Auto, I'd love to come over and deliver the gleaming Spiralator. When I joined the club on New Year's Day, I was excited and made many mistakes. See where it says mickeyd? That should read EASY SPIN. So now you know. Easies leave me breathless. | ||
| Post# 109619 , Reply# 11 2/13/2006 at 21:24 (6,643 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
mickeyd said: "there is another Spiralator that fits perfectly onto the drive block. It is the original HEAVY METAL model like those in the old Speed Queens, only the Easy's are PURE WHITE BAKED ENAMEL" Sounds like the one that was in our machine. I thought it was aluminum, but what did I know? I was a kid! I remember that it had a shiny chrome cap. veg | ||
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Post# 109639 , Reply# 12 2/13/2006 at 22:04 (6,643 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 109641 , Reply# 13 2/13/2006 at 22:06 (6,643 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 109643 , Reply# 14 2/13/2006 at 22:06 (6,643 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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The Water Test | ||
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Post# 109644 , Reply# 15 2/13/2006 at 22:07 (6,643 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 109648 , Reply# 16 2/13/2006 at 22:28 (6,643 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 109655 , Reply# 17 2/13/2006 at 22:56 (6,643 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Spiralations...
This automatic's Spiralator is much fatter all the way to the top of the center column or shaft than the Spinner Washer versions. Here is a spinner washer close to me, you can see a picture of the Spiralator (and the aluminum 'helmet' cap) It's much more cone-shaped than the PachinkoMatic's. GregM has a beautiful Easy in his collection that we washed in a couple of years ago. Spiralation is a very effective agitation method, but the way CR makes it sound, this machine should have a very violent agitation if the clothes are jumping high enough to break the machine!
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Post# 109660 , Reply# 18 2/13/2006 at 23:13 (6,643 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Car Wash
Perfect fit on that SQ boot, way more secure too. The diameter of the openenings are the same and obviously the old-style boot was only a watershed device and contributed nothing to the dampening/suspension systems. Did the pump hold water? This machine is sooo very Speed Queen, it looks like you could even use the same center-column kit! I'm on pins and needles to actually peek under the skirt at that cool power unit. | ||
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Post# 109668 , Reply# 20 2/13/2006 at 23:55 (6,643 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 109673 , Reply# 21 2/14/2006 at 00:16 (6,643 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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Measured Fill My Simpson fills into the outer tub, where it measures the water level with a pressure switch. Once the switch is satisfied, it then pumps the water into the solid tub where it washes. The rinses however are overflow. | ||
| Post# 109706 , Reply# 22 2/14/2006 at 07:10 (6,643 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
congratulations 
These are two fascinating machines! I'm surprised at the similarities of the Easy to Speed Queen. How many strokes per minute does the Easy agitation have and what's the degree of arc? I bet it will be a washday drama for sure. What kind of clutch system is used for spin? Can't wait for action pics...
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Post# 109731 , Reply# 23 2/14/2006 at 09:13 (6,643 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Did the pump hold water? So far so good, only a few drips through the cork seal, but that is normal until it gets saturated again. overflow rinse? I'm not sure yet, maybe its like the Philco that does a spin spray rinse and then a deep overflow rinse. Was this a metered fill machine or a timed fill machine? This is a METERED filled machine. If you look at the second picture I posted in this thread you can see where I pointed out the water level sensor. When the tub is full and it overflows a gallon or two into the outer tub, the rubber bladder on the water level switch is pressed down by weight of the water and starts agitation. How many strokes per minute does the Easy agitation have and what's the degree of arc? Hi Eddy, I have no idea, but since the Transmission is completely different from a Beam style tranny, I would think there would not be much similiarities there. | ||
| Post# 109767 , Reply# 24 2/14/2006 at 12:19 (6,643 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 109783 , Reply# 25 2/14/2006 at 14:19 (6,643 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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There was one picture, but it was in the Photo-album of the old Yahoo club (now group). If you're (still) a member of it you can have a look at the pictures. Just click on the link below. I'm posting that picture here for those who aren't a member of that group.
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Post# 109787 , Reply# 26 2/14/2006 at 14:20 (6,643 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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A lot of the Yahoo albums are still around too. Here's Jon's. No Easy pictures I think, but I didn't check all albums.
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| Post# 109788 , Reply# 27 2/14/2006 at 14:22 (6,643 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 109789 , Reply# 28 2/14/2006 at 14:23 (6,643 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 109790 , Reply# 29 2/14/2006 at 14:23 (6,643 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 109791 , Reply# 30 2/14/2006 at 14:25 (6,643 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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| Post# 109806 , Reply# 31 2/14/2006 at 15:25 (6,643 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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This is my dream to see such fascination with Easies--what a valentine and happy Saint Valentine's Day to all of you lovers. Washers are so lucky to be the object of so much love. There are two Easy threads developing, On one, Jetcone says his Easy has 8 spray rinses, no mention of overflow. Can't help you there. Bit I can help with the following. Regarding alunimum: Again, the economy models and perhaps all models of some given years used aluminum, and unless I am elementally challenged, --a distinct possibility--my spirilators are either cast iron or steel. The aluminum agitators I have held are very light while mine are distinctly heavy. They kick the feces out of jeans and cordoroys. Doesn't aluminum dent? These definately do not. TRUST ME: the black plastic and the white metal Spiralators are interchangeable; if not I wll buy Jetblue tickets for a Key West wash-in for all comers. My Easies were made in the late sixties. They have a center control panel with four levers; Wash, Drain, Spin, Drain, off/on buttons atop the controls, a timer in the middle, and a normal /gentle switch below the controls. The controls have no resemblance to the posted pics of Gregm's machhine. The spiralator's stroke is swift: the clothes keep moving downwardsand inwards--spiraling like a football-- toward the center, but the difference is that ALL of the water keeps moving circularly as if the tub itself were turning. It's fast and fun and really different, but not as dramatic as an ABC-O-matic. If you look at Robert's posted daigrams of Drive Shaft 09090, it is virtually identical to the shaft in my two Easy spins. Please read the other Easy thread, esp., elephant trunks. Valenitnes to all. Mikey CLICK HERE TO GO TO mickeyd's LINK | ||
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Post# 109866 , Reply# 32 2/14/2006 at 22:07 (6,642 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 109869 , Reply# 33 2/14/2006 at 22:09 (6,642 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 109886 , Reply# 34 2/15/2006 at 04:35 (6,642 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Splashy Splashy
See what you mean about the flume, you`d only need 8 spray rinses with that spray action...lol, I bet 8 sprays doesnt fill the tub up like 1 agi rinse would.. That is some massive agi I must say, and wings as well, looking forward to the action. Jon jetcone, whatever are you thinking , keeping that Easy in "Secret Storage", haul that neptune out straight away and replace...LOL | ||
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Post# 110013 , Reply# 35 2/15/2006 at 21:36 (6,641 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 110014 , Reply# 36 2/15/2006 at 21:39 (6,641 days old) by jerseymike () | ||
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You're amazing! Thank you for saving this treasure. (And, for everything else that you do.) I can't wait to see the pics of the machine in action. Mike | ||
| Post# 110156 , Reply# 37 2/16/2006 at 18:52 (6,641 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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to Veg -- missed ya | ||
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Post# 110193 , Reply# 38 2/16/2006 at 21:00 (6,640 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Okay 
Mike my EASY is a priority I'll be digging it out shortly. Now where oh where am I going to put it??? I can tell you it does not have an overflow but it doesn't need one! AND that spiralation is amazing for an agitator machine! My first load was sheets Queen size and she pulled them completely over and around so all surfaces were spiralated in the wash. The 8 spray rinses were so forceful it was like taking a shower with the lid up!! When I get back home I'll take some comparason pics for here. Cheers everyone jet | ||
| Post# 110282 , Reply# 40 2/17/2006 at 08:18 (6,640 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Turbo and Jetco | ||
| Post# 110297 , Reply# 42 2/17/2006 at 10:01 (6,640 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Whence the easy : (
Mike I'd love to know what happened too, especially when you consider the huge interest in Twin-tubs today. The easy spindrier leaves them all in the dust. And those automatics were absolutely fabulous. Maybe they were too powerful and scary. I wonder which one of our geniuses is going to have the answer. Have fun at work. We're all off here. Bflo's all battened down due to 65+ mph wind gusts Great day to hang the wash. Mike | ||
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Post# 110313 , Reply# 43 2/17/2006 at 12:19 (6,640 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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