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Thread Number: 52782
Yippee! The Inglis dryer is back too! |
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Post# 750984 4/18/2014 at 17:08 (3,658 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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So, not that long after the Inglis washer smoked me out of the basement back in 2010, the matching Inglis Sterling dryer quit on me. The motor refused to start and I saw smoke coming out of the back of it, so I thought, 'Right, time for a new motor'. At the time, I had been getting parts for vintage machines from a used-appliance dealer not far from our place in the eastern edges of downtown Montreal. I took the motor to him, asking if it could be repaired or replaced. He said sure and that was the last I saw of it... His business closed down some time ago and my motor went with him wherever it was he moved to.
About 2 years ago, when the guy with the repair business in Stanstead was trying to get me to buy out his parts stock, I noticed he had a bunch of motors that looked like they'd fit the Inglis. Well, it took me a good 6 months to convince him that I just wanted a few parts not the whole lot. Among what I bought were three motors that would work in a Whirlpool/Inglis/Kenmore dryer. Life got in the way until I retired last year, but I still never managed to get anything done to remedy the motorless Inglis dryer. Until today... 
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Post# 750986 , Reply# 1 4/18/2014 at 17:12 (3,658 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I didn't remember what I had or hadn't done to the dryer when I removed the dead motor.
Turns out I left myself plenty of clues! I had labelled each wire from the old motor so that I would have been able to reconnect them. AND I had taken pictures as well. This was important because, surprise, I have no wiring diagram for this dryer. I tested the three motors that I bought. Only one really worked properly... GRRR! Still, I had a good motor, so back into the dryer it went. 
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Post# 750990 , Reply# 2 4/18/2014 at 17:16 (3,658 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I did a 110v test to make sure the motor powered up once installed and it did!
Now, just a little creative wiring to get a 240v test line... Why I installed dryer outlets in the upstairs part of the garage is now a mystery to me. This is an extension from one of those outlets; I think I heard my electrician down here in Ogden having kittens... LOL A knob and tube version of what I did here would no doubt have been much safer! 
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Post# 750996 , Reply# 3 4/18/2014 at 17:19 (3,658 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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And... TAAA-DAAAH! The dryer powered up and the heaters kicked right in!
Canyon and Hubby both came running to see what the hooting and hollering was all about. But by golly, IT WORKS!! That and I didn't set fire to the garage. Now, I've got one last detail to work on with this dryer, but I'll get to that tomorrow. Dog and husband are both complaining about a lack of supper... EESH, the nerve!! LOL 
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| Post# 751028 , Reply# 4 4/18/2014 at 18:56 (3,658 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
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Paul, Congrats on getting the dryer back up and running. I'm sure that you are elated about it. On that machine- quick question, I see the timed wash-n-wear cycle. What do the other numbers on the timer dial correlate to? Rick | ||
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Post# 751041 , Reply# 5 4/18/2014 at 19:55 (3,658 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 751047 , Reply# 6 4/18/2014 at 20:36 (3,658 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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three motors and one worked - you can never have enough resources
...good show , Paul.... on the dial, there's a damp dry area - if you turn that dial to the (approx) 15 min. mark, will it run to the 25 minute mark and stop? And just curious, can you select a time after 15 minutes, like 20 minutes and will it run to the end of the Damp Dry mark - trying to understand how that little marked area functions and what variables, if any, are within that marked area. thanks! - Phil | ||
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Post# 751067 , Reply# 7 4/18/2014 at 22:23 (3,658 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 751149 , Reply# 8 4/19/2014 at 09:05 (3,658 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Post# 751191 , Reply# 9 4/19/2014 at 11:50 (3,657 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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By the numbers...
I had always assumed these were programmed 'automatic' cycles - but timed seems likely, too.
Here's the chart which explains which program number and temperature setting to use for most loads. I have got to admit that these combinations work really well - I quickly decided this was my favourite vintage dryer because of how nicely it dried things on the first shot! 
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Post# 751192 , Reply# 10 4/19/2014 at 11:52 (3,657 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 751193 , Reply# 11 4/19/2014 at 11:54 (3,657 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 751194 , Reply# 12 4/19/2014 at 11:54 (3,657 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 751198 , Reply# 13 4/19/2014 at 12:01 (3,657 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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This doesn't show up that well, but the drum light and germicidal lamp stay on during the dry cycle so there HAD to be a window, n'est-ce que pas??
No, it's not completely original anymore; I don't know if there was a TOL Inglis dryer model (A Royal, perhaps?) that was equipped with a window door on the dryer like the Whirlpool Mark VII. But I don't care because it's cool... LOL Anyway, all laundry appliances should have windows! A big thanks to John (combo52) for the door which I got back in 2010 and finally installed today. It may be a while before Mona (the dryer) gets reunited with Roger (the washer) in the laundry room, though... I need to do some switching around, perhaps some creative wiring, plumbing and venting, and some careful consideration of what will go where. I'd really like to get both the Inglis machines repainted, but that's something I'll do when the weather really gets nice again. In the meantime, I can always dry clothes in the garage... LOL 
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| Post# 751326 , Reply# 14 4/19/2014 at 22:21 (3,657 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 755029 , Reply# 15 5/5/2014 at 12:01 (3,641 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Hubby's on the warpath... | ||
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Post# 755030 , Reply# 16 5/5/2014 at 12:05 (3,641 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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And just to prove that it does work, I dried a small load of towels in the dryer on Sunday. It took a whole 15 minutes to dry two bath sheets, two hand towels, a tub mat, and a couple of washcloths. OK, to be fair they did get washed and spun dry in the '63 Frigidaire, but the dryer seems to be working just fine. Yay!
Here's a quick view of the 'new' look-in window in operation and proof that the machine cycles off: | ||
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Post# 755033 , Reply# 17 5/5/2014 at 12:19 (3,641 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 755038 , Reply# 18 5/5/2014 at 12:39 (3,641 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 755183 , Reply# 19 5/6/2014 at 00:12 (3,641 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 944097 , Reply# 21 6/18/2017 at 11:24 (2,501 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Hi Sean, glad you saved your ol' Inglis dryer! They really are solid machines. I wasn't able to actually trace the date of manufacture because I don't have a lot of service literature on Inglis appliances; I was just pure dumb lucky that I bought the set from the original owners who let me know the bought the set in 1966. There had been some model and serial info on the whirlpool Canada website but since the Inglis division closed, the pages were taken down. I managed to find a parts list for the Sterling washer there but that was in 2009... | ||
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Post# 944209 , Reply# 23 6/19/2017 at 08:25 (2,501 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Hmmmm.... I never noticed anything like that on the serial number plate. I remember the 'made in Toronto' part, though!
The dryer is currently in storage (I need to rotate it back into service soon... LOL) - I'll go have a look at the plate when I get back down to the house in Ogden this weekend.
This may be a date and colour code - 65 = the year of manufacture, W = white for the cabinet finish. Oh boy, if there's a 'T' model out there, I'd be happy to grab it!! LOL | ||
| Post# 944213 , Reply# 24 6/19/2017 at 09:22 (2,501 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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I found another 1966 Inglis dryer in this thread and the date code was 66P, it had a white cabinet so the letter must be for something else:
www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... 114jwh posted this link to an ad from a 1966 newspaper in the thread above, here it is. The Citation was one model above the Sterling in the Inglis lineup as it feature an automatic cycle but it's otherwise a very similar machine. news.google.com/newspapersQUESTI... Like cars, appliances were often manufactured in the year previous to their "model year". I have a set of 1965 Inglis and 1964 Canadian RCA Whirlpool (also made by Inglis) and the dryers from 1964-65 have the older style two belt drum drive mechanism and a single piece front panel for the cabinet. 1964 RCA Whirlpool: www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... 1965 Inglis Superb www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... | ||
| Post# 944308 , Reply# 25 6/19/2017 at 22:49 (2,500 days old) by seanm (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Interesting! So I may have a '65 or '66. | ||
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Post# 944341 , Reply# 27 6/20/2017 at 06:09 (2,500 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 944350 , Reply# 28 6/20/2017 at 08:40 (2,500 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Paul,
You won't have to wait next weekend... Here's the picture of your tag! Note it says "made for"
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| Post# 944408 , Reply# 29 6/20/2017 at 19:07 (2,499 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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Nice post Paul! Glad to see its working again, when you get it downstairs youll have to get a picture of the matching washer with it too! | ||
| Post# 944420 , Reply# 30 6/20/2017 at 21:51 (2,499 days old) by seanm (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) | ||
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Wow, great info! Thanks. | ||
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