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Thread Number: 60710
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
What about the Frigidaire 1-18 series? (Moving them) |
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Post# 833537 7/24/2015 at 07:58 (3,196 days old) by Volvoguy87  (Cincinnati, OH) |
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I am set to pick up a Frigidaire 1-18 washer and matching dryer this weekend. I need another W/D like I need a hole in my head, but I cannot pass up a thumper! I've read more about the washers than the dryers. I've never even seen a 1-18 dryer. I understand the dryers weren't much to sing about and tended to be less durable than many others.
Any reccommendations on how to move them without damaging anything? Do the dryers have to be kept upright or anything? This should be interesting. Dave | ||
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Post# 833542 , Reply# 1 7/24/2015 at 08:11 (3,196 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 833543 , Reply# 2 7/24/2015 at 08:17 (3,196 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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Honda Element. | ||
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Post# 833570 , Reply# 4 7/24/2015 at 10:30 (3,195 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 833587 , Reply# 5 7/24/2015 at 11:47 (3,195 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Moving A 1-18 Pair | ||
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Post# 833605 , Reply# 6 7/24/2015 at 14:50 (3,195 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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1-18 dryers
Thumpers are one of the great washers to watch, great cleaning, excellent turnover, fantastic rinsing. Loud fun, like a Norge.
I hear bad stories about the dryers, but my one and only 1-18 dryer, mid-level 1978, works well. Gas model, accurate, darn loud buzzer to wake the dead, etc. Good luck with yours, every washer hobbyist needs some time with a 1-18 for sure. | ||
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Post# 833670 , Reply# 7 7/24/2015 at 22:12 (3,195 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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Not those 1-18s! | ||
| Post# 833737 , Reply# 8 7/25/2015 at 09:23 (3,194 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 833963 , Reply# 9 7/26/2015 at 19:59 (3,193 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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I got 'em!
They are still loaded in my Honda. The dryer is on its side, but the washer is upright. They are white, and I believe the washer is a model WIG (if I read it right). That means I now have 2 1-18 washers, a WC7 and a WIG. I have tested neither of them yet because I am still renovating my house. I hope to get one in service by the end of the year.
Now if only I can find a place to put them... Dave | ||
| Post# 834084 , Reply# 10 7/27/2015 at 15:01 (3,192 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
It looks like the Elite/Custom Imperial from around 1978. "Tuch N Wash" a three speed fourteen cycle eighteen pound capacity set. I had the washer in Baltimore but,John L. may.have it. Nothing wrong with it wn I got it. The interesting feature is that,no matter which cycle or agitation speed you select.the agitator won't move in the fast speed until.the water level is above a certain level in.the tub to.eliminate the water to.splash tom high causing leakage from the tubs. Great features, nice design. Huge tub and Rapidry spin.
FRIGIDAIRE The home environment division of General Motors. | ||
| Post# 834090 , Reply# 11 7/27/2015 at 16:42 (3,192 days old) by brainardcooper (Columbia, SC) | ||
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Mmmmm... That "Touch & Wash) in Reply # 8 makes me "all tingly inside" when I see it! Mmmmm... | ||
| Post# 834123 , Reply# 12 7/28/2015 at 00:11 (3,192 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
 Chuck,
Frigidaire discontinued the 3 speed models after 1976. The last 3 speed model was the "WIC" it was replaced by the 2 speed WIC-A in 1977-78 and the 1979 Elite (WEG) was also a 2 speed.
The 1979 Custom Imperial (WCIG) was equivalent of the former "WIA" from 1975 with the 6 position fabric selector and no lighted control panel, no pre-wash or extra rinse cycles like the previous Custom Imperial models had. See:
The 1979 1-18 washer Tech Talk is available for download on this site: http://www.automatice.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?showdoc~450~Frigidaire~
And here's another thread about the final year GM Frigidaire washers. http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?39137
And one more in which Peteski50 posted the following picture from the 1979 Frigidaire line: http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?39127
And one last picture showing the 4 series of washers and dryers from the "regular" Frigidaire line in 1979.
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