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Thread Number: 71705
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Norge (Montgomery Ward) top loader motor attachment burnout |
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Post# 948786 , Reply# 1 7/18/2017 at 13:49 (2,464 days old) by rp2813  (Sannazay) |
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 Your parents made the proper amends for their poor original sin.
I was raised with Norge and Signature (Wards) machines, and as a result I'm scarred for life. As is the square of ceramic tile that was directly below one of the machines' drive pulley.
Don't lose sleep over the part that needed to be replaced multiple times. It's was par for the course with Snorges to have things break -- and in short order. How many repairs did the Whirlpool need over the 20+ year period they had it? I'm betting it was a whole lot less than several, if any.
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Post# 948943 , Reply# 2 7/19/2017 at 10:58 (2,463 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Motor centrifugal switch
Sounds like the part you are describing, in this time period Norge used either a GE or Emerson motor in their washers. These were very good motors and a bad MCS is a rare failure on any washer, however if it fails more than once often the real problem in in the motor and probably they should have replaced the entire motor.
Usually on Norge washers the motor would outlast several machines as Norge was not one of the durable washers, although given the choice of a Norge or a Maytag washer I would take the Norge any day as at least you would have clean clothes that were not prematurely worn out. In any event your parents made about the best choice at the time buying a WP Belt Drive Washer. | ||
| Post# 949370 , Reply# 3 7/21/2017 at 23:52 (2,460 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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NORGE! Best washer ever built!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 949387 , Reply# 4 7/22/2017 at 02:26 (2,460 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 949500 , Reply# 5 7/22/2017 at 22:25 (2,459 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 949550 , Reply# 6 7/23/2017 at 02:54 (2,459 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Oh I agree Maytags lasted longer with fewer repairs....because they did about half what a Norge would...! | ||
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