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Post# 152172   9/3/2006 at 20:10 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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well steve if i can do it you can do it..i have faith in you.. well since its labor day weekend i decided to labor on the 67 rollermatic.. this has been the biggest pain in the A i have ever messed with.. first it was a rust prob then a clutch prob then a balance prob..but i hung in there and today i did a load test and she passed...i am so happy!!! wanted to send out a few pics..




Post# 152173 , Reply# 1   9/3/2006 at 20:12 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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with the support out what a mess

Post# 152175 , Reply# 2   9/3/2006 at 20:14 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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poor thing totally apart.. this is the first frigidaire i have had this far apart. boy was i worried

Post# 152176 , Reply# 3   9/3/2006 at 20:18 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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new support and resealed again i tried to brace up the holes a little but not the best at that

Post# 152177 , Reply# 4   9/3/2006 at 20:20 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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new rollers and clutch what a god send these parts were

Post# 152178 , Reply# 5   9/3/2006 at 20:22 (6,416 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Yeah! Chris, Im very proud of you for tackling this and succeeding. Im sure you will sleep better tonight knowing it was a job well done. Good luck with your newly reconditioned Rollermatic.........Jimmy

Post# 152179 , Reply# 6   9/3/2006 at 20:23 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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well she passed the load test and im so happy.. she sounds like a rollermatic should sound, and does everything its supposed to.. she spins out with no chatter the brake now works and the balance prob seems to be fixed to.. boy was so happy to just stand there and watch her run..

Post# 152180 , Reply# 7   9/3/2006 at 20:24 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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so now its time to sit back and just enjoy for a while.. and ill keep my fingers crossed and ill pray to the washer gods that nothing else goes wrong..

Post# 152181 , Reply# 8   9/3/2006 at 21:01 (6,416 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Great Job Chris!
Your hard work paid off!
Looks great!
Brent


Post# 152182 , Reply# 9   9/3/2006 at 21:02 (6,416 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Wonderful news Chris! YAY, you did it, if there is a will there is a way. The machine looks brand new now! You'll have to take some action shot pictures and post them for us.

Post# 152184 , Reply# 10   9/3/2006 at 21:15 (6,416 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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ha ha for a while there i thought i was going to loose my mind what ever is left of it..while i was waiting for parts i decided to play with the 1-18 and that wasnt good she was way to noisy and then i played with the tag and she is now leaking oil.. so i ordered a seal for the tag and took the 1-18 apart.. well got the bottom half done with a new coupler and belt adj and agi shaft that was almost rusted in the spin tube thing, but then as fate has it i tore the inner boot so as soon as i can find a little boot were back up and runnin. i love that 1-18..then we will go for the tag. and one day after that ill try the multimatic again. god i need a diff hobby ha ha.... na i do love my machines..have a great weekend

Post# 152198 , Reply# 11   9/3/2006 at 22:44 (6,416 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Way to go Chris!!!! I knew that if anyone could get her back in shape it would be you!!! Now you can relax and just enjoy using this beautiful machine. Terry

Post# 152199 , Reply# 12   9/3/2006 at 22:48 (6,416 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Chirs:

Way to go man! You got it. I am so wanting you to come here and do the same for my machine. No I aint gonna trash it, even though it has come close. What a success story. Thanks for all the communication and emails about your downfalls and progress on the 1968 rollermatic. Yes, our machines are exactly the same. Thanks agian on my behalf to Greg and Steve for wanting me to have my own rollermatic. Promise, it is real soon to go back to the tackle.

I am so proud of you!!!! Can I pay for your plane ticket?

Steve


Post# 152202 , Reply# 13   9/3/2006 at 22:54 (6,416 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Congratulations on your rebuilt Rollermatic Chris! Glad to see that this one will be in service for many years to come. Great job!

Post# 152206 , Reply# 14   9/3/2006 at 23:05 (6,416 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Hey Chris,

Congrats on the completion of this very intense project! You will love this one every time you use it, as you will know everything was done right. Good job!

Ben


Post# 152223 , Reply# 15   9/4/2006 at 00:28 (6,416 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

Congratulations Chris

The machine looks beautiful inside and out.

Brian


Post# 152231 , Reply# 16   9/4/2006 at 02:43 (6,416 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Beautiful Chris! A sucessful Frigidaire restore - not always an easy task, but certainly rewarding.

Post# 152284 , Reply# 17   9/4/2006 at 10:14 (6,415 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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she must be happy.. have never had a frigidaire that splashed so much water.. its like shes a little kid again

Post# 152286 , Reply# 18   9/4/2006 at 10:17 (6,415 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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did a load of shirts and shorts then on to bath towels and she was just fine the whole time.. dont want to jinx it but im kinda giddy inside..

Post# 152287 , Reply# 19   9/4/2006 at 10:21 (6,415 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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actually the last pic was of her spinning. guess the camera is working well today.. ha ha.. i can see the soap tails on the cone..even found a new lid..all i have to do now is paint her and im done.. thank you washer gods....and since she needs a name i picked RITA..

Post# 152354 , Reply# 20   9/4/2006 at 14:14 (6,415 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Chris, Rita looks just beautiful with her new hat!!! Terry

Post# 152356 , Reply# 21   9/4/2006 at 14:18 (6,415 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Congrats Chris on a wonderful restoration...she looks brand new!

And a big YAY for "aftermarket" window lids, LOL!


Post# 152386 , Reply# 22   9/4/2006 at 18:57 (6,415 days old) by knitwits1975 ()        
Nice work!

I am very happy for you.

Post# 152391 , Reply# 23   9/4/2006 at 19:57 (6,415 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Congratulations Chris!!!!

Post# 152392 , Reply# 24   9/4/2006 at 20:01 (6,415 days old) by nasadowsk ()        

Wha'ts the solinoid + extra roller on there for?

(I'm guessing the two lower rollers do the spin/pulsate thing, via motor reversal?)


Post# 152422 , Reply# 25   9/4/2006 at 22:51 (6,415 days old) by helicaldrive (St. Louis)        
Wow!

You did it! Good for you!

Robert did say that where there's a will, there's a way... It was prescient!


Post# 152464 , Reply# 26   9/5/2006 at 06:04 (6,414 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        
solinoid

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that little solinoid moves a roller to kick it into rapid dry. its so much fun just wish i had more laundry to do ha ha

Post# 152523 , Reply# 27   9/5/2006 at 10:12 (6,414 days old) by retromom ()        
The Rollermatic Rolls!!

Chris:

A beautiful job, as always! Those window lids are my favs! I've also heard many horror stories about the Rollermatics! So, how's your blood pressure!?! ;-)

Venus


Post# 152549 , Reply# 28   9/5/2006 at 12:57 (6,414 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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i did ok just took my time. and im down right giddy about it now

Post# 152581 , Reply# 29   9/5/2006 at 16:06 (6,414 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

FABULOUS!

Now, finnishing up your Multimatic should be a piece of cake-----and you will have a working Frigidaire, from every era, in your collection!

You need to line them up for a family photo shoot!


Post# 152593 , Reply# 30   9/5/2006 at 17:10 (6,414 days old) by nasadowsk ()        

Woah..rapidry?

You mean it starts out a bit slow then cliks into unimatic like warp speed?


Post# 152596 , Reply# 31   9/5/2006 at 17:24 (6,414 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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yea love that rapid dry its awesome.. and as for the multimaitc well if i could figure out what the prob was id go for another tear down but then again i guess ill have to just go for it ha ha.......

Post# 152745 , Reply# 32   9/6/2006 at 06:13 (6,413 days old) by sheerlookhomes (U.K.)        
Go Rita!

Congratulations on your restoration work Chris,
you have done good work there..Rita is LOVELY!


Post# 152752 , Reply# 33   9/6/2006 at 07:50 (6,413 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

Hi Chris. Congratulations on your restoration work...looks great...

Ross


Post# 152816 , Reply# 34   9/6/2006 at 14:55 (6,413 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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yep steve and ross are next in line for jobs well done...go guys

Post# 152861 , Reply# 35   9/6/2006 at 19:31 (6,413 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        
YAY Chris

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Glad you got it all working again, although I knew you would!

So when are you going to come up and help me with my projects?

Patrick


Post# 152940 , Reply# 36   9/7/2006 at 06:03 (6,412 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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im on my way

Post# 153605 , Reply# 37   9/10/2006 at 18:56 (6,409 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Hi Chris,

So glad to see your washer is up and running. And it looks great. Now it's time to get Steve's done. I'm still digging for his parts. I did find another tub of multimatic parts. Will be listing those soon.

Rich



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