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Thread Number: 8502
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| Post# 160451 10/15/2006 at 10:57 (6,396 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
well it seems like its laundromat season yeah.. so i need to ask a few questions.. i have an L-5 here when i got the machine a few years ago it ran fine and did everything it was supposed to do.. then it came apart for a boot retro fit and all.. while apart i noticed the changer was out of oil so i filled it and since that time it wont run with a load.. now i know the prawl is broken and am sure the changer is bad so what id like to ask is if anyone has a used changer they would like to sell off id be happy to pay a proper price for it, but in the mean time does anyone have a diagram or pic of the internal workings of a changer or a discription of what inside and how it works? i sort of guess there are some sort of clutch discs in there or something that break the speed down for wash.. is there a way to either by pass or tinker with the changers to get them to run again? i so want to get the child up and running its been here for such a long time and its the one machine i just cant seem to master.. any ideas or leads would be fantastic.. remember im so in the market for a used changer its not funny.. thanks for listening to me go on and on again ha ha .. always chris
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Post# 160504 , Reply# 1 10/15/2006 at 18:40 (6,396 days old) by mattywashboy  (Perth, Western Australia) |
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does anyone have any vids of a Laundromat in action apart from the one already on this site. Would anyone be willing to take on of their going through a cycle (wash, drain, spin etc) Just coz thats one machine we've never actually had videos taken of. Its okay if noone can I love the look of the laundromats, so stylish I guess they were well recieved in their time, any major problems reported since the laundromats was introduced? Matt | ||
| Post# 160572 , Reply# 2 10/16/2006 at 06:04 (6,396 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 160586 , Reply# 3 10/16/2006 at 08:09 (6,396 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 160597 , Reply# 4 10/16/2006 at 08:45 (6,395 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Since it doesn't work anyway Is there anyway to crack the changer open and look inside? It would be great if you could fix it since if mine ever goes out I'd be in the same boat. Seems like the laundromats that are found are kept so there's no parts machines. | ||
| Post# 160623 , Reply# 5 10/16/2006 at 11:31 (6,395 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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that thing is like a sealed unit i think you would have to cut it open and then weld it back up.. what i dont understand is that the book says its suppose to have oil in it and since it was dry i filled it with oil and she dont like it ha ha.. i used thin oil at first and it got to hot so i put in heaver oil and not it runs cool but wont go under a load and have tried belt adj and spin accuator arm adj nothing works.. i know the prawl is broken but you would think that would not matter.. if i knew how it really should work and what all was in there i think id have a shot at riggin something.. there has to be something we can do.. cause one by one they crap out and then what do we do ??
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Post# 160640 , Reply# 6 10/16/2006 at 13:26 (6,395 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Chris the Westinghouse Drive unit is sealed and was not meant to be serviced. I do believe back in the 50's, service personnel could put in a new Speed Changer unit and send the old one back to the factory for service and eventual resale as a rebuilt unit. I know of know one who has ever cracked on open before, nor have I ever seen a drawing or picture of the inside of one.
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| Post# 160644 , Reply# 7 10/16/2006 at 13:32 (6,395 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 161144 , Reply# 8 10/18/2006 at 18:08 (6,393 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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well tinkered for a few hours.. i guess i could cut this changer in half but then would have to figure a way to weld it back together...not...i tried diff weights of oil didnt do it and played with the adj screw on the back end of the unit and now i can get it to run a full cycle of just water but not with any cloths in the drum.. so at least for now i got to hear the slosh slosh sound
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| Post# 161204 , Reply# 9 10/18/2006 at 23:18 (6,393 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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hey Chris, way to go at least you are making progress!! | ||
| Post# 161252 , Reply# 10 10/19/2006 at 06:28 (6,393 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 162065 , Reply# 12 10/23/2006 at 12:36 (6,388 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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