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Thread Number: 11978
My Dream Machine found: The ULTIMATE Simpson All Push Button Fluid Drive!! |
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Post# 212317 5/26/2007 at 05:54 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69  (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Well Guys, This is my dream machine: The ultimate Simpson All Push Button Fluid Drive! This is a late 60's early 70's model. I have done a lot of searching for this machine and the hard work has paid off. This machine has sat unused in a shed for 15 years and Yes: it works, however, discovered two holes in the outer tub which my dad is helping me fix this weekend and it needs a new divertor solenoid which i can get. I was able to step through to the wash and spin cycle and it's washing and spinning without any hassles. Before any of you ask: Yes, i will do a video as soon as the holes are repaired and the soleniod is replaced. Enjoy the pics! Cheers Leon 
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Post# 212318 , Reply# 1 5/26/2007 at 05:55 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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More pics! | ||
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Post# 212319 , Reply# 2 5/26/2007 at 05:56 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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More pics | ||
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Post# 212320 , Reply# 3 5/26/2007 at 05:57 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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More pics! | ||
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Post# 212321 , Reply# 4 5/26/2007 at 05:59 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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More pics | ||
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Post# 212322 , Reply# 5 5/26/2007 at 06:00 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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More pics! | ||
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Post# 212323 , Reply# 6 5/26/2007 at 06:01 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Last pic | ||
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Post# 212326 , Reply# 7 5/26/2007 at 06:09 (6,172 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL) |
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Congrats! | ||
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Post# 212327 , Reply# 8 5/26/2007 at 06:10 (6,172 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 212328 , Reply# 9 5/26/2007 at 06:20 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Thanks Rich!
Hey Rich, Thanks! You have no idea how happy i was when i first saw the pics from the seller. And you are right: its patience and perserverance! And i believe that if you want your dream machine, then be prepared to fork out some money for advertising too....not everything is going to be free. Cheers Leon | ||
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Post# 212329 , Reply# 10 5/26/2007 at 06:31 (6,172 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Simpson | ||
| Post# 212330 , Reply# 11 5/26/2007 at 06:52 (6,172 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Congratuations! glad all the hard work paid off | ||
| Post# 212338 , Reply# 14 5/26/2007 at 07:54 (6,172 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 212343 , Reply# 15 5/26/2007 at 08:21 (6,172 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Your Simpson is a very Attractive Machine!!! Congratulations on a spectatular find. | ||
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Post# 212344 , Reply# 16 5/26/2007 at 08:34 (6,172 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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WOW | ||
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Post# 212345 , Reply# 17 5/26/2007 at 08:39 (6,172 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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It's a Beam design machine | ||
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Post# 212352 , Reply# 18 5/26/2007 at 09:12 (6,172 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 212353 , Reply# 19 5/26/2007 at 09:13 (6,172 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area) | ||
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What a stunning washer, anyone here would be proud to own that! | ||
| Post# 212354 , Reply# 20 5/26/2007 at 09:21 (6,172 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 212362 , Reply# 21 5/26/2007 at 10:23 (6,172 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Ohmygod! It's a Hotpo-tator! | ||
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Post# 212363 , Reply# 22 5/26/2007 at 10:38 (6,172 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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OMGAWD Leon
That's just wonderful finding your dream machine! It is BEAUTIFUL! I love that tub with the scrubulator ribs!! HOT-KEWL that is! No dirt is gonna get past those! Good on ya! BUT I love machines that are CORRECT and this machine is CORRECT! It has the FILL cycle labelled between ALL the other cycles! CORRECT!! 100 points to you! THE BEST! Can't wait to see the nudie shots under her skirt and the video virgin wash! Please record the sounds tooooo?? LOVELY! if you send me a close up of that little badge I'll make something for you.... Jon | ||
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Post# 212364 , Reply# 23 5/26/2007 at 10:39 (6,172 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I love it | ||
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Post# 212365 , Reply# 24 5/26/2007 at 10:42 (6,172 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 212369 , Reply# 25 5/26/2007 at 11:09 (6,172 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
A sweet memory achieved on Memorial Day
So happy for you and dying to know every thing. Drooling here over the Suds-return. What a totaly unexpected bonus on an already fabulous machine! Does Simpson have an American cousin? Do you hit the program button "ON"to start the Suds-return? If any one has the delicious details on exactly how the suds-retun works, would you share it please. This is what we club members live for--our dreams! I remember the cold December morning when, among a fleet of young but already dead automatics, I saw in the shadow, the gleaming chrome of a Visi-matic. There is nothing like finding a dream machine. Can't wait to see it work!!! Thank You | ||
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Post# 212395 , Reply# 26 5/26/2007 at 14:02 (6,172 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Fantastic find! Congratulations! Does the tub index at all during agitation? Just curious as to the purpose of all those ribs. Maybe just to keep everything up to speed and balanced when spinning with a partial load? Also curious as to its roll-over capability with those big upper fins. Just like an old Wizard. | ||
| Post# 212400 , Reply# 27 5/26/2007 at 14:49 (6,172 days old) by brettsomers () | ||
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bet those ribs are to aid in the spinout of heavy soil and to help channel water away from fabrics. | ||
| Post# 212413 , Reply# 28 5/26/2007 at 16:21 (6,172 days old) by drmitch () | ||
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Beautiful machine Leon! Very interesting tub design, would love to see the wash action. | ||
| Post# 212436 , Reply# 29 5/26/2007 at 19:01 (6,172 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC) | ||
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| Post# 212439 , Reply# 30 5/26/2007 at 19:05 (6,172 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | ||
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Congrats! Sounds interesting and looking forward to that video.--Laundry Shark | ||
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Post# 212483 , Reply# 31 5/27/2007 at 04:43 (6,171 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Thanks to All!
Thanks for your kind words guys! Adding some more pics via a seperate thread (mainly inner workings) Some answers to questions: KEN: Yes, the tub spins clockwise JON: Will record ALL sounds she makes and will email you a picture of the badge: it would be wonderful if you could do something for me, as i have another 60's Simpson where the badge has faded. BEN: I placed an advertisement for the specifics of the machine: the story was this machine was the sellers "batchelor" uncle who lived by himself all his life and after his death, they stored it away thinking they may use it themselves one day. He was curious to know why i wanted it. It was not "cheap" i assure you, but bloody worth it! Lol MICKEYD: Simpson used the Beam design fluid drive in the late 50's to early 70's here in Oz. As for the Suds Save, from what i can make out, if you leave the plug in the laundry tub, at the end of the spin cycle the water is siphoned back into the "outer" tub and then when you advance the button to "start" the water is then pumped back into the "inner" tub. STEVE: From what i have seen of the other Fluid Drive i have, the tub does not index. More pics of the inner workings in a seperate thread. Cheers Leon | ||
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Post# 212519 , Reply# 32 5/27/2007 at 08:52 (6,171 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Breathtaking! | ||
| Post# 212530 , Reply# 34 5/27/2007 at 10:22 (6,171 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City) | ||
If you looked up the word beautiful and or gorgious there wo
Congradulations on finding your dream machine.It was wasiting for you all of these years,now it is home:) I have always been courious, do these machines have a long stroke like the Speed Queen, or a short stroke like the new Maytags? Also, do they do a neutral drain with the filter action like the F and P or the grand spin drain? Again Congrads. Ritchie:)
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Post# 212586 , Reply# 36 5/27/2007 at 15:19 (6,171 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Long Stroke Wash | ||
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Post# 212606 , Reply# 37 5/27/2007 at 18:00 (6,171 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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YAY! Im so excited for you! I love these machines I dont think there are that many left around anymore. I found something exciting on the weekend too but I have to download my photo's. | ||
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Post# 212607 , Reply# 38 5/27/2007 at 18:04 (6,171 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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YAY! Im so excited for you! I love these machines I dont think there are that many left around anymore. I found something exciting on the weekend too but I have to download my photo's. | ||
| Post# 212726 , Reply# 40 5/28/2007 at 10:43 (6,170 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Just look at the styling on the front panel
My gosh, take me back on Memorial Day. So guys, does the suds-saver save rinse water. In the pump shot, only the main hose--outer tub-to-pump--was visible, so you couldn't if the pump has two discharge ports, dead giveaway, as you all know, for the full suds-return system. Or is this something entirely different. It's all so interesting and satisfying, and as the old song goes: "EVERYBODY WANTS ONE !!" | ||
| Post# 212907 , Reply# 41 5/28/2007 at 22:22 (6,170 days old) by spincookery () | ||
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Great machine. I'm not very familiar with this brand up here in Canada but the guts of the machine look a lot like the McGraw Edison Speed Queens - very interesting. | ||
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Post# 212929 , Reply# 43 5/29/2007 at 01:38 (6,169 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Lint Filter
Hey Ash, I was chatting to a contact last night who used to repair Simpson's back in the 50's and 60's and he said there is a row of holes underneath the plastic lining about half way up the inner tub and when the water level is set to meduim or full, it is then re-circulated through the pump and then back through the lint filter. The lint filter doesn't work on Low setting So, my guess is their will always be water in the outer tub during the wash cycles. I would love to see a copy of the advert you have Ash. I have not been able to find any. Cheers Leon | ||
| Post# 212960 , Reply# 44 5/29/2007 at 08:41 (6,169 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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