Thread Number: 12128
Discovery in a restoration always makes me wonder |
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Post# 214129   6/3/2007 at 22:34 (6,143 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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How did they do their laundry? (detergent, softner, water temp etc.) Were they clean or nasty folks? (keep the machine wiped off, clean under the machine from time to time, lint filter etc.) Was the water hard or soft? (usually a crusty or not choice) Anyway, once again, I decided to restore from the ground up (which I will post pictures of once it is done, this week) and what I discoverd is puzzling. Take a Look. The texture is soft. The feel is grease. Not soapy with water applied. What could they have done to cause this type of build up? I know the folks, that I bought the machine from. They CLAIM, this A806 was only used for 5 years and just sat in their garage for the last 20. Ok the machine is a 1979. Just take a look and see for yourself. Come to a conclusion or discussion, would love some feedback on the buildup evidence. Steve |
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Post# 214145 , Reply# 1   6/3/2007 at 23:09 (6,143 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 214182 , Reply# 2   6/4/2007 at 01:51 (6,143 days old) by thirtyater ()   |   | |
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Oil residue from a leaky tranny? |
Post# 214183 , Reply# 3   6/4/2007 at 01:52 (6,143 days old) by thirtyater ()   |   | |
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Oil residue from a leaky tranny? |
Post# 214189 , Reply# 4   6/4/2007 at 03:15 (6,143 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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When I put my machines in storage, and wasn't able to drain everything, I always added some anti-freeze. Looks like this stuff. Don't forget the "minor" vandalism of children. I was working on one of my niece's A108 last summer, had to pull the timer motor (those dratted dogs! like that was so not a case of planned obsolesence...). Left the wires attached (but, paranoid as I am, had high-res digital photos of everything) and warned everyone not to let the kids play with the machine in the three days we were waiting for parts. Got back to her; they'd let the little monsters rip every single wire off the timer, some had been reconnected in the wrong places...thank goodness I thought to chop off the plug before I left. Added an hour to my work - A108s aren't exactly rocket science - but damn, who knows what happened in that garage the last 20 years? |
Post# 214202 , Reply# 5   6/4/2007 at 06:04 (6,142 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 214322 , Reply# 6   6/4/2007 at 21:26 (6,142 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 214383 , Reply# 7   6/5/2007 at 08:04 (6,141 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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