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Post# 217880 6/23/2007 at 23:35 (6,141 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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In between working 40 hours a day and everything else going on, I managed to find some time to finish a project I've been wanting to do for five years - get hot & cold water and drain in the garage for a proper washer connection. I got the connections all done last night and today, I started work on (and finished!) the solid-tub Speed Queen set I brought home a couple of months ago. Here are the connections for water and drain - 
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Post# 217881 , Reply# 1 6/23/2007 at 23:37 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 217882 , Reply# 2 6/23/2007 at 23:41 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The washer a little closer. It's a MOL model, in pretty good shape for it's age but a bit rough around the edges. Do you see the dark spots on the top near the panel in the center? That is so typical of these machines. The underside of the machine top begins to rust and corrode around the fill-flume and it eventually eats it way through the porcelain. This condition is only made worse by hard water. When I first ran the machine after I got it home, water would blurb out of the little holes in the top! The white dots you see are silicone that I used to seal the rusty spots from underneath. 
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Post# 217883 , Reply# 3 6/23/2007 at 23:42 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 217884 , Reply# 4 6/23/2007 at 23:42 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 217886 , Reply# 5 6/23/2007 at 23:43 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 217888 , Reply# 6 6/23/2007 at 23:44 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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durable press! | ||
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Post# 217890 , Reply# 7 6/23/2007 at 23:52 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 217891 , Reply# 8 6/23/2007 at 23:52 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 217892 , Reply# 9 6/23/2007 at 23:55 (6,141 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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ugh, with the green | ||
| Post# 217898 , Reply# 10 6/24/2007 at 00:12 (6,141 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Very nice I always thought it was so nice the way they aerated the water. Wonder if anyone besides SQ ever had that feature? Greg they are nice. arthur | ||
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Post# 217899 , Reply# 11 6/24/2007 at 00:23 (6,141 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 217900 , Reply# 12 6/24/2007 at 00:28 (6,141 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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Post# 217920 , Reply# 13 6/24/2007 at 06:01 (6,141 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 217923 , Reply# 14 6/24/2007 at 06:47 (6,141 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Speed Queen! | ||
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Post# 217926 , Reply# 15 6/24/2007 at 07:00 (6,141 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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oHH  | ||
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Post# 217927 , Reply# 16 6/24/2007 at 07:02 (6,141 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Thats a great looking set. SQ's are such great machines. | ||
| Post# 217930 , Reply# 17 6/24/2007 at 07:58 (6,141 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Hi Greg. That is a beautiful set of solid tub Speed Queens. Ross | ||
| Post# 217931 , Reply# 18 6/24/2007 at 08:25 (6,141 days old) by buffster () | ||
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Beautiful Set Greg... Simply beautiful... Can't wait to see your collection in person. M. | ||
| Post# 217939 , Reply# 19 6/24/2007 at 09:20 (6,141 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Greg those SQ's look right at home there. Thanks for all the great pictures. I have never seen a SQ dryer with the SS drum either, really neat, now where is Chuck?? | ||
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Post# 217949 , Reply# 20 6/24/2007 at 10:32 (6,141 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Lol - Chuck with his hammer... | ||
| Post# 218015 , Reply# 21 6/24/2007 at 19:55 (6,140 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Sealing before the paparazzi come | ||
| Post# 218039 , Reply# 22 6/24/2007 at 21:02 (6,140 days old) by retroguy () | ||
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Greg.... Those are just beautiful! | ||
| Post# 218042 , Reply# 23 6/24/2007 at 21:10 (6,140 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 218045 , Reply# 24 6/24/2007 at 21:36 (6,140 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
OoOoOohh!!
VERY nice, Greg--and congratulations on the additional hookups! One can never have too many stations :-D That's surprising about the through-the-top rust--that sucks! It reminds me of the Hotpoint Silhouette we saw in Phoenix that had not much of a top left to rust. I love the gleaming stainless-steel!! Roger and I were discussing the fact that it was funny--as illustrated by the top on the Queens and the galvanized, Plastisol outer tub on the Blackstones--that companies would sink so much energy into a visage of quality, and then make all the stuff you couldn't see out of somewhat more vulnerable materials. Sigh. :-) I have to say I love the color!! Avocado has definitely grown on me. Very nice!! | ||
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Post# 218059 , Reply# 25 6/24/2007 at 22:28 (6,140 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 218060 , Reply# 26 6/24/2007 at 22:30 (6,140 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 218102 , Reply# 28 6/25/2007 at 03:04 (6,140 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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These are early 70's, reversing motor design washer so the motor doesn't run during fill - that ended with the solenoid machines... This is a standard capacity model, SQ didn't offer a larger capacity machine until the mid-70's and I would say it holds about as much as a std. cap. Maytag. I ran a load of rags through them today - the dryer worked fine but the washer may need a little more fussing with. I'm not happy with the condition of the center-post the tub is mounted to and in fact, after cleaning out the sediment, coins and minerals from under the agitator, there is a hole somewhere that is allowing the water to pee out into the outer tub at a pretty good rate. I have lots of SQ parts and the center post isn't a particularly difficult job so perhaps we should have a repair class - and put off the "maiden load pics" for a little bit? | ||
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Post# 218105 , Reply# 29 6/25/2007 at 03:50 (6,140 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL) |
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| Post# 218123 , Reply# 30 6/25/2007 at 07:33 (6,140 days old) by hoover1060 () | ||
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well leaky or not... They are beautiful machines! Looking forward to seeing them in Sept! | ||
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Post# 218129 , Reply# 31 6/25/2007 at 08:14 (6,140 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ohh repair class yes yes | ||
| Post# 218147 , Reply# 32 6/25/2007 at 10:31 (6,140 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Repair class!!
Yay!! Are you taking early fall-semester registrations now? ;-) After seeing Ross' Speed Queen, I can understand about the centerpost and under-the-agitator area. His too had collected a lot of sediment and coins over the years...in fact, I think we picked through the "buried treasure" and determined that we had an assortment of change and subway tokens, since the machine had originated from New York City. Neat! I'm sorry to hear that it's leaking, though. Urgh. | ||
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Post# 218243 , Reply# 34 6/25/2007 at 19:18 (6,139 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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xyz - this has a two-port pump. I've been saving SQ parts for a long time, my 1954 set came from a SQ dealer in Rockford, IL and he loaded me up with plenty of parts and I've found some at a local dealer (now gone) and ebay, etc. Since there were millions of these machines in commercial use, I've had good luck finding things like centerpost kits, solenoids (for the older domestic washers) seals, etc.
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| Post# 218371 , Reply# 35 6/26/2007 at 07:40 (6,139 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 218920 , Reply# 36 6/27/2007 at 21:19 (6,137 days old) by harold (Madison, WI) | ||
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What is the model number for that Speed Queen? Hello, Will you please tell me the complete model number for that Speed Queen Washer Please? Thank you so much, I do wish I can find a Speed Queen washer like that one.. | ||
| Post# 218940 , Reply# 38 6/27/2007 at 22:29 (6,137 days old) by exploder3211 () | ||
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i saw a basic one near a dumpster recently.. sadly it was very rusty and didnt have my camera | ||
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Post# 218959 , Reply# 39 6/27/2007 at 22:55 (6,137 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I remember being around a few when I was a kid - my aunt had a TOL pair from about 1972-73 with the lighted woodgrain panels and lots of chrome knobs & buttons. I thought they were some of the grandest looking machines I'd ever seen. My whole state, and the neighboring state were overwhelmingly of the Maytag religion so the SQ machines were a treat to see. The washer model number is DA6710. More on the continuing restoration saga in another thread. | ||
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