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Post# 58116   2/23/2005 at 23:19 (6,972 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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I found my first pre-war automatic at an beautiful victorian mansion in St. Paul tonight.
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Post# 58117 , Reply# 1   2/23/2005 at 23:38 (6,972 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 58119 , Reply# 3   2/24/2005 at 00:01 (6,972 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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WOOHOO!!!! Love the logo! Can't wait to see the front-spray fill in action! How is she on the mechanical side? |
Post# 58139 , Reply# 5   2/24/2005 at 08:40 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 58140 , Reply# 6   2/24/2005 at 08:50 (6,971 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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A very nice find Robert I can't wait to see it in person. You just know that with that Streamline Label it has to get the wash cleaner than the regular label!!! I 'm with you Scott pre war here was before we entered the war. My Uncle was a fighter pilot for the RAC and he was shipped over to Britain in 1939 and started runs then. So for Canada pre war would have been 1938. We were politically "neutral" like Switzerland up to Dec 7 1941. So this counts as prewar in my book. jet |
Post# 58151 , Reply# 7   2/24/2005 at 10:42 (6,971 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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Robert ... how fun! Was it still in use? Bet you will go through it very carefully first. CONGRATS!! Geoff |
Post# 58156 , Reply# 8   2/24/2005 at 13:20 (6,971 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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Wonderful find Robert!! Just beautiful. One would wonder when it was last in use. So neat that she saved all the instructions and material too. Another great find!! Terry |
Post# 58157 , Reply# 9   2/24/2005 at 13:39 (6,971 days old) by Compwhiz ()   |   | |
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Nice bendixes robert although they kinda look the same :-( |
Post# 58167 , Reply# 10   2/24/2005 at 14:10 (6,971 days old) by retromom ()   |   | |
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Robert: You never cease to amaze me with your finds! Hopefully your new treasures will prevent Austin from even thinking about getting rid of his '47. |
Post# 58180 , Reply# 12   2/24/2005 at 17:18 (6,971 days old) by cybrvanr ()   |   | |
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...aaah, Okay, that clears it up for me....not the war issue, but the "Looks the same" issue. I figured what you had was a washer and dryer pair. It is in fact two different washers...Groovey! |
Post# 58182 , Reply# 13   2/24/2005 at 17:45 (6,971 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 58188 , Reply# 14   2/24/2005 at 18:46 (6,971 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 58189 , Reply# 15   2/24/2005 at 19:11 (6,971 days old) by rocky2 (Northwest Indiana)   |   | |
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Robert, Wow! Congratulations again. Can't wait to see what turns up next. |
Post# 58216 , Reply# 16   2/24/2005 at 22:46 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hi everyone, no the Bendix on the left is my 1947 Bendix, which I completely restored and painted about five years ago. It runs wonderfully as was seen at the wash-in. The Bendix on the right is the new pre-war Bendix. I took it apart tonight, replaced the drive belt, the fill hose and checked the tranny oil which was fine. After priming the pump with hot water I ran the motor and it smoked for a bit when first started, so I ran it for a few minutes without the belt on and it loosened up enough to run it with the drive belt on to turn the tub. After a few more minutes everything was just fine. Strange but the fill flume was completely blocked with hard water deposits, I mean so blocked that not one drop was coming through. After a few minutes of chiseling I got through and was able to clean out the flume. It appears now the only issue is a small drip at the door seal and that is quite common with Bendix machines of this vintage. I definitely don't need two of them, so I consider this earlier Bendix a refinement of my collection and I do plan on finding a good home for my '47 Bendix. But first I want to make sure the '42 Bendix is in as good shape as it appears to be. Underneath its in amazingly good shape, the pump and motor look brand new! Check out some of these latest picks... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK |
Post# 58218 , Reply# 17   2/24/2005 at 22:48 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 58221 , Reply# 20   2/24/2005 at 23:06 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hi Austin, I was thinking the exact same thing, the Pre-war is much easier to work on because of the timer support is connected to the outer tub as opposed to the top assembly. As for the trap seal, there is an adjustment on the lever to make it tighter, otherwise you will need to make a new seal with closed cell foam, I did this for my Whirlpool combo and it works great. As for the leaky drain value (water slowly goes down the drain during the wash cycle), the pre-war seems to seal just fine. But on my '47 I had lots of trouble with it so what I did was I opened the drain fully and I installed a Kitchen Aid dishwasher drain valve in line with the discharge hose. I took the leads from the pump solenoid and connected them to the KA drain valve and problem solved. The KA drain valve sounds exactly the same as the Bendix pump valve so no one would ever know the difference. |
Post# 58222 , Reply# 21   2/24/2005 at 23:07 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 58223 , Reply# 22   2/24/2005 at 23:11 (6,971 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 58224 , Reply# 23   2/24/2005 at 23:13 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 58228 , Reply# 26   2/24/2005 at 23:17 (6,971 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 58229 , Reply# 27   2/24/2005 at 23:18 (6,971 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Robert is that a 60 some odd year old "Good Housekeeping "label on the window your Bendix? It sure is a nice washer. alr2903. |
Post# 58236 , Reply# 28   2/25/2005 at 06:03 (6,970 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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So Austin, did you ever solve the water valve wiring dilemma you had? Do all 3 of these machines have Delco motors? |
Post# 58247 , Reply# 29   2/25/2005 at 10:43 (6,970 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 58261 , Reply# 31   2/25/2005 at 18:11 (6,970 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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I did not realize that these machine were very much like the earlier units. Bendix must have tried to make the machine look more modern by adding the sheet metal "shell" over it. Robert that machine is VERY clean inside. Could this have been a "low mileage" machine? Like the owner kept this around when they got a later model? Rick |
Post# 58263 , Reply# 32   2/25/2005 at 19:14 (6,970 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Definitely looks low-mileage! I wonder if the owners bought it, didn't like "automatics", and bought the Maytag wringer as a replacement? |
Post# 58264 , Reply# 33   2/25/2005 at 19:32 (6,970 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Austin, you have done a terrific job on your 47 Bendix. I agree with you mom, hold on to it and not sell it. Robert, thaks for the comparison between the 41 and 47. And on Gyromatic John's washer, I'd never seen those dual control knobs up close, had only seen in ads and wondered what they were. And it looks like the temperature knob has at least 3 if not more tempt settings. How awesome. But, where's the water level selector? |
Post# 58272 , Reply# 35   2/25/2005 at 21:14 (6,970 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 58273 , Reply# 36   2/25/2005 at 22:32 (6,970 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 58277 , Reply# 37   2/25/2005 at 23:18 (6,970 days old) by david (CA)   |   | |
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Is this the bolt-down kind? |
Post# 58285 , Reply# 38   2/26/2005 at 04:14 (6,970 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Robert, Congratulations on this beautiful machine. It is really amazing that a washer of this age is in such a wonderful state. I guess the early Bendix machines were very well made, until now we have seen quite a few early Bendix models. I have a question about the soak cycle, does the machine tumble like in the main wash? and does it drain automatically at the end? Bob, I don't think any of the early Bendix models came with a water level selector. They just fill to a high level. I don't know if it takes in more water when the water level drops for instance with a load of towels, I have only seen Robert's 1947 run once. |
Post# 58327 , Reply# 39   2/26/2005 at 14:23 (6,969 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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