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| Post# 274173 4/7/2008 at 15:31 (5,856 days old) by travis () | ||
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I am much better at hunting for stuff than restoring it seems. Here's what I've been collecting in the past few months. 
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| Post# 274174 , Reply# 1 4/7/2008 at 15:33 (5,856 days old) by travis () | ||
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the dryer This set was for sale in Chicago a couple months ago here. It finally made it to me. Does anyone have a spare lint filter for the washer? It's a 142S. 
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| Post# 274175 , Reply# 2 4/7/2008 at 15:35 (5,856 days old) by travis () | ||
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New Bendix I found this on Craigslist in Denver. I bought it and found it a ride via Craigslist rideshare. I figured someone would head over here eventually. 
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| Post# 274176 , Reply# 3 4/7/2008 at 15:37 (5,856 days old) by travis () | ||
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And a new refrigerator This was also in Chicago. I liked that it's an odd design. It started smoking, so it may be truly dead. At the very least, it needs it's motor rebuilt. 
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| Post# 274177 , Reply# 4 4/7/2008 at 15:38 (5,856 days old) by travis () | ||
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More Gibson fridge I like the strange compressor 
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| Post# 274178 , Reply# 5 4/7/2008 at 15:40 (5,856 days old) by travis () | ||
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Lastly the controls... I liked the push to start instruction. 
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| Post# 274180 , Reply# 7 4/7/2008 at 16:56 (5,856 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Sweet Gibson | ||
| Post# 274183 , Reply# 8 4/7/2008 at 17:15 (5,856 days old) by electroluxxxx (Syracuse NY) | ||
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I have that same highlander and I love it | ||
Post# 274184 , Reply# 9 4/7/2008 at 18:00 (5,855 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 274229 , Reply# 12 4/8/2008 at 00:27 (5,855 days old) by athanasius80 (California) | ||
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Post# 274238 , Reply# 13 4/8/2008 at 05:42 (5,855 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Congratulations, the Maytag pair match the POD today, even down to suds saver. TOL, not Highlander. | ||
| Post# 274240 , Reply# 14 4/8/2008 at 06:08 (5,855 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 274242 , Reply# 15 4/8/2008 at 06:31 (5,855 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Travis----- "Lightedcontrols" will have the spare filter you need for the Maytag. I have some surplus Frigidaire Refrigerator parts I want to sell so let me know if you are interested. Thats a great looking Gibson. | ||
| Post# 274297 , Reply# 17 4/8/2008 at 15:32 (5,855 days old) by travis () | ||
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More pics This one came today. 
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| Post# 274298 , Reply# 18 4/8/2008 at 15:34 (5,855 days old) by travis () | ||
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This is the largest monitor top This is a 4 dr cabinet. I bought it to go with an older compressor that I have already. 
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| Post# 274328 , Reply# 19 4/8/2008 at 20:35 (5,854 days old) by sharples () | ||
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Frigidaire parts? Does anyone have spare hinges and latches for this frigidaire? The hinges broke off when unloading. -Graham 
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| Post# 274355 , Reply# 26 4/8/2008 at 22:57 (5,854 days old) by athanasius80 (California) | ||
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Why would one need to mechanically update a vintage refrigerator if it works safely and reliably? The GEs are well nigh bulletproof, and the Frigidaires (once they started using a rotary compressor) are fine machines too. Isn't part of the fun of vintage equipment that it has a "personality?" And I second Travis, the old stuff is just heavier. In a good way. CLICK HERE TO GO TO athanasius80's LINK | ||
| Post# 274366 , Reply# 27 4/9/2008 at 00:25 (5,854 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Those 'Tags: | ||
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Post# 274397 , Reply# 28 4/9/2008 at 10:31 (5,854 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Interesting door latches on the two-door GE. What year is that from? I had a two-door from appx 1928 and it had door latches like your four-door and the tall thin control box with thumbwheel temp adjustment. Does GE still make the "replacement part" for the oil heater on these machines? I remember ordering one back in the 80's. It wasn't an exact fit, it wasn't even classified as a part for a monitor top, but it did the trick. A really helpful older guy at GE knew what I was talking about and tracked down a similar item for me. I quickly got in touch with my collector friends and advised them about the availability. I think this component was the weak link in the monitor top system and there are likely a lot of them operating out there with non-working oil heaters. No reason to mess with a monitor top that is still performing. Travis is right on the money re: the sounds put forth by a monitor top being half the fun of owning one. I suppose a conversion to freon would be a last resort on a machine that had lost its SO2 somewhere along the line but it would be costly. Ralph | ||
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Post# 274402 , Reply# 29 4/9/2008 at 12:53 (5,854 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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SO2 | ||
| Post# 274421 , Reply# 30 4/9/2008 at 15:07 (5,854 days old) by athanasius80 (California) | ||
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Dave, A vintage fridge can be recharged, you just need the appropriate refrigerant, the correct hardware, and a few hours to do it properly. Travis and I are working on trying to find SO2. The late Mike Arnold said that a Monitor Top will run on R-12 Freon (not R-134A) but will be noisier. I've also heard that you can top off a low charged Monitor Top with some R-12 or an Isobutane & Propane coctail, but I don't know how the latter would react to the lubricating oil. I need a Monitor Top now too! | ||
| Post# 274957 , Reply# 32 4/13/2008 at 14:01 (5,850 days old) by athanasius80 (California) | ||
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