Thread Number: 16675
Well, now it has turned into a restoration project.... |
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Post# 275712   4/17/2008 at 17:11 (5,824 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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Now that the motor problem has been solved, and the machine is in a state of disassembly.....I decided to do a full bore restore. While the tub was out I figured I'd give it a bit of a cleanup: |
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Post# 275713 , Reply# 1   4/17/2008 at 17:13 (5,824 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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A couple of pinholes right above the mechanism. After a good working over with a wire brush, I filled in the areas |
Post# 275714 , Reply# 2   4/17/2008 at 17:14 (5,824 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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here's another small area... |
Post# 275715 , Reply# 3   4/17/2008 at 17:18 (5,824 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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The other areas are good and firm with no penetration. Now the next step is AW.O's saving grace. Where would our wonderful appliances be without the ever-popular, immortalized in song and stage, the highly coveted..... |
Post# 275755 , Reply# 4   4/17/2008 at 19:46 (5,824 days old) by saltysam ()   |   | |
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So cool you are going to restore the machine.......Keep us updated with the progress! Mark |
Post# 275785 , Reply# 5   4/17/2008 at 21:36 (5,824 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 275791 , Reply# 6   4/17/2008 at 22:01 (5,824 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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My pretty turquoise 1967 Frigidaire Custom Imperial |
Post# 275835 , Reply# 7   4/18/2008 at 06:11 (5,823 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 276743 , Reply# 8   4/25/2008 at 14:59 (5,816 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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so far, so good.... I let it dry and gave it a water test.... It passed. |
Post# 276744 , Reply# 9   4/25/2008 at 15:03 (5,816 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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Mark gratiously sent me a handfull of tub screws. I was able to drill out the remains of the broken two and retap and replace them. I owe ya Mark. |
Post# 276745 , Reply# 10   4/25/2008 at 15:04 (5,816 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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I treated the rusty support brace. Yeah, I know...you won't see it, but I'll know it's there. |
Post# 276747 , Reply# 11   4/25/2008 at 15:16 (5,816 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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