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Thread Number: 18538
Healed! WO-65 Unimatic comes back to life |
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Post# 300723 9/1/2008 at 22:02 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz  (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Hey Gang, In the midst of working on the house, I've been tinkering with the WO-65 here and there for the last month or so. I've been wrestling with the water bellows snap ring for the last few weeks and was finally able to get it to 'snap' together by luck today. Here are a few photos of what the problem was, and I threw together a really quick YouTube video as well. No crazy announcement - just wanted to let those who remember know that it was taken care of. Top off, ready to dive in. 
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Post# 300724 , Reply# 1 9/1/2008 at 22:03 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300725 , Reply# 2 9/1/2008 at 22:06 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300726 , Reply# 3 9/1/2008 at 22:08 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300727 , Reply# 4 9/1/2008 at 22:09 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300728 , Reply# 5 9/1/2008 at 22:13 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300729 , Reply# 6 9/1/2008 at 22:14 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300730 , Reply# 7 9/1/2008 at 22:18 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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All put back together and cleaned up. Per the re-operating manual, I coated the three bottom threads of the seal nut with Permatex No. 2 (actually, it is Permatex PN 80016)
CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK 
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Post# 300731 , Reply# 8 9/1/2008 at 22:19 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 300733 , Reply# 9 9/1/2008 at 22:22 (5,713 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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I forgot my camera during the rest of the assembly - but here is a YouTube video of the finished repair. For those live water action fans - this is sure to impress! ;-) lol j/k Enjoy, Ben (BTW - the Grainger item number for the Proto USN324 slugging wrench is a 1APM9) CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK 
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| Post# 300742 , Reply# 10 9/1/2008 at 23:57 (5,713 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 300751 , Reply# 11 9/2/2008 at 02:47 (5,713 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Great Job Ben. | ||
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Post# 300761 , Reply# 12 9/2/2008 at 06:55 (5,712 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Great job Ben! If you don't have that pesky little bellows ring tool------ a worm-gear clamp will make things a lot easier! | ||
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Post# 300766 , Reply# 13 9/2/2008 at 07:48 (5,712 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Thanks! | ||
| Post# 300770 , Reply# 14 9/2/2008 at 07:57 (5,712 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Great job Ben! I was very impressed with the live water action! lol | ||
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Post# 300775 , Reply# 15 9/2/2008 at 08:29 (5,712 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 300783 , Reply# 16 9/2/2008 at 08:55 (5,712 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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YAY!!! Ben, what a great job you did on that machine. Now that is what I call live water!!! The way washing should be. It always is amazing to me to see how fast that machine drains!! WOW Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it with us. Terry | ||
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Post# 300844 , Reply# 17 9/2/2008 at 12:57 (5,712 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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Ben, | ||
| Post# 300855 , Reply# 18 9/2/2008 at 14:21 (5,712 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Yay! | ||
| Post# 300874 , Reply# 19 9/2/2008 at 15:56 (5,712 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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I WANT ONE OF THE THOSE! Great Video, and congrats on a successful repair. I really like the Unimatics, wish I could find one close to me. | ||
| Post# 300919 , Reply# 20 9/2/2008 at 17:25 (5,712 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Fill me in Ben It looks like there is a Filter-Flo pan and a mini basket........ inside a Speed Queen????????????????????? | ||
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Post# 300964 , Reply# 21 9/2/2008 at 20:56 (5,712 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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“If you don't have that pesky little bellows ring tool------ a worm-gear clamp will make things a lot easier!” They certainly can, but after trying out three different clamps, I’m not sure if it was user error after two weeks of trying – or just my luck. So – which one do you guys think made the final “CLICK” of the snap ring happen? No 1 - the beefy American made jobber No 2 - the Chinese made clamp No 3 - the Chinese made three way clamp 
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| Post# 300966 , Reply# 22 9/2/2008 at 21:06 (5,712 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Number 1 is too big, number 3 is too complicated... I say number 2! | ||
| Post# 300971 , Reply# 23 9/2/2008 at 21:36 (5,712 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 300980 , Reply# 24 9/2/2008 at 21:51 (5,712 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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man, I couldn't fool anyone, could I? ;-) It certainly was 2/B - the cheep Chinese 4" clamp. That was the first clamp I tried and tried, and tried I did with a few expletives here and there! Then I went for the big guy - and the pads were to large and kept slipping off the ring. And the three way guys? lol - a joke. Too small anyway. Thanks again guys, it certainly is fun. One of these days I'll have to open up the basement for everyone to come down and watch some wash! (Jed - that pan is the filter pan for a Speed Queen. I'll post more about that in a future thread) | ||
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