Thread Number: 22272
The '59 Multi-Matic is alive! |
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Post# 348950   5/14/2009 at 20:11 (5,432 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Some of you may remember this machine, anyways I just put it through the ropes. The motor reverses (clutch does its thing too) and both speeds work. The water container doesn't seem to leak, and the pump had no problem with about 3 gallons of water. But this machine still needs a total restore, as the bearing is a howler. The transmission is broken, and since there is no agitate belt, so I can't tell exactly what's wrong with it. Even though this machine is a '59 I believe it has the revised clutch (without the 800+ spin). DOES ANYONE HAVE A SET OF BELTS FOR THIS MACHINE? CLICK HERE TO GO TO lebron's LINK |
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Post# 348951 , Reply# 1   5/14/2009 at 20:13 (5,432 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 348953 , Reply# 2   5/14/2009 at 20:19 (5,432 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 349028 , Reply# 4   5/14/2009 at 23:32 (5,432 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Just kidding... Mark is right, they can be a bit of a pill to work on but where there is a will, there's a way! Post some pictures of shots under her skirt and we'll start there. A number of improvements were made after 1959 so this was truly the guinea pig model year. The nice thing is, it's a lighted panel so if worse comes to worse, they make pretty "mood lighting" for the laundry room ;-) |
Post# 349035 , Reply# 5   5/14/2009 at 23:52 (5,432 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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So that's why you still have it in the basement ;-) Looking forward to your next steps Jed! IIRC: Upper Belt: 3L280 Lower Belt: 2L320 Take those numbers to your local hardware store and they'll hook you up. They may require some *eh hem* adjustment, but you'll eventually find out why they are so fun to work on! Ben |