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Post# 359108 6/23/2009 at 22:17 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz  (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Hey gang - If you live in the midwest right now I'm pretty sure you are suffering from the same fate that I am. It is damn hot outside. The tepid temps that early June brought to us were just a memory come Sunday. Hot. Sticky. Yuck. Yesterday I was needing some supplies from Menards and did the usual stroll out back. A perf tub Speed Queen has been making the rounds for the last few months - but when I spied a shiny panel on what appeared to be a different Queen from the 100 foot distance to the back row, I had to find out what it was. Hot damn a solid tub Speed Queen! 
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Post# 359109 , Reply# 1 6/23/2009 at 22:20 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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I threw it in the back of the Tahoe knowing that the parts alone were worth the 9 dollar charge. See, lately the boys at Menards haven't been so kind to the used appliances. There hasn't be a single washer in the last few months that hasn't had some sort of battle scare due to the steep fall from the back of the truck. I was just thankful that it wasn't a WCI-58 in Charcoal Gray. Heavy artillery would have blasted the store to bits. 
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Post# 359111 , Reply# 2 6/23/2009 at 22:22 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 359112 , Reply# 3 6/23/2009 at 22:26 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Why Hooterville, you ask? Well - While up at Don's a few weeks ago, we ran some wash in a machine that had been sitting out in the garage for years. He hooked up a hose from the basement to get hot water, and let her rip from the garage! So on the hot, hot day that it was yesterday, I plugged it in - out in the driveway, and filled it up with the garden hose. The thing ran, and it ran just like a Queen should. The pump not only wasn't ceased, but didn't leak! I almost don't want to part it out, so it can be brought out during a wash-in. Who knows, we'll see. 
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Post# 359113 , Reply# 4 6/23/2009 at 22:28 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 359114 , Reply# 5 6/23/2009 at 22:30 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 359115 , Reply# 6 6/23/2009 at 22:32 (5,420 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 359149 , Reply# 7 6/24/2009 at 01:14 (5,419 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Ben had this been the lighted one, would it of been the little circle of light at the top of the dial. My Gran had that one. Do you think a gallon of vinegar might dissolve that scale? Nice machine. arthur | ||
| Post# 359158 , Reply# 8 6/24/2009 at 03:30 (5,419 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
timed fill | ||
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Post# 359179 , Reply# 10 6/24/2009 at 07:20 (5,419 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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A good parts machine. Did the tub spin/rotate while it agitated? I've tried to remove this scale from the outside of SS tubs before and you need a bomb and even then... You would think that if they wanted to sell these appliances, they wouldn't allow the guys to drop them! It might be worth mentioning to the store management - maybe with a little whine in your voice to make it memorable ;-) | ||
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Post# 359186 , Reply# 12 6/24/2009 at 08:14 (5,419 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Congrats on the find and the save...... | ||
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Post# 359200 , Reply# 13 6/24/2009 at 09:43 (5,419 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 359205 , Reply# 14 6/24/2009 at 10:13 (5,419 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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A good parts machine.
Yes, considering there is a rust hole in the bottom plate about the size of my fist where a leveling leg once existed. Better have great water presure!!! isn't that what a garden hose is for? ;-) Did the tub spin/rotate while it agitated? no, and I couldn't believe it. The tub breaks much more solid than the green one that came from Omaha. And the center post is almost mint too! If it didn't have the rust hole/battle scar... Thanks for the kind words guys. I had the TOL dryer that was a step up from this with the lighted panel. Quite a stunning machine and wish this washer had the matching lighted panel. Beggars can't be choosers! I suspect this is from the Chuck Connor's era - late 70's reversing motor (no solenoids in this puppy). Ben 
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Post# 359262 , Reply# 15 6/24/2009 at 15:29 (5,419 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 359297 , Reply# 16 6/24/2009 at 19:18 (5,419 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts) | ||
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Post# 359313 , Reply# 17 6/24/2009 at 20:51 (5,419 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Lucky Boy! | ||
| Post# 359542 , Reply# 18 6/25/2009 at 15:11 (5,418 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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