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Post# 399622 12/14/2009 at 14:48 (5,246 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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This is hard to admit, but there are times when I just can't leave well enough alone... Not long after I got the Westy Laundromat back up and running, I noticed some weirdness with the water solenoids. Hot water would trickle into the tub at the end of the cycle - if I turned the timer to the Medium temperature selection and stopped and started the machine 2 or 3 times, the trickle would stop. The manual suggested cleaning out the solenoid, which made sense. I should have resisted the urge to tinker... I took that darn solenoid apart and cleaned it, when I put it back together, cold water wouldn't flow... I dropped the solenoid into a bucket of water while it was powered up and freaked out. I dried it out, cleaned it again and retested it. Still inconsistent cold water flow... This was at the end of November, so I gave up. I wasn't back down in Ogden until this weekend, but I was armed with a new solenoid! 
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Post# 399623 , Reply# 1 12/14/2009 at 14:51 (5,246 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Not as pretty as the original, but it works | ||
| Post# 399628 , Reply# 2 12/14/2009 at 15:17 (5,246 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Reading about you "dropping the solenoid into a bucket  | ||
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Post# 399633 , Reply# 3 12/14/2009 at 15:28 (5,246 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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I had the same problem with my Laundromat. The hot water wouldn't stop flowing. After some regular use it got better, but I could never trust it. That machine needed a total overhaul even though it worked OK. I sold it last year because I knew I'd never get around to doing anything with it, but the early Laundromats are right up there with center dial Maytags as my all time favorite machines.
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Post# 399642 , Reply# 4 12/14/2009 at 16:10 (5,246 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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"wasn't it exciting after you survived and calmed d | ||
| Post# 399677 , Reply# 5 12/14/2009 at 17:48 (5,245 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa) | ||
Hey Paul.... | ||
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