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1940's Bendix washer parts-info |
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Post# 414878 , Reply# 1   2/12/2010 at 23:40 (5,158 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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I have one of the last pre-war models, it has a date stamp of Dec '41 on it. The Deluxe model was always available as far as I know in varying styles.
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Post# 1093128 , Reply# 5   10/14/2020 at 02:57 (1,262 days old) by Slowspin66 (lincoln uk)   |   | |
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The Bendix machines are my all time favourites ..... there seems to be so few of these machines about in the UK ....woodbodger did you work for Bendix ???
I recently restored a gas fired semi automatic machine but carnt find any info about this machine .......would love to find out how many of these machines were about ?? Did you work on any of these machines in your past?? Many thanks Darren |
Post# 1093140 , Reply# 6   10/14/2020 at 08:01 (1,261 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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This is a semi-automatic unit. But, just to be clear - you know how we Brits like a heater in our washers to raise the temperature of the wash water - the heater in this WASHING machine is GAS fired, not electric.
We did have a few wringer machines, twin tubs and quite a few wash boilers which heated with gas but as far as I know, this is the only front loader. As this machine was manufactured under licence in the UK I can only imagine that the design and specification originated in the USA. Has anyone in the US come across such a machine? Al |
Post# 1093158 , Reply# 8   10/14/2020 at 11:39 (1,261 days old) by Slowspin66 (lincoln uk)   |   | |
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The burner sits directly under the enamelled tub . There is no flue.... there are vents on the side of the machine . In addition inside there’s a series of heat deflectors to keep the heat away from
The wiring .... the burner is a large U shape iron affair !!! . |
Post# 1093165 , Reply# 9   10/14/2020 at 12:20 (1,261 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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WOW! Thank you. I guess it is match lit each time since I do not see anything that looks like a pilot or really, even a valve. |
Post# 1093174 , Reply# 10   10/14/2020 at 14:03 (1,261 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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A warm welcome Malcolm (Woodbodger) to Automatic Washer, youll have lots to catch up on and we would love to hear your repair stories from your worklife. As you can see there are many Bendix washing machines lovingly restored by our UK members with the help of our US friends with spare parts, knowledge and repair expertise. Perhaps you can tell us any hints and tips as well.
Darren Oh you`ve done a grand job on all your restorations especially with the gas bolt down which must be the rarest of them all, now get that gas pipe connected and lit ha ha.."Boom" Oh .The size of the horeshoe burner is huge, but suppose the gas is adjusted until it just slow burns rather than a bunsen burner jet effect ?
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Post# 1093175 , Reply# 11   10/14/2020 at 14:12 (1,261 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Tom, we had many gas heated washing machines here but not washer dryers as far as I know. In the 50`s there were many wringer washers which "Washes with Electric & Boils By Gas" was the marketing slogan.
Also in the 60`s we had twintubs by Servis and Hoover (French model) that used a heat exchanger box unit under the tub to heat by gas, Servis even offered it by special order up to the 70`s as well. Probably best to do a seperate "Gas heated washers thread for information. The first one I saw was my Aunts cream coloured Servis Supertwin with ServisAire gas burner, it was connected to the gas mains by a lug and twist connector with a lever that clamped down locking the connector in and turning the gas on. then you slid out a fine pipe like a gas cooker lighter , lit it then slid it back inside to light the main burner. Heres a video I did for Darren early this year before covid lockdown!! |
Post# 1093176 , Reply# 12   10/14/2020 at 14:20 (1,261 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Heres a few pics, I`ll do a seperate thread to do them justice etc. You can see the vents at the top of the cabinet to diffuse the fumes !!
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Post# 1093248 , Reply# 13   10/15/2020 at 10:38 (1,260 days old) by supertwin59 (shropshire, england, united kingdom)   |   | |
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...that servis had combined gas and electricity. I can now see why they would call it the superheat. |