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Old Bendix FS but not to cheap
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Post# 444194   6/24/2010 at 18:04 (5,051 days old) by sharples ()        

Saw this old bendix on the south jersey craigslist. Someone pleasae save it....

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Post# 444221 , Reply# 1   6/24/2010 at 19:40 (5,051 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Gyramatic with patented tumble-action!

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Jon! Is this the knuckle & pad-damper system machine you talked about?

Post# 444342 , Reply# 2   6/25/2010 at 07:03 (5,051 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH)        

He's kidding, right?

Post# 444377 , Reply# 3   6/25/2010 at 10:30 (5,051 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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Oh nice! This would be so much nicer than the old bolt-down machine I had. I emailed, asked when it was last run, and asked if the 800 number was a typo.

Lets see what happens.


Post# 444390 , Reply# 4   6/25/2010 at 11:09 (5,051 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I wonder exactly how that automatic powdered detergent dispenser worked? I bet even at its highest setting it still delivered a smaller amount of detergent to prevent typical front loader over-sudsing.

Post# 444392 , Reply# 5   6/25/2010 at 11:10 (5,051 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Actually guys, I think this is a model B-212, one of the last bolt downs from about '52.

This should lower the price by at least 750 dollars :D

The hunt for a Gyromatic continues.....

(Robert, I'll email you the .pdf service manual of the model GI, or the injector model. It is really cool)

Ben


Post# 444406 , Reply# 6   6/25/2010 at 11:48 (5,051 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Does the (SJ) after the price stand for Society of Jesus and this is a charity fund raising effort and not just a hair raising price?

I can't help but reflect that if Consumer Reports had not been so against front loaders, they could have developed and been improved to match top loaders in performance. My sister is one of the many former top loader owners who, when her machine (Kenmore) started giving trouble, said that she wanted a front loader. Advertising and resourse-saving advocacy have convinced people to go with front loaders. It could have happened in the 50 and 60s. None of the front loader owners I knew growing up ever took dirty clothes out of her washer. When Bendix was the only automatic, people bought them in spite of what CU said about their cleaning ability. There could have been restraint on other people making front loaders because of the Bendix patent rights, but even if only Bendix and Westinghouse made front loaders, detergents were improving and the two companies, actually Philco, not Bendix, by that time, were improving their machines. In the mid 60s, the straight front WH was rated as AVERAGE in cleaning ability. My mother was never dissatisfied with the cleaning ability of our WH and she had washed in many top loaders before we bought the WH.


Post# 444430 , Reply# 7   6/25/2010 at 13:08 (5,051 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Bendix!

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Thanks for sharing - I would love to see brochures on more Bendix models and instruction manuals!
Peter


Post# 444549 , Reply# 8   6/25/2010 at 21:17 (5,050 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Wow! It would even advance from soak to wash automatically if the injector was set.

Post# 444707 , Reply# 9   6/26/2010 at 14:06 (5,050 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
I must check

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but I think the B212 was a Gyromatic, who thinks it has the soap dispenser?? That was mounted to the right of the tub and had a huge door over it, it was only available on the Gyros and I don't see that door in his photo, am I missing something?

jet


Post# 444709 , Reply# 10   6/26/2010 at 14:08 (5,050 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Its definetly worth a

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solid $80 bucks! Isnt sj- south jersey??? Which really means Philadelphia!

Post# 444809 , Reply# 11   6/26/2010 at 21:05 (5,049 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Jon - I think the B line washers were the bolt down tumble washers from the beginning to the end, at least this is what I've gathered from my research. The soap door on the top of the machine is in line with the rest of the B line machines.

Here is a timeline of the G models from what I've been able to gather. I don't have the parts book info like I had for the B models, so I'm missing photos of the G-311 and G-315 (both March 1950), but I suspect they would be similar in changes to the B line Tumble Wash bolt downs.

Hope this helps -

Ben


Post# 445154 , Reply# 12   6/28/2010 at 01:57 (5,048 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Bendix!

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My Grandmothers Bendix looked a lot like the bottom left model G312 but hers must have been a little later. Hers had a round glass door also with a handle on the right. It didn't have the square design around the front. Their was a gray dial on each side and in the middle a tempature button for hot or warm. Their was a dispenser in the middle as most of them had. It had a gray boot and was not a bolt down. I wish I could get more documents and manuals. Love the stuff.
Thanks for posting,
Peter


Post# 445198 , Reply# 13   6/28/2010 at 08:45 (5,048 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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So far, nothing. SJ should be South Jersey.

I asked when the machine had run last, and if the 800 was a typo.

No reply. Intumesting.


Post# 445282 , Reply# 14   6/28/2010 at 15:22 (5,048 days old) by askomiele (Belgium Ghent)        
Dear Mr Whirlpool-LG-SQ

Would you be so kind to re-introduce this models? ^^

Post# 445758 , Reply# 15   6/30/2010 at 07:41 (5,046 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Ben thanks for the scans

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I'll have to scan what I have when I get back from July 4th.

Interesting I had that WCG 1952 model, I think Jeff has it now.
Interesting that it came out just after the G-314 in '52 but that cabinet was way wider than the G-314, if I remember right it was 35inches not 33. They were almost as wide as the Duo's.

I got a G001 from a member a while back but it was in such bad shape as to be unrestorable. The door boot would have been impossible to reproduce and was totally unlike anything that was used in later years.

Ahh Bendix!


Post# 445773 , Reply# 16   6/30/2010 at 08:41 (5,046 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH)        

A late aunt of mine had the WCG "perfect pair" washer & dryer. To this day, that door reminds me of a cross between a 50's-era steering wheel, and a fat whitewall tire.


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