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Roy had a huge fight with Beryl sometime after July 1956! |
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Post# 465781   9/26/2010 at 19:17 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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It must have been some huge fight since Roy wasn't paying attention to his job at Bendix Home Appliances that next day in August 1956 when he missassembled Edna's machine!
His mistake and lack of focus was a real shocker for 54 years! Hence the reason Edna went back to her wringer beside the Bendix and never used it again so I got a "NEW" machine 50 years later. |
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Post# 465783 , Reply# 1   9/26/2010 at 19:21 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 465784 , Reply# 2   9/26/2010 at 19:22 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 465787 , Reply# 3   9/26/2010 at 19:31 (4,960 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC)   |   | |
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Where do you get Drive matic detergent? Oh, the Bendix is swell and I'm glad you figured it out! |
Post# 465791 , Reply# 4   9/26/2010 at 19:36 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 465792 , Reply# 5   9/26/2010 at 19:36 (4,960 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 465807 , Reply# 6   9/26/2010 at 20:11 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 465910 , Reply# 9   9/27/2010 at 08:01 (4,960 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Jon did you have this washer properly grounded ? We can't afford to loose you there would be no else around to slap us into shape. But seriously its imperative to make sure these old machines are properly grounded at all times. Its OK to use the old original two wire cord if its in good shape and you want to leave the machine in its original unaltered condition, just be sure you use a separate ground wire of at least 14ga for washers and 12ga for 240 volt dryers.
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Post# 465920 , Reply# 10   9/27/2010 at 08:56 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Nick got it, that is actually the drain solenoid ( which actuates during spin) it would become a shocking wash experience at drain and spin.
Nick I have the motor set out so you are looking at the back of the machine but the front of the motor set laying on the floor pan. Yes Brent the lead was bolted between the motor frame and cabinet, I had looked under there several times BUT as you can see it was a BLACK lead which was squashed between a black support and the frame so it didn't show at all! The actual break in the insulation is on the otherside of the wire lead but I counldn't flip it over and hold the camera at the same time, nice copper wire showing through and contacting the frame believe me! John, thank you for the sentiment and good point I always add a 3 prong plug to my vintage automatic washers but you are still wasting electricity to ground until you fix the short and you could always touch the cabinet and be a better ground than the ground wire so I am glad I found this. It was all by accident, the motor set needed work as the centrifugal switch was getting stuck as they do on DELCO motors so I discovered this SNAFU when I was removing the motor set. Soon Edna's washer will be doing laundry like a sailor at sea again! |
Post# 465950 , Reply# 11   9/27/2010 at 11:37 (4,960 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 465957 , Reply# 12   9/27/2010 at 11:58 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 465960 , Reply# 13   9/27/2010 at 12:09 (4,960 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 465965 , Reply# 14   9/27/2010 at 12:52 (4,960 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 465976 , Reply# 15   9/27/2010 at 14:44 (4,959 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Hi Jon, Drivematic is now extra concentrated, so you get the same number of washes from a 1kg box, as you used to get from 2kg. This means I can send twice as much for the same price :) Let me know if you need any more. Cheers Nathan |
Post# 466071 , Reply# 16   9/27/2010 at 20:56 (4,959 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 466131 , Reply# 17   9/28/2010 at 08:03 (4,959 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 466134 , Reply# 18   9/28/2010 at 08:39 (4,959 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 466284 , Reply# 19   9/29/2010 at 03:47 (4,958 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 466304 , Reply# 20   9/29/2010 at 09:31 (4,958 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 466305 , Reply# 21   9/29/2010 at 09:39 (4,958 days old) by Northwesty (Renton, WA)   |   | |
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Say Jon, what ever happened to this guy, is he on the plan to get going some day? |
Post# 466363 , Reply# 22   9/29/2010 at 14:55 (4,957 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Post# 466420 , Reply# 23   9/29/2010 at 20:16 (4,957 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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And yes that is just a washer but it washes great.
Ooooo Brian, I knew this was coming, well here goes: I deemed that beauty unrestorable as there was no way to fabricate a door boot for that machine. It is soo bizarre and was made only that year that to find one was impossible and to make one also impossible. It had this weird reverse flip lip which made it so hard to reproduce, and thats probably why Bendix went right to the later diaphragm design. I know where there is another machine but the boot is the problem. |