Here are the pictures of my weekend project.  I think it's been sitting for many years.  All it needed was a new belt, and a thorough cleaning.  Hard water and detergent deposits made like cement to remove.

Great machine. Congrats!

I have a 1-18 that slows down and speeds up during agitation.

It takes a while to drain water, but gets up to speed perfectly.

In your opinion, do you think it needs a new belt?

If so, how hard is it to replace it?

Thanks so much for your help.

Malcolm I'll see what I can do about getting you a video of it sometime this week.

Every 1-18 I have ever seen has the designation on the control panel somewhere.

GadgetGary, it's common for a slight slowdown on agitation if the load is really big and on spin when the spray rinse is going on.  It also is common that it ramps up to spin speed slowly, typically staring the spin cycle on low speed, getting most of the water out and then ramping up to full speed.  What I would do in your case is open it up and check the belt, it should have 1/2 inch deflection when you push on it, otherwise it's too loose and needs tightening.  Just let me know and I can point you to the instructions, they're here on the site.  It also sounds like a roller cleaning could be in order as well, all you need is a good lint free cloth and a bottle of rubbing alcohol, rotate them manually and clean them, see how things go after that.  In order to change the belt you must remove all the hoses from the pump, there are four of them and I found that manuvering at the backside of the pump to deal with those standard pinch style clamps was a hellish proposition and I replaced the clamps I removed with an easier to manage band style clamp with nut driver heads.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I really love this machine.

It brings back memories of my mothers 1967 Rapidry 1000.

The agitation starts out strong and then after about two minutes, it slows down and speeds up intermittently.

When the spin starts, sometimes it takes about 1 min before the water starts coming out of the drain hose, then, it drains and goes into a pretty fast spin.

Will try to clean the rollers and see what happens.

Thanks again!

When I got the machine last September

And I have never seen that graphic on the load selector before, this must be a 1979 machine?? any model number on her??

And I have never seen that graphic on the load selector before, this must be a 1979 machine?? any model number on her??

I was wondering the date of this machine myself. Looks very new! Is the lint filter a bed of nails or a sieve?

I'm not sure what year it's from but if someone can date it for me, it's Model WCK, Serial No. 70EH 9098.  It also has the bed of nails filter, making me think it's earlier rather than later.

of liquid crystal showering blue on blue on blue--PRICELESS, Joe, priceless!