UNBELIEVABLE: You should see the opening charts of sequence, cycle times, etc., pages of it. Then huge graphic blow-ups of the infamous roller mechanism and the water-jet inlet system. And then the real deal suds-saver system just like the classic WP/KM's, reversal of the standard pump with agitation (haven't found out at which speed this miracle occurs). How cool it would be to see this. Don't think anyone in the club has this model, and I didn't know GM ever accomplished this. Final perfection of a system that had eluded them, now in manufacture at the end of Frigidaire's run.

Hey, this is the bargain of the season, a book for a buck thirty-nine. I've never read a published word about a 1-18, so for me this is heaven. A reader's paradise.

Robert, you have outdone yourself today. THANK YOU!!--and you didn't even say a word. Such Humility.

Funny you should say, Robert ~

As I was reading I thought, Jeeze, how dedicated and long-suffering he is to scan 92 pages; that can't have been easy. This thing's a python.

Joel & Jon, Happy Reading--'tis a masterpiece, and I've only eaten up 15 pages thus far. For all members who love to read, this is an orgy of it.

On all but one model, the timer advances every minute and 12 seconds. The spray rinse is one minute and 12 seconds--I think that's a record--and after the deep rinse, there is another spray at 15 seconds (varies by model). But the curious thing is that the spin periods are asterisked as (PS), that they vary in times (the wash spin and the spray rinse spin and the rinse spin) due to positive spin out.

But the DRY cycles on all machines do not vary. Haven't come to an explanation in the text as yet. Still drooling over the endless Sequence and Time charts for each model, but I'm guessing that the spin times depend on how much water is in the tub and therefore how long it takes to "spin out" the liquors.

Mike you piqued my interest, so I looked closely.

It appears the final spin on all models is in 3 stages:
Spin (PS)
Spin Spray
Spin Dry

The first stage (plain old spin) is marked as PS, so it must not allow the timer to advance until the pressure switch is released. Interesting I don't think I ever remembering know this. I always assumed the spin/drain was completely timed. Hmmm, learn something new every day I guess lol.

This manual was from when the 1/18 was first introduced, so the detail is wonderful. OMG if you remember Frigidaire coin-op washers, both solid basket and and 1/16 versions you should see the coin-op washer service manuals, maybe you will someday :-)