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Post# 635814 11/1/2012 at 21:31 (4,186 days old) by wiskybill  (Canton, Ohio) |
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in the van 
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Post# 635815 , Reply# 1 11/1/2012 at 21:33 (4,186 days old) by wiskybill (Canton, Ohio) |
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and out . 
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Post# 635816 , Reply# 2 11/1/2012 at 21:34 (4,186 days old) by wiskybill (Canton, Ohio) |
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more in need of a bath 
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Post# 635817 , Reply# 3 11/1/2012 at 21:37 (4,186 days old) by wiskybill (Canton, Ohio) |
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details . 
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Post# 635818 , Reply# 4 11/1/2012 at 21:38 (4,186 days old) by wiskybill (Canton, Ohio) |
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controls . 
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Post# 635820 , Reply# 5 11/1/2012 at 22:04 (4,186 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Hey Bill | ||
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Post# 635826 , Reply# 7 11/1/2012 at 22:37 (4,186 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 635834 , Reply# 8 11/1/2012 at 23:02 (4,186 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
That's a nice find! Let us know if it works!
I had to replace a water pump bearing on mine (not a stacked Laundry Center but a very similar GMini set) and while it wasn't a 5 minute job, it was relatively easy and inexpensive to fix! The dryer needed a good lint removal which also required partial disassembly but again, it was an easy fix! I've been using it occasionally since and it works perfectly. | ||
| Post# 635840 , Reply# 9 11/1/2012 at 23:41 (4,186 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Congrats, Bill These are iconic machines whose owners seem to love madly. It's great that you got one is such good shape that needs only a bit of whiskey to make new.
In the movies, it's hard to tell that the whole tub is moving, not just the agitator as it seems. It would be great to see it live.
Great to see you here again. Are we going to get any action shots? | ||
| Post# 635853 , Reply# 10 11/2/2012 at 03:05 (4,186 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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Post# 635882 , Reply# 11 11/2/2012 at 08:09 (4,185 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Very Frist Frigidaire Skinny-Mini Should be around 1969-70, we have one exactly like it in our collection, if you need any parts or advice on repairs let me know.
While these performed pretty well they were not very reliable [ especially these first models ] and the dryer could not tolerate a long vent system well at all. Frigidaire made quite a few improvements to both the washer and dryer before the brand was sold to WCI in 1980. This is the ONLY GM Frigidaire designed appliance to survive in any form once WCI took over. WCI quickly scrapped the washers agitub mechanism and installed a scaled down Franklin mechanism in the washers cabinet and these machines continued to be manufactured till around 1993. WCI also manged to sell this machine to Sears and GE as well as selling them under the Frigidaire, W Westinghouse and Tappan names. In our warehouse I have this first machine sitting next to one of the last 1993 models. | ||
| Post# 636056 , Reply# 12 11/2/2012 at 23:57 (4,185 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Nice catch! | ||
| Post# 636068 , Reply# 13 11/3/2012 at 02:25 (4,185 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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The serial number is very close to the serial number on my 1973 GMini set which is also white/green. My dryer has a start button. I guess it was added later on the Laundry Center?
This one has it: (it also has the automatic mode on the dryer) 
Strangely, Frigidaire offered an automatic mode on some of it's 240V Laundry Centers but not on most of the best selling models of 1-18 line in the seventies. While automatic drying was offered on the Custom Deluxe dryers in the 1960's, only the Imperial and Custom Imperial 1-18 models got it in the seventies and the lesser models returned to timed drying only. The TOL and near TOL models also had moisture sensors in the 1966-70 but not anymore in the 1970s 1-18! I guess Frigidaire appliances were de-contented to keep their price competitive but I can't understand why most buyers of Frigidaire dryers would still opt for timed drying only in the seventies! Here's my GMini dryer: Unlike the Laundry centers, buyers of GMini dryers didn't get much choice. They were available only in 120V version without features like no heat or an automatic setting... (only the top is white on this one). 
And my washer which I guess was produced at about the same time as your Laundry Center: 
There were just two models of GMini washers, a single speed model and this two speed model. It had the same features as the Laundry Center but it had 4 combinations for the two speeds on a separate dial and a soak cycle. Only the single speed Laundry Centers had a soak cycle. A few videos of it: End of wash and first (short) spin (these videos haven't been edited). You can hear the scrubbing board action on the sides of the tub in this one. The low water pressure doesn't allow it to fill completely before the agitation starts on the rinse cycle. Final spin: The serial number of the washer. 
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Post# 636081 , Reply# 14 11/3/2012 at 06:01 (4,185 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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 Nice machine!
I used to hate those LC's with a passion. I remember going with my dad to a customers house, where they had a LC in a closet. No room to work. We pulled the mechanism out, and took it back to the shop for rebuild. He had me rebuild it, and then we took it back to the customer. All it would do was spin! No agitate after I rebuilt it! I still remember the look on his face, when we pulled it out the SECOND time..... | ||
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Post# 636141 , Reply# 15 11/3/2012 at 12:52 (4,184 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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FRIGIDAIRE DRYERS & Laundry Centers Frigidaire's first Custom Imperial 1-18 dryers not only had auto dry but it was electronic and they had a dual heating element or a two level gas valve on the gas models. This gave them a system like KMs Soft Heat, this model did not have a temperature choice and the name Frigidaire used on the control console was Heat-Minder.
All Frigidaire 240 Volt LCs[ there were no gas heated LCs ] had auto-dry except the first model that is the subject of this thread.
All clothes dryers sold in the US had a push-to-start button after approximately 1970 when it became a UL requirement.
Almost all Frigidaire 1-18 dryers had an auto-dry cycle except just one or two of the cheapest models. | ||
| Post# 636200 , Reply# 16 11/3/2012 at 18:39 (4,184 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Phil Always amazed and delighted that it is the actual tub moving so fast and at so wide an arc of oscillation. The sound in the second vid is so much like the Brazilian machine with the single wash arm and oscillating tub. Love the rub-a-dub-dub of the wash board.
Thanks for the vids, Phil. In the second vid, I could almost perceive the movement of the tub, but in the first, you'd never guess.
It must be fun to watch it live. | ||
| Post# 636266 , Reply# 17 11/4/2012 at 01:13 (4,184 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 636311 , Reply# 18 11/4/2012 at 07:24 (4,183 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Electronic Sensor 1-18 Dryer
Hi Phil I do belive that it was just the first year of the CIs, I was also suprised they went to all the trouble of building the ES and the heat minder [ soft heat system ] and then discontinued them so quickly and maybe they never made it to Canada.
I saved the complete control panel, wiring harness,lint filter housing with sensor strips and dual heater assembly from an elecrtic model so I could convert another 1-18 dryer so it would have these advanced teatures. | ||
| Post# 636381 , Reply# 19 11/4/2012 at 09:37 (4,183 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Hmmm,
That's interesting! (means I'd be interested in having something like that!). They probably never crossed the border to Canada as we did have the 1960's sensor dry dryers (the last model was more or less the equivalent of a 1966 DCIAK but with the 1968-70 style black/silver panels). But by 1970, they weren't identified as Imperials or Custom Imperials anymore. And after the factory closed in 1970, we apparently didn't get the US Frigidaire appliances for a few years. And even when they came back, they were not popular at all and they weren't even distributed by GM... That changed when WCI bought Frigidaire as they became big sellers after that...
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I really like the control panel. Is it from the mid-to-late-sixties or were they made later. I ask because the controls are similar to a Multimatic I once knew back then.