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Thread Number: 46280
Vintage era Speed Queen Washer/Dryer pair |
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| Post# 675893 4/27/2013 at 20:56 (4,013 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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| Post# 675960 , Reply# 1 4/28/2013 at 00:33 (4,013 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Early to mid 80s marathon set. Tub is the perforated stainless steel. | ||
Post# 675962 , Reply# 2 4/28/2013 at 00:38 (4,013 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 675970 , Reply# 3 4/28/2013 at 01:36 (4,013 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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| Post# 675971 , Reply# 4 4/28/2013 at 01:38 (4,013 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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Post# 676012 , Reply# 5 4/28/2013 at 08:49 (4,013 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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your not too far off Alex.....the first SQ I ever had, had this control panel and colors, but it was still made by McGraw-Edison and a solid tub, time fill, with side opening lid...it was a 1977 vesion....
you just HAD to put that Gremlin in there, didn't you?.....my dad and brothers worked for American Motors, Rambler for you older gents, and swore I would never own one...my first car, a Javelin, then a HornetAMX, and now a Jeep....if my dad could see me now!....but they were a simple constructed vehicle, probably why they would never die.... | ||
| Post# 676033 , Reply# 6 4/28/2013 at 10:57 (4,013 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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| Post# 676034 , Reply# 7 4/28/2013 at 10:59 (4,013 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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| Post# 676036 , Reply# 8 4/28/2013 at 11:10 (4,013 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC) | ||
Yes I owned one | ||
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Post# 676037 , Reply# 9 4/28/2013 at 11:18 (4,013 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Timed Fill SQ had timed fill as late as '77? How did it adjust to accommodate different water pressures? | ||
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Post# 676042 , Reply# 10 4/28/2013 at 11:32 (4,013 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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why is it the biggest guys drive the smallest vehicles?....lol
speaking of things one would not be caught dead in, the pacer, while not the greatest, a little ahead of its time, while resembling an egg, was aero dynamic and had high visibility wrap around glass.... man how could I forget, and what I think the best ones they built, the Eagle, with 4 wheel drive.....I had a wagon and an SX4....the engines lacked horsepower, until they fuel injected them on the Jeeps..... a time proven dedicated engine, since the first Jeeps used in WW2, that same engine is still used in todays Jeeps....but this was also from a time when you had to overhaul an engine at 100,000 miles......for todays versions, that ain't nothing as for the SQ time fill.....you did have to have a certain amount of pressure for these to fill properly, or any time fill for that matter.....restictors could be removed or added to compensate pressures.... | ||
| Post# 676052 , Reply# 11 4/28/2013 at 12:18 (4,012 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
ugh... | ||
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Post# 676053 , Reply# 12 4/28/2013 at 12:21 (4,012 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 as for the SQ time fill.....you did have to have a certain amount of pressure for these to fill properly, or any time fill for that matter.....restictors could be removed or added to compensate pressures....There also was an Extra Fill designation on the timer, at least on some models at some period in time. But only on the Normal cycle, not Durable Press. | ||
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Post# 676064 , Reply# 13 4/28/2013 at 13:06 (4,012 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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yes, the extra minute was there if needed.......an extra on top of that was at the end before agitation started....
you had: ExFill Large Medium Small and one more minute increment hidden after that....only on the machines with the banging solenoids, probably because of the motor/pump running this whole time in case of an overfill.....reversing motor versions did not have the extra at the end... I knew of one guy who had very poor water pressure, and had to add two buckets of water for each fill..... a cousin also with extreme low pressure, took her Whirlpool 3 hours to do a load of laundry....seemed like forever....and they talk about todays FLers taking too long... | ||
| Post# 676065 , Reply# 14 4/28/2013 at 13:15 (4,012 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
AMC
It was a kick when American Motors managed to supply the cars for the Bond flick "The Man With The Golden Gun". The story behind the bridge jump is a neat one to see when it shows up on tv from time to time. In this environmentally conscious time, it's only a matter of time before we see Bond driving a tricked out Prius...
RCD | ||
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Post# 676237 , Reply# 15 4/29/2013 at 12:21 (4,011 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 676239 , Reply# 16 4/29/2013 at 13:06 (4,011 days old) by whirlaway (Hampton Virginia) | ||
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Hurricane 4 or Godevil 4 The WW2 Jeeps used a Hurricane 4 not a six,they were tough if you didnt rev them,I had one a 46 Willys I wish I still had it.My Cherokee a 91 has the straight 6 176,000 miles doesnt leak or use oil,Id luv to find a low mileage one. Bobby | ||
| Post# 676250 , Reply# 17 4/29/2013 at 14:28 (4,011 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Had 2 Pacers:
One was a '76 sedan, and it was not in the greatest shape when I got it, so much of what I experienced would be a fair assessment of the car as built.
The second was a '78 D/L wagon, which was in very nice shape when I got it. My experiences with that one were very positive, particularly on the day it swallowed a 30-inch range and the tailgate closed - to the utter amazement of the thrift-store manager who'd just been saying, "It ain't gonna fit - I gotta guy who'll deliver it fer sevenny-fi dolluhs." The only real problem with the wagon was the added weight of the glass in the cargo area. This made the car butt-heavy. It was not normally a problem, but certain of Atlanta's twistier freeway exits on rainy days, combined with the lard-bottomed effect, made the rear end slide out like a shot. The first time was really scary. I learned to take it easy and ignore the tight-wound jerks in their Beemers going ape-grits behind me because they couldn't go 85 MPH because of an AMC. In the '80s, there was evidently no worse humiliation for a high-dollar Atlanta yuppie than being impeded by a Joe Lunchbox special. | ||
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Post# 676251 , Reply# 18 4/29/2013 at 14:32 (4,011 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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yes....starting out they were only 4's.....easy to ship and maintain....not to mention cost.....eventually 6's were added, mainly to ones used here in the states....most of the ones in the military weren't 4x4.....just basic transportation...my dad was a mechanic in the army and swore by them
it was simple stuff to these.....a crossmember changeout, and you could go 6 or 8.... I liked American Motors for their gas tank capacity, it did not matter which one you got, or engine size, they all had a 21 gallon tank......you go to something like a Honda, and they cut you down to a 10 gallon tank.... I also mis the gas port located behind the rear license plate, did not matter which side of the pump you were on.... I have a 99 grand cherokee limited....with the 4.7V8....140,000 miles....still going strong....bought and paid for....some day, I will trade in for a newer one... AM engines were not high revving engines......even mine has a rev limiter if in neutral/park....not a recommended car for RevvinKevin....(ducks and runs)....lol | ||
| Post# 676438 , Reply# 19 4/30/2013 at 12:05 (4,010 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
I really like old AMC products. Someone living on my street has a really nice '68 Ambassador SST hardtop coupe.
I used to have a 1988 Cherokee Limited (I think it was a 1987½ or something like that), as it still had a 1987 grille and there were stampings on the door panels behind the armrests that said 1987½. I think by this time, AMC had just been bought by Chrysler but this one still had an AMC badge on the firewall and it said, built by JEEP Corporation. My 1989 Laredo had a tag that said Chrysler Corporation and the AMC badge was replaced by a Chrysler badge. | ||
| Post# 676597 , Reply# 21 5/1/2013 at 02:01 (4,010 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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To continue on the off-topic started with the earth tone colors!
Jeep did use the Buick V6 in the CJ and Jeepster and the Buick 350 in the Gladiator and Wagoneer and old Jeep engines before AMC bought Kaiser. Larger Jeeps also used a Buick ST-400 automatic transmission but these always needed adapters, even to fit to the V6 and Buick 350 "Dauntless" engines as the transmission they got from GM had the "Nailhead" bellhousing for the Buick 401! Jeep eventually had a 401 too, but of a different (AMC) design that still didn't mate to this transmission! They eventually got a 400 transmission with the AMC bellhousing to fit the AMC 360 and AMC 401 motors. Later in the 1970's they switched to Chrysler Torqueflite transmissions. Before using the Buick 350, they were using the AMC 327 (Vigilante) until 1967-68. When AMC bought Jeep, they started to use their own inline 6 and V8 engines in Jeeps. To fit their inline 6 in the CJ, they had to make the hood a few extra inches longer. Strangely, AMC started to use GM engines again instead of their own (but this time a Chevy 2.8 V6) in the compact XJ Cherokee and Commanche pickup for 1984. VAM who produced AMC vehicles in Mexico had been experimenting with carburated AMC I6 engines in the XJ Cherokee they produced instead of the Chevy 2.8 and Jeep finally modernized it, added a RENIX (Renault-Bendix) fuel injection and fitted it in the Cherokee along with an Aisin Warner 4 speed automatic transmission (to replace the Chrysler Torqueflite that was mated to the previous GM engine) for the 1987 model year, just before Chrysler bought Jeep! Chrysler was wise enough to keep the powertrains like that and not use their own transmissions again in the XJ! And now back to the topic! I don't know if Speed Queen still had time-filled models at the end of the production of their solid tub machines. I've seen (on this website) that at least some had a metered fill just like some 1967-70 US-built Frigidaire Rollermatics but all Frigidaire Agitubs (GMini and Laundry Center models) were timed-fill until the end of the Agitub design in 1979. They did have a pressure switch in their outer tub as a safety feature but they were still time-filled. | ||
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