Thread Number: 4792
Simpson Fluid Drive A39 |
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Post# 106583 , Reply# 1   1/29/2006 at 14:29 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Time control and motor reset button. |
Post# 106584 , Reply# 2   1/29/2006 at 14:30 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Water supply button tells it whether to open the hot or cold valve for wash, and the press to heat button turns on the heater until the thermostat is satisfied. |
Post# 106585 , Reply# 3   1/29/2006 at 14:31 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106586 , Reply# 4   1/29/2006 at 14:32 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106588 , Reply# 6   1/29/2006 at 14:36 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106589 , Reply# 7   1/29/2006 at 14:36 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106590 , Reply# 8   1/29/2006 at 14:37 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106591 , Reply# 9   1/29/2006 at 14:38 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Is this a Beam design? It looks a lot like Roberts Wizard |
Post# 106593 , Reply# 10   1/29/2006 at 14:39 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106594 , Reply# 11   1/29/2006 at 14:40 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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The dual one on the right is for wash, and inlets water to the drain tub The one of the left is for rinse and is cold only into the wash bowl. |
Post# 106595 , Reply# 12   1/29/2006 at 14:41 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106596 , Reply# 13   1/29/2006 at 14:42 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Notice the asbestos covered wires. Thermal protected :D |
Post# 106597 , Reply# 14   1/29/2006 at 14:44 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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On the right is a Relay and the speed select control |
Post# 106598 , Reply# 15   1/29/2006 at 14:45 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Thermostat and Pressure switch |
Post# 106599 , Reply# 16   1/29/2006 at 14:45 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106600 , Reply# 17   1/29/2006 at 14:46 (6,633 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Which is perrished and strangely deformed. Does anyone know what purpose it serves? |
Post# 106628 , Reply# 19   1/29/2006 at 18:17 (6,633 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC)   |   | |
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Post# 106784 , Reply# 21   1/30/2006 at 10:28 (6,632 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 106785 , Reply# 22   1/30/2006 at 10:30 (6,632 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 106789 , Reply# 23   1/30/2006 at 10:47 (6,632 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 106835 , Reply# 25   1/30/2006 at 15:54 (6,632 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Wow - what a great find! Thanks for all the pictures too, such a fascinating machine this is. To venture a few guesses, I think the 'rubber lump' on the outside of the outer tub may be an overflow port, in case the water valve would fail. Looking at the wiring diagram, the weight switch appears to have something to do with the agitator solenoid so that would lead me to think that switch is there to prevent the agitator running with no water in the wash-tub. Do you know where the weight switch is? Perhaps at the bottom of the outer tub? If you follow the red wire with black stripe from the agitate solenoid (on the left from the front) you should see where that circuit goes. Not ready to guess on the holding switch, but it also looks to be in series with the agitate solenoid circuit - perhaps something to do with water heating or suds-saving? Excellent save - congrats!! |
Post# 106889 , Reply# 26   1/30/2006 at 20:24 (6,632 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 106893 , Reply# 27   1/30/2006 at 20:44 (6,632 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 106894 , Reply# 28   1/30/2006 at 20:46 (6,632 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 106895 , Reply# 29   1/30/2006 at 20:47 (6,632 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 106913 , Reply# 30   1/30/2006 at 22:17 (6,632 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Even the Lid hinges are the same. The simpson has an inbuilt tub ring, rather than a wire one though, so the bowl is slightly different. |
Post# 106916 , Reply# 31   1/30/2006 at 22:29 (6,632 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 106926 , Reply# 32   1/30/2006 at 23:10 (6,632 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Rinso, I wonder if cost was a consideration for discontinuing fluid clutches. They had extra bearings that could go out, and a sealed fluid clutch probably wasn't cheap to replace, either. And like early automatic car transmissions, the fluid clutch may also have robbed some horsepower from the machine. I wonder if they overheated. |
Post# 106939 , Reply# 33   1/31/2006 at 00:02 (6,632 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Also, there are belts running around in circles everywhere. I'm assuming that changing the belts on one of these is a bugger? |
Post# 106958 , Reply# 34   1/31/2006 at 04:39 (6,631 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 108419 , Reply# 35   2/7/2006 at 21:16 (6,624 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 108438 , Reply# 36   2/7/2006 at 22:20 (6,624 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Some solid-basket machines do have an outer tub, some used the cabinet as the outer tub. Water drains out by spinning over the top. Except for one unusual design that lifted the basket up off a seal and the water ran out through a hole under the agitator, although water extracted from the clothes during spin would still go over the top. Oh, and then there's the rubber-tub Bendix Economat that used a vacuum pump to drain the water, collapse the rubber tub and squeeze the clothes against the agitator.
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Post# 108540 , Reply# 37   2/8/2006 at 12:40 (6,623 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 108551 , Reply# 38   2/8/2006 at 15:12 (6,623 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 108569 , Reply# 39   2/8/2006 at 16:21 (6,623 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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However, all its rubber bits need replacing, and are NLA in Australia. The drain port on the back is the worst offender, has anyone ever seen one like it on a Speed Queen before? |
Post# 108952 , Reply# 40   2/10/2006 at 21:47 (6,621 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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How exciting! I thopugh that these machines were all well and truly gones, and bothe you and Mayfan have found one each! Im sure that the rubber parts that need replacing can be fabricated somehow. What a treasure! |
Post# 109115 , Reply# 41   2/11/2006 at 16:32 (6,620 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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