My 1959  WCI-59 has a soak cycle, the first year for a dedicated soak cycle, and it does a static overflow as well.  The 68 Gold Crown also had the same cycle profile.  I remember wondering if it was busted when that Gold Crown started to fill again, then the joy of water-tossing & spin begins.  I don't recall reading the reason for this in doctrine, perhaps for floating away greasy soils risen to the surface?  

I've been offering up praises of thanksgiving to St. Jeff of the Belt this week, my WP Mark 12 dryer belts are in hand :-) 

Mike, 

I have read several other service manuals and it seems that all 1959-70 solid tub models with a soak cycle have that overflow soak. I wasn't aware of that!

I had to try that on my '65 Rollermatic today!

Mike,

I didn't edit the video, just like on the timer chart, as soon as the overflow stops, the washer stops to spin (there's a pause during the regular wash cycle just to let the motor stop before it changes direction (just like in the Multimatic) but since it's already stopped at the end of the soak cycle, there's no need for a pause)

My washer is a 1965 Custom Imperial! Yours, if it had a round lighted dial showing a delicate cycle rather than a soak cycle must have been a 1964 Custom Deluxe. On all 1965 models, there's a soak cycle on the dial and there's a separate speed selector (or Fabrics selector) on 2 speed models (the 1964 Imperial and Custom Imperial also had speed selection through their "fabrics" selector). 

This picture shows a 1964 Custom Deluxe dial at the top, a 1965 Custom Deluxe dial in the middle and my 1965 Custom Imperial dial after. The 1966 Custom Imperial also had that dial. 

Mike, your washer must have been a 1964 Custom Deluxe as in 1965, all Frigidaire washers had a soak cycle on their dial and none had a separate delicate cycle.

Here's a picture showing Cory's 1964 Custom Deluxe, this one has a delicate cycle on it's dial. 

I also have a 1964 Multimatic washer but mine is a single speed model so it doesn't have a delicate cycle (it has a soak cycle instead). 

1965 washers have the top of their cabinet extending where the timer knob is (on models with a remote timer). Note that the motor protector reset pushbutton has been moved from next to the timer knob to next to the timer dial in 1965. 

Here's my Custom Imperial set. 

And the 1965 Custom Deluxe models have the same (note the extra knob for the speed setting and the soak cycle on this one too).

This one I think belongs to easyspindrier (James).

Mike,

I did say my 1964 is a Multimatic but I took care not saying that yours was as it could have been a Multimatic or a Rollermatic!

A few 1964 models switched to the Rollermatic transmission in during the production run. According to the documents I have, 4 models the WDA-64, the WCDA-64, the WDC-64 (which is probably the model you had) and also the WIA-64 switched to the Rollermatic transmission.

And if I understand correctly, the transmission change on these models was made before the change to the Deep Action Agitator. If that's correct, it means that some washers with the Rollermatic transmission could have been made with the gray 3 ring agitator. And since some models continued to be produced with the Multimatic transmission at the time of the change, this also means that some Multimatic washers were made with the Deep Action Agitator. My WDR-64 is a Multimatic and it has the Deep Action Agitator but it's serial number indicates it's been produced before the change so it should have the 3 ring agitator.  

The Deep Action agitator can be fitted in the 9 pound tubs of 1958-62 washers but it takes a lot of space there. My 1957 Imperial washer also has this one but I had to modify a cap to let it sit lower as it would hit the cover otherwise!

The 1967 models changed a bit, the Imperial and Custom Imperial models had a rectangular timer, one Custom Deluxe model and the Imperial / Custom Imperial now had an infinite water level adjustment instead of being time-filled. Here in Canada, they kept being like 1966 models (all washers were time-filled, the fancier models kept the 1964-66 style round timer dial), apparently with some red on the control panel to commemorate the Canada centennial! (I still haven't seen one, I'd love to find a set of these someday!).

I've been told that Canadian ranges also had red oven door handles and people hated them so they were often replaced with 1966 chrome door handles (or maybe the red trim could be peeled-off?)!

Here's one of Greg's pictures showing a 1967 Custom Imperial. 

The infinite water level wasn't really useful on these 12 pound solid tub machines. Getting the water level below the "small load" level of time-filled machines would mean getting no overflow at the end of the wash or the rinse period. It also required to have a different pump that didn't pump the water out during the agitation and probably to avoid having the tub overfilling, the overflow period was reduced of 1/3 during the rinse cycles.

The water level adjustment became more useful on the 1-18 washers as they had much larger tubs and they could wash and turn over a load that would make the 12 pound solid tub machines struggle even with the water level set on "small", and since they have a recirculation system and spray rinses instead of overflow rinses, a lower water level doesn't matter.

Interesting stuff Phil.  The only document I have on this topic is the 1964 Tech Talk, Vol. XV, No. 7.  It is simply titled Rollermatic Mechanism, and is dated from December, 1963. 

It lists the following models within the wiring diagram section of the manual:

WCDA, WCDAP-64

WCDAR-64

WCD-64

WIA-64

WIAR-64

WCI-64

WCIR-64

What I find interesting is the first paragraph of the manual, where it states that the new mechanism is optional.  I'm wondering when they made the decision to force it across the board?  I also find it strange that none of the Deluxe models are listed.   When was the forced change to the Deep Action agitator?

Ben

I'm missing the Vol XV, No. 7 (that's strange as in the same binder, I have two copies of the Vol XV, No. 4 and Vol XV, No. 6 and the No. 4 covers US range models which weren't even sold here!).

 Canadian Frigidaire serviceman seemed to rely mostly on US TechTalk documents to service the Canadian appliances, and sometimes, they were quite different from ours!  Even our parts manuals often showed a picture of Canadian appliances on their first page to show illustrations and part numbers relating to the US models in the following pages... And even the pictures on the front pages were repeatedly mixed up two years in a row in 1964-65! Our mid-1960s basic Deluxe 30" ranges had no "surface" pilot lights and 5 heat Chromalox burners but they were mixed-up with the pictures of the fancier DeLuxe models that had 2 wire Radiantube burners, pilot lights and Pull-N-Clean ovens. No wonder why people here gets confused when they need to replace something like a thermostat in a Canadian oven! 

Now back to the washers, 

The information I got is on page W-172 of Vol 65, No. 5, there's no real information about the Rollermatic mechanism but about the agitator change on 1964 models with their serial numbers and they separated the models with the Multimatic and Rollermatic transmissions. Also note that the serial numbers began by different numbers/letters on 1964 washers with both transmissions. At the time of the change of the agitator design, on the Multimatics, the serial numbers began by 35E and on the Rollermatics, it began by 12TD. 

On my WDR-64, it begins by 33E 

I also noticed that I made a typo on my post #17. I typed in brown letters "WDC-64", I meant "WCD-64".

And Ben, I was wondering if you or Cory had kept any parts of the WCD-64/DCD-64 set?