Hey fellas,

As some of you know, I'm a 5th grade teacher (at least for now, but that's another story) and am starting to plan my lessons for the days after the spring standardized testing that have taken over our 21st century education (yet another story).  I was thinking I might do a story on the evolution of clothes/washing one day.  I've got my great (x3) grandmother's spinning wheel, my grandmother's washboard, and my great-aunt's wringer.  If you make it hands on, you make it fun.  That said, if I take the wringer to school it's going to have to go on it's side in my van.  I remember from when I moved it here (same van) that a little oil spilled out of the machine. Is there something I can plug to prevent oil leakage?  I don't have access to a truck, but I thought it would be fun.  Help!

Thanks fellas!

Thanks Dustin!  I hope you are right.  Here is my great (x3) grandmother's spinning wheel (circa 1810-1820) and the next picture is of the cards,and  some of the yarn and yarn products that my great grandmother made with the spinning wheel.

I think these may come with the warning, if you break these, I break you... lol

IIRC, you need to move these with the Maytag logo facing DOWN.  Then the breather hole for the transmission is ABOVE the oil line and there is no leakage.