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Frigidaire Washer and Dryer - $300 (Bedford Oh.)
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Post# 833036   7/20/2015 at 23:33 (3,174 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )        

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Post# 833095 , Reply# 1   7/21/2015 at 09:22 (3,173 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)        
washer is

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around '75 and MOL?

Post# 833126 , Reply# 2   7/21/2015 at 13:02 (3,173 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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That's right Roger, it has the early-style lid switch that was discontinued in 1976. The picture is a bit blurry but it seems to have a "WARM-WARM" water temperature setting of the 1975 "WCD". That was replaced by COLD COLD on the 1976-1977 "WC" model.

 

The dryer is the 1975 DCD or later 1976-77 DEC. These don't have an automatic drying cycle. 


Post# 833133 , Reply# 3   7/21/2015 at 13:29 (3,173 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Thatt panel looks very familiar

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Phil, if I'm not mistaken, that is my exact washing machine isn't it? With the KNITS cycle below and the PP cycle above and no COLD wash setting. What do you mean by "the old style safety switch"? Is that the little metal pin near the top hinge that strikes into the little hole at the bottom hinge?

 

That looks like my dryer also, but since I haven't seen it in a while, I'd have to look to make sure. But it bothered me that it didn't have the Automatic Cycle. Can one take a control panel with the Automatic Cycle and splice it onto a dryer without it? Is there a place to install the extra thermostat control?


Post# 833153 , Reply# 4   7/21/2015 at 16:10 (3,173 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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That's right Ken, yours is the same but it Poppy!

 

Here's a picture showing the newer style of lid switch that's mounted in the control panel rather than under the top. The switch has an arm that extends to the hole that was relocated at the back of the lid opening. You can see that the lid also has a piece of plastic that has been added to close the switch when the lid is closed. 

 

BTW, on most older Frigidaire washers that had a lid switch (including the early 1-18 models), the lid switch stops all action (the washer won't even fill if the lid is open) but on some later 1-18 models, it stops the action only in some parts of the cycles (mainly during the end of the agitation period and during the spin). But that's not related to the style of lid switch that is used. Ken, I think your WCD's lid switch should stop only parts of the cycles. Compare it with your older 1-18 washer, I think on this one, the lid switch should stop all action. After 1975, some basic models still had a lid switch that stopped all action but most models had a lid switch that stopped only parts of the cycles.

 

 


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Post# 833168 , Reply# 5   7/21/2015 at 17:15 (3,173 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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One of the first things I do when I get a vintage washer is to disable the safety switch, so I don't remember how this one operated.

 

The Maytag switches were particularly annoying and I short-sheet the leads to disable them.

 

I'll never forget the day we moved into our new house in 1961 and I discovered that I couldn't watch our new WA750 W spin. Indignant. Inconsolable. My Father even tried to disable the damn thing using a dental mirror and a pair of pliers but couldn't figure out where it was because, as many of you Filter-Flo's know, the switch was attached to the hidden back of the RH lid hinge via a strange little wire that looked like a paper clip which was then connected to the switch that was mounted about 4 inches to the right, beyond the outer tub and underneath the flange of the washer top. Thanks for trying Dad!



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