Thread Number: 62468
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
An episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Mayfan69 Saves My Bacon!" |
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Post# 850568 , Reply# 2   11/8/2015 at 21:28 (3,062 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 850570 , Reply# 4   11/8/2015 at 21:36 (3,062 days old) by wishywashy (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)   |   | |
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Well, the obvious way forward was to swap over the pumps between the two machines. They are undone with a 10mm socket from underneath:
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Post# 850571 , Reply# 5   11/8/2015 at 21:37 (3,062 days old) by wishywashy (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)   |   | |
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So here are the two pumps sitting side by side:
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Post# 850572 , Reply# 6   11/8/2015 at 21:38 (3,062 days old) by wishywashy (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)   |   | |
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But once the 175’s pump had been installed in the 705, and “acceptance trials” were commenced, it quickly became apparent that my 175’s pump had secretly been suffering from a slow leak itself all along:
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Post# 850574 , Reply# 7   11/8/2015 at 21:40 (3,062 days old) by wishywashy (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)   |   | |
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With the pump back out of the 705, and the impeller’s housing unscrewed off the end of the motor, this photo of the pump-motor’s underside illustrates graphically that the leak had obviously been occurring for quite some time:
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Post# 850578 , Reply# 10   11/8/2015 at 21:44 (3,062 days old) by wishywashy (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)   |   | |
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Here's a closer-up view of the O-Ring in question:
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Post# 850585 , Reply# 13   11/8/2015 at 21:53 (3,062 days old) by wishywashy (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)   |   | |
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And this shot down into that glorious nearly-30yo-but-still-as-new bowl shows what all the fuss was about. Never ageing (just like the Simpsons themselves…), and brimming with stainless-steel goodness (well, just like Lisa with her braces on…)
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Post# 850591 , Reply# 16   11/8/2015 at 22:16 (3,062 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 850593 , Reply# 17   11/8/2015 at 22:26 (3,062 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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