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Thread Number: 68204
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 909343 12/2/2016 at 09:05 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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TOL 1-18 !! Enjoy Mother Superior ! The War of 1-18 has broken out AGAIN for Winter 2017 !!!
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Post# 909344 , Reply# 1 12/2/2016 at 09:07 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Eddie was gobbsmacked
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Post# 909345 , Reply# 2 12/2/2016 at 09:08 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thanks to | ||
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Post# 909346 , Reply# 3 12/2/2016 at 09:17 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ahem !
John can YOU check your cycles in the dark??
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Post# 909347 , Reply# 4 12/2/2016 at 09:18 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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As a fav club member said | ||
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Post# 909348 , Reply# 5 12/2/2016 at 09:22 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ben | ||
| Post# 909377 , Reply# 7 12/2/2016 at 14:53 (2,695 days old) by Laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 909379 , Reply# 8 12/2/2016 at 15:07 (2,695 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 909381 , Reply# 9 12/2/2016 at 15:36 (2,695 days old) by TrainGuy (Key West, FL) |
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Thanks For The Video | ||
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Post# 909383 , Reply# 10 12/2/2016 at 15:47 (2,695 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 909384 , Reply# 11 12/2/2016 at 16:00 (2,695 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Sigh. | ||
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Post# 909385 , Reply# 12 12/2/2016 at 16:02 (2,695 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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That's cool to know | ||
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Post# 909387 , Reply# 13 12/2/2016 at 16:35 (2,695 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 909388 , Reply# 14 12/2/2016 at 16:38 (2,695 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 909390 , Reply# 15 12/2/2016 at 16:42 (2,695 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 909392 , Reply# 16 12/2/2016 at 16:49 (2,695 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Gorgeaus | ||
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Post# 909437 , Reply# 17 12/3/2016 at 01:57 (2,694 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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COOL!!!!Like how the cycle resumed at the point it was "paused" all of this BEFORE microprocessors!!!!And how the dial moved by itself-Creepy and cool at the same time!!! | ||
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Post# 909449 , Reply# 18 12/3/2016 at 04:58 (2,694 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 909450 , Reply# 19 12/3/2016 at 05:56 (2,694 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Eie like it! Qualestei! Some former G.E. design ingenuity from Schenectady above the waist? Omaha too. Dayton Ohio below the waist. Good appliance dna. Love the poppy red too, since they didn't ever do royal blue or plum crazy. | ||
| Post# 909454 , Reply# 20 12/3/2016 at 07:27 (2,694 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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Ahh the venerable 1-18, something I'd love to use one day. Thanks for posting and congrats!! | ||
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Post# 909457 , Reply# 21 12/3/2016 at 08:14 (2,694 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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1/18! | ||
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Post# 909458 , Reply# 22 12/3/2016 at 08:33 (2,694 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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 Seems like the Montgomery Ward in today's (12/3/2016) POD is worthy of such treatment in a TOL machine...
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| Post# 909459 , Reply# 23 12/3/2016 at 08:46 (2,694 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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I have two 1-18's in perfect working condition. I have one hooked up and the other as a back-up. Right now I use the hooked-up 1-18 for perm press and large loads and a late 60's solid tub Speed Queen for sheets, towels and smaller loads. | ||
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Post# 909461 , Reply# 24 12/3/2016 at 08:59 (2,694 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Last TOL 1-18 Washer Thats really cool Jon, now all I have to do is install the Zone Of Silence Kit that Jason and I installed on our 1-18 and it will no longer sound like a rock crusher.
Bruce these were very reliable washers, I have had mine in a daily driver position at home for around 20 years and it has had NO REPAIRS, 1-18 washers usually out lasted the matching dryers and were certainly the most reliable and long lived of any Frigidaire washer ever built.
And while the FD 1-18 dryers were not the most rugged dryer ever built they were great performers, remember they were the top rated dryer in the early 70s for overall performance and over I would put their overall reliability on a par with MT SOH dryers, both designs had too many plastic parts in them.
I have had a FD 1-18 electric dryer in our W Va house for over 25 years and it is fast and even, it sits next to a 1984 LKM Limited Edition electric dryer and they both perform about the same in terms of drying speed and load size.
John L. | ||
| Post# 909489 , Reply# 25 12/3/2016 at 12:51 (2,694 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Wow! I saw one of these in the D.H. Holmes clearance center in the early 1980's while stove shopping. I really wanted it. Only had money for the stove at the time. The first house type of crisis, wants and needs. Congrats it is beautiful. A | ||
| Post# 909492 , Reply# 26 12/3/2016 at 15:38 (2,694 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Mother Superior? War? | ||
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Post# 909498 , Reply# 27 12/3/2016 at 16:26 (2,694 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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WOW This washer is.... is... is.... I have no words to describe how wonderful it is. | ||
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Post# 909509 , Reply# 28 12/3/2016 at 18:44 (2,693 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Mother Superior | ||
| Post# 909510 , Reply# 29 12/3/2016 at 19:13 (2,693 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
Wow, I missed that!
I just got a few more 1-18s! Not all working but I should have a few interesting projects! But still no Elites! Among them, the rare CSA-approved DECI-CAN dryer! | ||
| Post# 909553 , Reply# 31 12/4/2016 at 06:26 (2,693 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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John, I've known a few MS from my upbringing, but I may have missed anyone here being called one. Can you give me a clue? In high school, my buddy's dad called his mom one as well. If he disagreed with her, it was an occasional war. | ||
| Post# 909560 , Reply# 32 12/4/2016 at 07:40 (2,693 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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In the period where it was trendy to write Heavy Duty on laundry machines, Frigidaire also had to write it on it's 1-18 washers but for some reason, they skipped doing that on their dryers!
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| Post# 909561 , Reply# 33 12/4/2016 at 07:40 (2,693 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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CSA Approved?! Why was the DECI-CAN rare? Did the 1-18 have much saturation up here in Canada? | ||
| Post# 909568 , Reply# 34 12/4/2016 at 09:20 (2,693 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Frigidaire closed it's Canadian factory in 1970 and they didn't sell that many washers and dryers here compared to their other product lines like built-ins, ranges and refrigerators.
Then, they went away from the Canadian market for a few years (I think GM wanted their appliances , which were built along with auto parts at the Canadian factory to be exempt from import taxes from the Auto pact but that didn't work). In the mid-seventies (around 1977) a company named Elitech started to distribute a partial line of Frigidaire appliances. Dryers and ranges were made by Frigidaire in Ohio to meet the CSA requirements (most of the other appliances already sold in the States were also CSA approved at about the same time so they didn't need modifications) But their distribution was marginal in the Canadian market and the prices were not very competitive. That is until WCI took over from GM... | ||
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Post# 909588 , Reply# 35 12/4/2016 at 12:32 (2,693 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 909623 , Reply# 36 12/4/2016 at 16:19 (2,693 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I didn't really believe it so I drove down to Boston to see for myself.... lol It's beautiful, really really beautiful ! And you'll save hundreds in manicure costs from not wrecking one's nails on a timer dial... | ||
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Post# 909672 , Reply# 37 12/4/2016 at 21:45 (2,692 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 909752 , Reply# 38 12/5/2016 at 13:43 (2,692 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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I did something similar with my white 1973 WCD3T washer, no rapid advance but I replaced the console by the one from a 1976 WIC and I replaced the motor and wiring so it now has 3 speeds. 1976 was the last year for 3 speed motors in Frigidaire washers.
I also finally got a drying rack for the 1-18 dryer! Here's a small video showing the 3 speeds! 
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Post# 909764 , Reply# 39 12/5/2016 at 15:25 (2,692 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Nice videos | ||
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