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Thread Number: 70
1970's GM-Frigidaire washers(1/18's and Jet Action 16's) |
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Post# 44966 , Reply# 1 9/12/2004 at 23:54 (7,389 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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I have a video clip of a 1-18 running. Fairly large load, full water level. The turnover is kinda slow, took it a while to get going. The filter flow is much less than I expected, kind of a dribbble, really. The drain pump flow rate is also slow, takes it a long time to get up to full spin speed Quite an interesting machine. | ||
| Post# 44967 , Reply# 2 9/13/2004 at 00:27 (7,389 days old) by Tbolt25 (Kentucky) | ||
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Where is this 1/18 video? Where is this 1/18 video, I don't see any links to it or even know how to get access to it. | ||
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Post# 44984 , Reply# 3 9/13/2004 at 09:06 (7,388 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Did you see this? | ||
| Post# 44996 , Reply# 4 9/13/2004 at 13:10 (7,388 days old) by Tbolt25 (Kentucky) | ||
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I meant a moving video of a 1/18 running. I meant to say I wanted a moving video of a 1/18 running, not a still picture of one, so I can hear the sounds, and watch how fast it pulsates and everything. | ||
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Post# 45000 , Reply# 5 9/13/2004 at 14:02 (7,388 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) |
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| Post# 45005 , Reply# 6 9/13/2004 at 14:51 (7,388 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Video of 1-18 I have video of a 73 1-18 (Tcox's) and a skinny minnie as well. Robert, maybe I can upload to your server some kind of way and we can post it on "See It Wash". | ||
| Post# 45013 , Reply# 7 9/13/2004 at 17:23 (7,388 days old) by Tbolt25 (Kentucky) | ||
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That sounds like a good idea. That sounds like a good idea, please do that. | ||
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Post# 45021 , Reply# 8 9/13/2004 at 18:52 (7,388 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 45043 , Reply# 10 9/13/2004 at 22:09 (7,388 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Art, I guess I"m missing something here with Ivan the Terrible. Heard only reference to panhandle of Fla all the way to Louisiana, wasn't sure NO was included--terrible with geography. So, Todd, pack up the washer shed in a u-haul, the kitties, and come on over to Central Texas, I mean, Houston could feel effects too. And I want y'all safe & dry, oh and also the people, not just the washers & dryers.
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Post# 45072 , Reply# 13 9/14/2004 at 10:35 (7,387 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) |
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videos found | ||
| Post# 45109 , Reply# 15 9/14/2004 at 18:07 (7,387 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Todd, if you do plan on going to Houston, email me sometime. I live about 50 miles from there. Also, any other Louisiana people going to Houston as well? Thanks Austin | ||
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Post# 45115 , Reply# 16 9/14/2004 at 19:34 (7,387 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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See It Wash
I added those rollermatic videos that Peter sent (thanks Peter) as well as the Frigidaire Skinny-Mini video that JasonL took to the See It Wash section, which can be reached from our home page. Be sure to right click and save these videos to your hard drive before you view them as the video server seems really sluggish lately, I'm averaging about 8-12KB/sec which is unusually slow.
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| Post# 45129 , Reply# 17 9/14/2004 at 22:58 (7,387 days old) by tbolt25 (Kentucky) | ||
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agitation like a jackhammer And all these years I thought that GM-Frigidaire washers agitated up-and-down about like the speed of a jackhammer vibrating up and down! | ||
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Post# 45143 , Reply# 18 9/15/2004 at 07:37 (7,386 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 45176 , Reply# 20 9/15/2004 at 20:51 (7,386 days old) by 48bencix (Sacramento CA) |
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1-18 So, I have a dumb question. Are the 1-18's rollermatic's and if not what was the mechanism in these washers? | ||
| Post# 45179 , Reply# 21 9/15/2004 at 21:53 (7,386 days old) by jmirawm (Barling Arkansas) | ||
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The command module agitator ?? The agitator in the rollermatic looks very similar to the Command module of the Apollo spacecraft. Those missions ran from 1962 to 1973. What a glorious time it was to be growing up. 
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Post# 45188 , Reply# 23 9/16/2004 at 00:31 (7,386 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Frigidaire Pumps
The 1-18 is a variation of the Rollermatic mechanism used in the 60's solid tub machines. Probably to make more room for the larger, perforated tub, the motor was mounted differently and a belt used to transfer power to the shaft that drives the rollers & pump Typically the Frigidaires have "average" pumping capability for draining, the unimatic pumps were a little weaker than later models but since the pump was operating anytime the motor was running at full speed, there was plenty of time to pump away the water in the outer tub. The additional weight of the water at the beginning of the spin cycles in solid tub machines also provided some ballast in the critical balancing stages of spin. It doesn't take too many RPM's to throw the water from a solid tub, the Frigidaires were usually fairly quick to get the water into the outer tub. Other solid tub washers, like the Maytag AMP were comparatively very slow. The 1-18's have a strong drain pump in them, in part because the two speed models started the spin-drain in low speed and then switched to high speed after a couple of minutes. The 1-18 recirculation was a lower flow rate, the lint filters were meager at best anyway, quickly clogged with even a moderately linty load. My Westinghouse top-loader is the same way, filter pan is constantly clogged, but sometimes it's only about the beauty, style and drama rather than actual function ;-) | ||
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Post# 45220 , Reply# 25 9/16/2004 at 20:57 (7,385 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Bahhh-leach
Pete That dispenser cup inside the jetcone agitator was for Liquid bleach only, if you read the manuals IF you bought the additional rinse dispenser you threw out your agitator cap and put that on top of the bleach dispenser So when loading you first unscrewed and removed the rinse dispenser , the bleach cup , then you poured your liquid or powder detergent down the center post for maximum instant dispersion at agitate, then you filled your bleach cup to the markings in the side and carefully put that back in the center post, then you locked the rinse dispenser ontop, flicked the lid off of that and added your diluted rinse softener and locked the lid back down. It was sort of like loading a "big washer bomb" that would attack the clothes at the right moment thru the entire wash & rinse cycles Very dramatic and very effective. I love the 1-18's they were amazing machines all the way around. They had the BEST snubbing ever invented in the industry hands down! Too bad their inventor was such a snit and refused to tell his story of development of that machine but that is his problem not ours jetcone who does not proo | ||
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