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Thread Number: 71929
/ Tag: Wringer Washers
Vintage Apex/Vactric Washer Appears |
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Post# 951546 8/4/2017 at 07:41 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58  (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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We talked about an unusual Apex wringer washer a couple of weeks ago ....
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Post# 951548 , Reply# 1 8/4/2017 at 07:43 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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And some of us in the UK noticed it had a similarity to a rare wringer washer sold here
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Post# 951549 , Reply# 2 8/4/2017 at 07:46 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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So...
Last week our good friend Ian (TriumphDolomite) sent me a link to a Gumtree advertisement (rather like US Craigslist) for a wringer washer.
Saturday say me heading over to Manchester to pick up this .....
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Post# 951551 , Reply# 3 8/4/2017 at 07:50 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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It was in surprisingly good condition for its age - it had been literally "walled up" under the stairs of a very old house for who knows how many years - there were a couple of "new" half pence in the tub so it must have been after February 1971.
The house was being renovated and literally stripped back to the brick, they found this when the removed the panelling | ||
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Post# 951552 , Reply# 4 8/4/2017 at 07:52 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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And the workings ...
The back of the machine is to the left of the picture and the front to the right
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Post# 951553 , Reply# 5 8/4/2017 at 07:53 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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And the money shot
The green fibreglass tub is of course the rarity, I put in about 2 pints of very hot water and it did not appear to leak
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Post# 951556 , Reply# 6 8/4/2017 at 07:57 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Close up on the Agitator
It seems to have a very high skirt at the bottom but that may have been to allow clearance for the heater element underneath it - it seems like the bottom of the tub is flat - heaters are normally fitted in a recess at the bottom of the tub.
The Apex referenced above had a different agitator and, of course, no heater.
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Post# 951557 , Reply# 7 8/4/2017 at 08:00 (2,447 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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It was late when I got home so I did not have a change to do more than give it a clean - the tube came up well. Hopefully I will get a chance to try it with a bit more water although the pump linkage seems to be stuck and I could not get the agitator out but hopefully with a bit of TLC we can get this old girl running again
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Post# 951594 , Reply# 8 8/4/2017 at 14:42 (2,446 days old) by Brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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Hey Al, that tub is beautiful. The gearbox underneath to me looks quite similar to a Belt drive whirlpool gearbox. I can't wait to hear if it works, it's really beautiful. Regards Nathan | ||
| Post# 954144 , Reply# 10 8/23/2017 at 09:21 (2,428 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
Found it | ||
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