Thread Number: 76988
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1009009   9/29/2018 at 17:20 (2,007 days old) by Kafooty06 (washington )   |   | |
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I had a noisy washer it had a distinct scraping sound when it was agitating so I did some research on this forum and a guy said there is a little vent on top of the transmission and you can check the oil and fill .He gave me a good idea and I did just that I used a metal clothes hanger and checked it the best I could it showed some oil but not very much it was a good color no water in it ! I used a telescopic oil spout and I squeezed in some engine oil .My transmission used a little more than half the bottle of oil it must of been really dry .Now my washer sounds great and that scraping sound is Gone! She purs like a kitty I also lubbed up all the pullies and the wig wag . I gave her a fresh spray of high pressure air to clean off the Gunk and dust from under neigth the washer. What a little oil can do!
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Post# 1009018 , Reply# 1   9/29/2018 at 18:30 (2,007 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1009022 , Reply# 2   9/29/2018 at 19:47 (2,006 days old) by Kafooty06 (washington )   |   | |
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Post# 1009043 , Reply# 3   9/29/2018 at 22:09 (2,006 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1009046 , Reply# 4   9/29/2018 at 22:17 (2,006 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1009063 , Reply# 5   9/30/2018 at 00:49 (2,006 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1009118 , Reply# 6   9/30/2018 at 08:13 (2,006 days old) by Kafooty06 (washington )   |   | |
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I did say there was signs of it leaking over the 38+years thats a small indication no over filling of oil no signs of it spewing on the floors. I did four large load's of laundry and all is good again it works very well. I know this is odd it does work I saw you tube videos of a guy doing this technique but it took him along time .
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Post# 1009128 , Reply# 7   9/30/2018 at 08:46 (2,006 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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On WP BD washers a little bit of oil can seep out around the cover gasket and drip on the floor, often when you move a BD WP washer out of the spot where it has been sitting for many years there is an oil spot on the floor ranging from a few inches in diameter to a foot in diameter, the size of the spot depends on whether the machine is on a porous concrete floor or a smooth tile floor.
Using my coat-hanger dip-stick measuring approach the oil level in a WPBDW should be between 3/8"- 1/2" when the DS is inserted all the way and has cleared the connecting rod.
Adding new additional oil could quiet down a transmission a little, Hi Steve, but the biggest gain probably came from lucubrating the wig-wag and cam bars and other external stuff, if the transmission was so low on oil as to be making noise it would suffer serious wear pretty quickly.
If you added a 1/2 quart of oil it is probably overfilled, but this will not hurt the operation it is just be more likely it will leak.
It is not unusual for BDWPWs to leak oil if laid on their front or on the right [ motor ] side, it will often leak pretty badly around the agitator shaft seal in the top of the transmission.
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Post# 1009170 , Reply# 8   9/30/2018 at 14:21 (2,006 days old) by Kafooty06 (washington )   |   | |
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First off thank you you have good tips! I wish I can post a video this thing is so quiet runs smoothly. I did notice the outer basket has rust around the top rim it's pretty bad I would guess it's from the basket getting filled up and the water hits it and gets trapped under that rubber seal. How would you stop further rust
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