Thread Number: 78736
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
P.O.D. Westinghouse 18LB Cap. 2-Speed Washer 3/17/19 |
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Post# 1027281   3/17/2019 at 09:25 (1,838 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 1027284 , Reply# 1   3/17/2019 at 10:28 (1,838 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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looks like Bamburgers was up in the northeast..Odd there was no mention of "5-way wash action"mentioned in the ad.That washer would be quite welcome in my collection :) |
Post# 1027285 , Reply# 2   3/17/2019 at 10:51 (1,838 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Was a New Jersey based department store chain founded in late 1800's in Newark, NJ. Stores were mainly located in New Jersey, but also west to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
By 1929 they were acquired by RH Macy, but still retained name "Bamberger's". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberger%... Coming up in the 1970's and 1980's well recall our family had charge accounts from "Macy's-Bamberger's". We also had a freezer food scheme from "Bamberger's" as well. Later on in life doing part time retail at Macy's Hearld Square you'd see "Bamberger's" on receipts, charge accounts, and other paperwork. Bamberger's fate in New Jersey like many others began to decline with the race riots of 1970's in Newark and elsewhere. Whites fled that city and refused to set foot "down town" so sales suffered. www.northjersey.com/story... www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/... |
Post# 1027287 , Reply# 3   3/17/2019 at 11:08 (1,838 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bamb... Origins of what has now become the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; came from Louis Bamberger. untappedcities.com/2017/11/23/th... |
Post# 1027293 , Reply# 4   3/17/2019 at 12:13 (1,838 days old) by Wvkenmore (Wv)   |   | |
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My mom had this washer in gold, but under Montgomery Wards label. She used that washer for ever. |
Post# 1027396 , Reply# 6   3/18/2019 at 10:37 (1,837 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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The only design flaw was the pump was mounted on TOP of the motor if the pump leaked it ruined the motor. |
Post# 1027412 , Reply# 7   3/18/2019 at 13:47 (1,837 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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Philco-Ford had similar pump above motor :) |
Post# 1027437 , Reply# 8   3/18/2019 at 19:09 (1,837 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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These washers were definitely the worst of the lot reliability wise, they were fair performers but with the indexing tub they really didn’t wash big loads like a whirlpool Kenmore or certainly a Norge.
They suffered for many reliability issues, they had crappy Westinghouse motors with the water pump on top to add insult to injury. They had a very skinny belt that they used as a clutch they tend to burn up a lot of belts.
Transmissions were known for leaking oil and once they started doing that the belts would only last a few loads.
There were only two repairs that you could afford to do on these machines a bad belt or a bad inlet valve, it was not feasible to replace a transmission on one and even a timer was so expensive nobody ever did it.
It’s kind of funny like Norge machines every once in a while you’d find one that was lightly used and well cared for that actually lasted 10, 15 even 20 years but that was the exception not the rule.
John |