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Thread Number: 80975
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Solid tub speed queen stumbled in my store today |
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Post# 1049715 11/2/2019 at 18:08 (1,629 days old) by Lorainfurniture  (Cleveland ) |
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It seems to function but the center tub boot dryed and cracked. It was pretty weird, the first run is was a few drops, the second load was a monsoon My first time working on this style, it’s pretty cool. | ||
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Post# 1049719 , Reply# 1 11/2/2019 at 18:33 (1,629 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 1049720 , Reply# 2 11/2/2019 at 18:38 (1,629 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
What a cool machine. I’ve never worked on one either but I’ve always wanted one in avocado. I’ve only seen one in this area on 3 occasions. A laundromat had them until around 2000, my great aunt had one until 1987, and an aunt bought a used one in the mid 1990’s and had it briefly due to the motor would overheat and the place she bought it from swapped it for a JCPenney penncrest. Enjoy!
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| Post# 1049723 , Reply# 3 11/2/2019 at 19:19 (1,629 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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That control panel style is very elegant. | ||
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Post# 1049733 , Reply# 4 11/2/2019 at 21:15 (1,629 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 1049736 , Reply# 5 11/2/2019 at 21:55 (1,629 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
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Post# 1049758 , Reply# 7 11/3/2019 at 08:41 (1,629 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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70s Speed Queen Solid Tub Washers These were fun but very short lived machines, first of all they did not test well and being more expensive that a MT did not sell well.
They were a combination of rugged SQ design with lots of cost shortcuts, the 70s machines did not have the more rugged solenoid shifting system for the home models, SQ also added a tub brake to these later 70s models which caused further problems.
Hi Eugene, Bob is the one to ask about these washers, he probably has more experience than anyone I have ever known with them, hopefully you can get it going.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1049760 , Reply# 8 11/3/2019 at 09:46 (1,629 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 1049780 , Reply# 9 11/3/2019 at 13:58 (1,628 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The control panel legends are confusing with too many ABCs meaning too many things. | ||
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Post# 1049816 , Reply# 10 11/3/2019 at 18:23 (1,628 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland ) |
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I fixed it Bob had the tub boot at his house, along with the service manual. After working on this I can really appreciate the simplicity of modern washers. This model has no solenoids , the wash/ spin is engaged by a worm gear that flips a lever . It’s fun to watch that’s for sure. | ||
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Post# 1049827 , Reply# 11 11/3/2019 at 19:24 (1,628 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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From Speed Queen to Signature IIRC, SQ washers from this period didn't score well with CR either. And that was when they provided thorough reporting.
Wow Barry, that is totally out of the earplug frying pan and into the deaf-defying fire. No surprise that the Signature developed issues in relatively short order. That's their "signature" behavior. Of course your mom didn't like it as well as the SQ.
I know, I know, I'm like Hans posting about the virtues of manual defrost refrigerators. PTS(ignature)D has left me scarred for life. | ||
| Post# 1049832 , Reply# 12 11/3/2019 at 20:13 (1,628 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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really cool... ...that at least one late model SQ ST is working in the present day :) | ||
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