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Email From Joe "K" |
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Post# 155068   9/17/2006 at 09:27 (6,422 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Thought the club might enjoy reading this... THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL WEBSITE. I WORKED ON WASHERS SINCE I WAS 16 BACK IN I952. I SAW THEM ALL. I USED TO BOLT DOWN THE OLD BENDIX WASHERS AND LAUNDERALLS. DID YOU KNOW THE OLD LAUNDERALL TRANSMISSIONS WERE UPDATED BY A HORTON TRANSMISSION THAT RESEMBLED THE BENDIX BOLT DOWN MODELS. ONCE YOU STARTED THE LAUNDERALL & THE BLACKSTONE WASHERS YOU HAD TO LET THEM FINISH BY THEM SELVES AS THEY HAD NO TIMERS AND WERE CONTROLLED BY CAMS IN THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. THEN THERE WAS THE BENDIX ECONOMAT THAT HAD A RUBBER TUB THAT COLLAPSED AND SQUEEZED THE CLOTHES DRY AROUND THE AGITATOR. MANY SETS OF TUB BEARINGS DID I PUT IN THE BENDIX BOLT DOWNS AND THE DUO MATICS. AND THERE WAS THE RUBBER BOOTS (Q4711) FOR THE WESTING HOUSE FRONT LOADERS. I ONCE PUT 15 OF THEM ON IN A LAUNDRAMAT ONE AFTER ANOTHER AND COULDN'T MOVE MY FINGERS FOR A DAY. MANY FIBER GEAR DID I PUT IN THE EASY SPINNERS AND THE THOR AUTOMAGIC HAD A FIBER GEAR ON THE PUMP AND WHEN THE WATER GOT INTO THE TRANSMISSIONS THE WOULD JUST DISINTAGRATE. THE APEX AUTOMATIC WAS ANOTHER UNBELIEVEABLE WASHER AS THE FIBERGLASS TUB WOULD GYRATE AN ALL DIRECTIONS TO WASH THE CLOTHES AS IT HAD NO AGITATOR. THIS WAS A TOP LOADER TOO. I REBUILT HUNDREDS OF THE BENDIX TRANSMISSIONS. THE DIFFERENT MODELS HAD DIFFERENT SPIN SPEEDS. THE OLD S MODEL SPUN AT 330 RPM FOLLOWED BY THE 440 RPM AND FINALLY THE DUOMATIC SPUN AT 550 RPMS. THE THOR AUTOMAGIC WOULD ALSO DO DISHES AS YOU COULD LOCK OUT THE SPIN ON THE LEVER AT THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. I WORKED ALSO FOR THE DISTRIBUTER OF THE ABC WASHER IN PHILADELPHIA, STUART F. LOCHEIM AND THEY ALSO DISTRIBUTED THE JAMES DISHWASHER.PULLED MANY AGITATOR SHAFTS TO PUT BELTS ON THE SPEED QUEEN AND NOT MANY REMEMBER THE "T " KEY THAT USED TO CATCH THE HELICAL SPRING ON THE OLD MAYTAG WASHERS WITH THE MERCURY SWITCHES IN THE LID. I SOLD MY BUSINESS IN 1998 AND SURE MISS IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE NEW STUFF IS REALLY DIFFERENT WITH THE PRINTED CIRCUITRY AND WATER SAVING INOVATIONS. I REMEMBER PUTTING A LOT OF SUS MISER PUMPS ON THE SEARS MODELS AIN THEN THERE WAS THE OLD KENMORE BOLTDOWN WASHERS. HOPE I HAVE NOT BORED YOU AND THANKS FOR READING THIS AND GOOD LUCK IN ALL YOU DO. JOE "K" |
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Post# 155076 , Reply# 2   9/17/2006 at 10:03 (6,422 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 155079 , Reply# 3   9/17/2006 at 10:46 (6,422 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 155092 , Reply# 4   9/17/2006 at 11:36 (6,422 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 155107 , Reply# 6   9/17/2006 at 13:23 (6,422 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 155139 , Reply# 7   9/17/2006 at 16:05 (6,421 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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Please write us some more. I think we would all love it |
Post# 155149 , Reply# 8   9/17/2006 at 16:55 (6,421 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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A REAL repairman, from a time when U could get things repaired after U spent your hard earned money on them. Sound like a great idea. JOE K. please let us here more from you. Thanks alr2903 |