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Thread Number: 84276
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1978 Frigidaire Jet Cone Washer Commercial |
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| Post# 1086522 8/25/2020 at 15:34 (949 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | ||
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Before viewing the old, old Frigidaire ads through the Automatic Washer Web site, I remember watching the 1970s ads during the early morning news before heading off to school.--Laundry Shark CLICK HERE TO GO TO laundryshark's LINK | ||
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Post# 1086610 , Reply# 2 8/26/2020 at 01:52 (949 days old) by toploadloyalist  (San Luis Obispo, CA) |
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"Put a Sock In It" I remember that commercial vividly. I remember a lot of them from my childhood that decade! I remember the "sequel" in they dropped a sock into both of those washers to show how quickly it dissappeared to demonstrate its quick rollover. | ||
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Post# 1086660 , Reply# 3 8/26/2020 at 12:42 (948 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 1086667 , Reply# 4 8/26/2020 at 13:27 (948 days old) by Agiflow4 () | ||
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Yes Robert posted that video some years ago and many of us voted he use the surgilator for that test. Even though that Surgilator took longer it DID roll over that huge load of jeans for those 1957 and 1958 standard capacity machines. | ||
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Post# 1086676 , Reply# 5 8/26/2020 at 15:37 (948 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0600-CST.)) |
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Rigged! | ||
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Post# 1086742 , Reply# 6 8/26/2020 at 22:14 (948 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Rigged ! | ||
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Post# 1086833 , Reply# 7 8/27/2020 at 15:54 (947 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1086850 , Reply# 8 8/27/2020 at 17:20 (947 days old) by qsd-dan (West) |
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Post# 1086855 , Reply# 9 8/27/2020 at 17:27 (947 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 1086881 , Reply# 10 8/27/2020 at 19:28 (947 days old) by Gyrafoam (Roanoke, VA) | ||
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The 1-18 has better roll-over with less water, anyway. (It's a RollerMatic thang). I have stuffed a Kenmore Dual-Action set for high water level and it had good roll-over. | ||
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Post# 1086883 , Reply# 11 8/27/2020 at 19:42 (947 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1086887 , Reply# 12 8/27/2020 at 20:10 (947 days old) by Gyrafoam (Roanoke, VA) | ||
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Hahaha. Yeah, it's awfully hard to beat a Super Surgilator. | ||
| Post# 1086960 , Reply# 13 8/28/2020 at 12:40 (946 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country) | ||
Ya know, each time I've seen that ad since it was new, I was baffled by a curious clicking, ticking noise coming from the KM. I've never heard that with any of the dozens of dual-actions I've come across. After this thread, I am guessing that with the machine's being overloaded and with not enough water, that's the dual-action tearing itself up, and after shooting was over, that thing was possibly wrecked completely?
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Post# 1086965 , Reply# 14 8/28/2020 at 13:12 (946 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1086979 , Reply# 15 8/28/2020 at 14:53 (946 days old) by Agiflow4 () | ||
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Didn't the first DAAs have a distinct ratcheting sound though ? In the Frigidaire video you can hear that sound. | ||
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Post# 1087015 , Reply# 16 8/28/2020 at 19:15 (946 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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the first DAA had a different mechanism when it was first introduced....
it was a spring loaded up and down setup with big teeth to grip the auger, which caused the ratcheting action, and also the clicking sound, which Kenmore made known to everyone as 'hearing it in action'... but people complained of the noise, as it sounded like it was broken.....so the newer 2 dog quieter version was created... if I am correct on the first edition, the augers barrel was smooth compared to the replacement having ribs going straight down the barrel... all in all, still quieter than the thumping noise of a 1-18... | ||
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Post# 1087026 , Reply# 17 8/28/2020 at 20:29 (946 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn) |
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Im impressed  | ||
| Post# 1087031 , Reply# 18 8/28/2020 at 21:22 (946 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country) | ||
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Thanks, Martin! | ||
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