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Post# 1191820   10/12/2023 at 20:08 (204 days old) by AtomicT (Middletown, NY)        

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I just want to say thank you to all of you here!  I absolutely love the help that you all gave me and the encouragement and the courage to take on this project.  This is such a great machine and I love that it is back.

 

Here are some pics from the build.


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Post# 1191821 , Reply# 1   10/12/2023 at 20:10 (204 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Did you fix the spin issue?


Post# 1191841 , Reply# 2   10/13/2023 at 06:40 (204 days old) by AtomicT (Middletown, NY)        
Did you fix the spin issue?

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Yes I did.  The brake assembly was no good.  I guess it broke during the process and I didn't understand how it worked so I didn't realize. 


Post# 1191855 , Reply# 3   10/13/2023 at 08:43 (204 days old) by extmaxspin (Saginaw MI)        
Stunning!

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Great job!! That looks as good as it did coming off the assembly line. I hope to have the time (and patience) some day to do that level of restore on one of my machines. In the meantime, I'll live vicariously through you and everyone else here that can do these amazing things.

Post# 1191887 , Reply# 4   10/13/2023 at 17:03 (203 days old) by Good-Shepherd (New Jersey)        
brake assembly, I guess it broke during the process

How'd you manage to do that??

Post# 1191888 , Reply# 5   10/13/2023 at 17:11 (203 days old) by AtomicT (Middletown, NY)        
How'd you manage to do that??

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I DON'T KNOW - REALLY!  I must sheepishly say that I really didn't fully understand how it all worked. I was just following the tutorials and didn't really get the mechanical aspect.  Now that I do its a real slap the forehead kind of moment yell

 

If anyone wants the old one, I would be glad to mail it to you!


Post# 1192069 , Reply# 6   10/17/2023 at 09:48 (200 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Congratulations!
I have a harvest gold 806 and it can do anything short of dry cleaning.
I have said for years that if you have an 806 you can wash anything.
I'm sure you will get many years of clean laundry out of it.


Post# 1192098 , Reply# 7   10/17/2023 at 20:17 (199 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Toni - congrats on a fine restoration! You now are the lucky owner of an appliance that will last you and your family for many years to come. And, if something does go wrong, you now know exactly what to do.

Enjoy in good health!

Ben



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