1st washload.. whites... it says cold cold but it's definately very HOT, tide... enjoy
Please follow this link: http://www.automatic washer.org/TD/THREAD S/VINTAGE/17813x36.h tm for lots of pictures and discussion about my new 'tag.
We used a NOS stock bearing and OH NO! Too much noise. This meant taking the ENTIRE mechanism out again, frustuting, but it has to be done. Agitation mechanism and motor sound fabulous though!
The '55 Unimatic in Robert's workshop pre-restoration. The motor fan is loose, which accounts for the racheting sound. The spin bearing describes itself... simply SCREAMING. A lot of work to do is right!!!
A video featuring the first real washload in my 1937 maytag wringer washer. I found it in the woods about 2 weeks ago. The motor is an all new 1/3 HP Dayton. Spins at 1725 rpm. Belt is the one found on the machine... who knows when this thing was retired. It does not have the wringer but the gearing is rotating. Head on over to automaticwasher.org for more.
With the fixed drive pulley, my wringer is now free of the obnoxious clicking sound during operation. There are still clicks and clacks but nothing out of the ordinary, and hey damn thing is 71 years old.
My 806 doing the spray rinse... I have actual water connected to only one inlet, the other hose is coming out of the other inlet and into the tub so it doesn't leak all over.
A big spider (big from where i'm from) made a huge web on the side of my house. We chucked moths on the web and watched it attack them and wrap em up. Pretty fascinating
During the intial agitation of any cycle, my Maytag agitates really slowly. It takes it about a minute to get up to full speed. What do you guys think??
Maytag washers equipped with a Power-Fin agitator force water into the hollow centerpost and through the lint filter with every stroke. When the fabric softener cup is removed, you can see the water pressure force some suds up through the middle of the filter.