Recent content by emanm18

I am still working on my 1956 Westinghouse D-9 Dryer. I plugged it in for the first time yesterday and I found that the heat comes on when I turn the heat setting switch to "low" which is the 110v circuit but when I turn the switch to "regular" heat which is the 230v circuit the heat did not...

To Unimatic1140 Thank you!!

Hi! I am currently working on 1956 Westinghouse D-9 dryer. I want to replace both of the belts on it. One is torn up and definitely needs to be replaced. That one, fortunately, still has the original part number on it and I was able to find a new one on eBay using that part number...

To Combo52 Yes, I am making progress. I'm glad to hear that it is normal for them to be hot. Please do let me know if you have a spare timer! I would be interested in it!! The part number on my timer is Q-3259.

Update So I discovered that the brass gear that is on the back of the arbor that all the wooden cams attach to and the contacts ride on was in poor shape. Most of the teeth on it were bent or worn and some were even broken. I sent the gear off to a clock repairman in Texas to have a ring of new...

To qsd-dan Thank you for your reply! I did take the timer apart today and nothing appears to be broken. I cleaned up all the contact points. I also took the gear box apart and scraped away all the old grease and then lubed it with clock oil. Hopefully that will help it to work again! If the...

Hi! My name is Eli and I have a matching set of Westinghouse front loading machines. They are a 1956 L-9 Laundromat and a D-9 Dryer For the past four or five weekends I have been working on getting the L-9 washer functioning since I finally scored a boot for it on eBay recently. I have pretty...