Recent content by pokman

The drive gear appears OK on the outside. But, I can't turn it in either direction, so I suspect that something in the gear assembly broke inside, and is gumming up the works.

Simple, dirty laundry goes in the top, gets washed, transfers to lower part, and comes out the front door clean, right?? Actually when I was in engineering school in the 1970's, this was one of those "holy grail" devices that we thought people wanted. (Along with a freezer / oven, and other...

Re: appliancetimers.com / 1-18 dryer Thanks Andrew! I'm much relieved, since this should hold me if all else fails... Will send them an inquiry tomorrow to see if they have one in stock, or if we're looking at a timer rebuild process. Does anyone have advice on how to pick up a matching...

Thanks Mike and Joe for the pointers. I wrote stoneparts.com yesterday; no luck there. I spoke with a woman at Modern Parts House today, who told me they would "do some digging" to see if they could come up with the part. John, I'm thinking that rebuilding the motor is my last resort. Has...

I'm a noobie here -- great forum with tons of good info! My wife and I inherited a flame red Frigidaire 1-18 (model no. WCD3T) with our new (to us) 1970's era modern house. It's been running fine, until recently when the timer stopped advancing. I checked the voltage to the timer motor; it...