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    1-18 rebuild in Ohio, 1975 Frigidaire WCD

    Spring idea For the springs you might try a throttle return spring. I was at the car parts store (advance auto) and saw a number of "help" kits with such. I suspect one of these is a close match to these small springs for spring rate. The rotary seal is a face seal, so you want the nice flat...
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    1-18 rebuild in Ohio, 1975 Frigidaire WCD

    Other references for springs http://www.efunda.com/DesignStandards/springs/spring_calculators.cfm http://www.spring-makers-resource.net/compression-spring-design.html http://www.spring-makers-resource.net/spring-design.html
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    1-18 rebuild in Ohio, 1975 Frigidaire WCD

    Glad you are making such quick progress I do hope that upper part of the seal on the basket does indeed seal ok, I'm sure you got the lower part on the tub set fine. And then you are off to up/dn washing experience. --------- filter - you found a filter? great ----------- Timer - you might...
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    Michigan Apple Harvest Makes Way For Autumn Apple Pie!

    Look here for varieties of apples Herb Teichman at Tree-Mendus fruit in Euclair MI has planted 100s of odd old varieties of apples. If you visit, Herb sits and slices apples from these for people to taste. Check out his list/site. I believe he ships if you want. www.treemendus-fruit.com...
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    1-18 rebuild in Ohio, 1975 Frigidaire WCD

    dribble and leak I had only noticed a leak when it was agitating, not when it was simply filling or sitting...at least that's my recollection from this summer. That's why I bought the tub seal, expecting that was the only water leak path. A visual inspection of the OE seal showed me a very...
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    Vintage Appliance Advertisments Part Two

    RCA, later Thompson, design office was on US31 just north of Indianapolis. The built their office to look like a radio. It apparently has moved, the building is now part of a health network. Here's what street view shows.
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    Sell/Trade my '75 1-18

    Yellow, not green! The machine is yellow. see threads Thread # 34465 Thread # 35161 Thread # 35506 Thread # 35710
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    Sell/Trade my '75 1-18

    OK - it is sold to a member Thanks I expect it will go together well and get you started on 1-18 thumping.
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    Sell/Trade my '75 1-18

    I'm cleaning out the garage for winter. Since June I've had a 1-18 that Goatfarmer picked up for parts. It's cabinite was rusty at the bottom, enough so that the right side wasn't connected to the base anymore. Kenny suggested I take it for parts since no one wanted it. What I found this...
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    Maytag Question

    There's a thread where qsd-dan talks thru a transmission rebuild. Perhaps you've already read it? ------------------- Thread Number: 22830 Post# 358593, Reply# 21 06/21/2009 at 20:03 by qsd-dan "Driving the groove pin out of the collar was a royal PITA. I ended up taking it to a machine...
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    Parting out a MAV6000

    My friends norgetag MAV6000 from 2005 was retired last week after chewing up the gears in the transmission. I did extract the pump, motor and console - but they may be tossed shortly. Would anyone have a use for the parts, the owners do not do ebay and just want to clean out the debris as...
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    Giving away Frigidaire WS 1-18 in Oakland, CA

    Answered my question http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?23381 A very interesting thread for Frigidaire history
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    Giving away Frigidaire WS 1-18 in Oakland, CA

    Multi-speed? Here's a enlargement of the panel
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    Giving away Frigidaire WS 1-18 in Oakland, CA

    What sort of transmission does this WS have? When I compare the front control panel to my 1972 and my 1978 the layout is different. Is this because of the transmission, something like the WXP, WCDXN, and WXN washers? Scanning youtube for a WS one reads "This Jet-Action model has the fabrics...
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    Regional Adaptations

    Which fit the model 11? The figure 8 dough hooks came out in the USA after the model 12s, yes? Am I understanding correctly, if one wants a dough hook for model 11 machines one needs to look in the UK where they have a cross slot on the end. A straight single slot from the late 60s will not...
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    Arduino - an open source electronics prototyping platform

    Graphical user input for Unit Here is a touch screen to allow input to the Arduino I gather that the Arduino is such a standardized microprocessor platform that there are many such interfaces. -------------------------- ---I hopefully am not loosing everybody with this stuf.--- Some years ago...
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    Arduino - an open source electronics prototyping platform

    Runs program without being hooked to a computer I like that the board is a computer, not just an interface card. one uses the usb to flash the memory, then it runs by itself. neat. So it can read 6 different analog inputs (water level, wash time, rinse time), 6 pwm (analog outputs) and 8...
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    Arduino - an open source electronics prototyping platform

    Perhaps combine it with this with VFD? Here's an updated version of the stratus VFD I used a few years ago. It is rated for the lower HP 3 and single phase motors. Controlled via a voltage signal or via a serial connection. http://www.controlres.com/stratus2.php "SmartFan Stratus II is a...
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    Arduino - an open source electronics prototyping platform

    I thought of the super unimatic when my brother in Fort Wayne mentioned having one of these. It is a cheap simple experimentors circuit board, but powerful. One writes a program in "C", and flashes it into the module via the usb jack. (There is a extensive open source library of code for it)...
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    Rusty 1-18, pt 2

    Leaks with old tub seal I ended up getting a 5309956914 Tub Seal Kit, (THREAD 12242, reply #46, http://www.repairclinic.com/PartDetail/Bearing/5309956914/643032) pic below ----- Today I checked for leaks with good bellows and clean parts, I reassembled with the old tub seal, but with a cleaner...
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