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Carefully remove the Water Bellows trying not to tear or pun and it will reveal the Oil Bellows. Again it is held in place at the base with a retaining ring (C-Clamp method again) around the upper portion of the tub nut.

Here's the C-Clamp Method I'm using a C-Clamp that I filed grooves into to keep the clamp from slipping off.

Lift off the pulsator.... and it will reveal the Water Bellows. The bottom of this bellows is held on by the retaining ring at the base of the inner tub. Use the bellows clip remover or you can use a c-clamp like I did.

remove the two cones and you will reveal.... The rubber pulsator. This is held in place by a nut with a retaining washer.

Next.... I remove the cap, bleach dispenser and the nut at the bottom of the agitator....

Here ya go... I put mine back together for ya while I'm working on the mechanism, so this should be a pretty good visualization....

Here you see (a little blurry)... the contact side of the switch. It's hard to see but the lower set of contacts were pitted badly.

Here are pics of the switch here you can see the switch (with the little arm missing). There is a spring-metal follower which attaches to that bakelite piece. What I did is drilled a pinhole thru the bakelite, put the follower back on and retained it with a wrap of fine wire through the pinhole...

Screw the motor repair shops!!!!! I FIXED IT... I give glory to my Dad and my inheriting his mechanical skills. I found where the errant spring went on the centrifugal start switch and I filed and adjusted the contacts. I'll take a vid tomorrow. I NEVER thought I'd see that machine run...

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, but I just had to cheer! I got brave and figured "well, it's dead...might as well experiment. SOOOOOOOOOOOO.....I gently opened up the start switch and lo and behold...the contacts are shot! All but arced away. I would take pictures, but it cant zoom in that close...

how different is this from the 1967 WCIL mechanism? I'll send you pictures of mine in a pictorial exploded view

Yeah, I can check that out too. Just a quick question..... 1)How do you separate the motor from the pump? 2)Where do those little springs go on the centrifugal spinny thingy? Dave

and my own little creation... Dave's Famous Oil and Famous Water Bellows Famous Ring Remover (pat. pend.)

Dave's Special Frigidaire Tools.... Inspired by TrainGuy, a buddy of mine paid a trip to Sears tonight and created the following: It's the Dave and Brandon's Famous Frigidaire Wrench (pat. pend.)

another shot....

Here's a picture of the mechanism out of the washer Here it is....in all its "Summer of Love" glory....

I finally got the nut off, got the mechanism out perfectly. That’s the good news. Now the bad.... The motor is shot. Period I tested the unit out of the washer. It looks like the motor was worked on before due to the scoring on the heads of the screws. I looked at the start switch on top of...

the one on the bottom is the one!

Water Bellows... Rich, it might be a good idea to replace the water bellows since there is evidence of water infiltration. Does the motor use the same start windings for spin as agitate? I'm trying to narrow down issues like: 1) timer 2) capacitor (if any) I'm going to make a cheater cord to...

Izola I remember seeing Izola frontloaders when we were there in 1984. I think they were made in Greece.