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old dishwashers Many of the very old dishwashers had no pre-rinse, so a liquid would be fine, just pour it right into the tub. I would love to see the chemical ingredients that Chat was manufactured with.

amana set on CL with odd agitator Here is something odd. A Goodman-built Amana with a strange agitator. Have any of you ever seen this type agitator on a non-Whirlpool Amana? Did somebody replace the agitator with a different design, possibly. Even the lid diagram (if you look closely) has...

speed Thanks, Malcom. I was afraid that might be the case.

Westinghouse innovations One thing I can say about Westinghouse was that their engineers came up with some very clever and unique designs. That terraced range top is certainly one of them. Can any of you remember the ranges that had the magnetic stirrer? One of the burners had a rotating...

good information Thank you both for the information. I may get the Speed Queen, if it's not a one speed unit. Although, I did save the control panel and motor from the Amana. I wonder is SQ and Goodman use the same wiring color coding. If I swap out the control panel and motor, I can get...

I've been eying this Speed Queen on Craigslist and am about to succumb to buying it. Thanks to Laundress and some of you others I am beginning to get a handle on the McGraw-Edison/Raytheon/Amana/Speed Queen/Goodman/Alliance soap opera (or at least think I am. :) last year I acquired a Goodman...

fan OK That's good her fan is rotating. But while you are there, as a preventative measure, you might want to squirt a little lubricant into her bearing. As far as the coils go. "Blast-A-Clean" is the best cleaner I have used. It forces an unbelievable strong aerosol stream into the coils...

before getting a new motor I had a condenser fan motor lock up. This is not uncommon with them being out in the weather as the bearings can dry out and cause the motor to go into rotor lock. Go over to your friends house with some "Fast Break", "Break Away" or other brand of penetrating oil...

Robert's DW Isn't this the same dishwasher that Robert used to have in his kitchen?

good viewpoint All those things are very true, Tom. And that is a positive viewpoint. It's just sad when someone leaves us. We miss him, and it is a loss for his wife and children.

so sad Very sad about Frank's passing. I know he did some imperfect things. But I think overall he was a good man and a talented man. RIP

The old spin-tube! http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIjozvi-tDk

powerball Finish Powerball. I am sure water chemistry plays a role, but I find the Powerball to clean slightly better than the Cascade Complete in my conditions. A couple of years back CU found Powerball to clean Pots and Pans better than the Quantum. I thought so too. However, Quantum has...

speed control In the 1940/1850's models you take off the speed control dial and there was a screw you could then turn to change the speed range. I have never looked on my late seventies model, it might be there. So you may want to give it a try.

so sad I love Laundress's statement, "Sears is dying a death by a 1000 cuts." Nothing could say it better. There is no one specific cause of Sears death but many. What I have experienced is: poor stocking. Even at a very large Sears Mall store here in Tennessee I could not find a bag nor a...

softener Yes, Phil, you bought that softener dispenser from me. As you say, it was a spare and had never been used. I was happy to sell it to another Frigidaire Jet Action Washer fan. :) I wish Frigidaire had carried over the "Rapid Dry 1000" spin to their 1-18 line. That would have made them...

great cook with creative ideas I wished you lived near me, Kevin, so you could give me cooking lessons.

Frankie Yes, it was in the mid-sixties. That's why I said he was in between football and Kathy Lee. He married Kathy in the early eighties long after Westinghouse gave up on appliances. He did a lot of ads and back then and his name became synonymous with Westinghouse as was Betty Furness's...

Phenominal machnes, but hated by many My personal experience with my two 1-18's is that they are a very capable machine. From my experience, they clear the tub of suds and rinse better than any machine I ever had, my GE filter-flo comes close but not quite the equal of the Frigidaire. I don't...

In between playing football for the Giants and cheating on Kathy Lee, Frank was s spokesman for Westinghouse. http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwFhMLz4Vao