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    Frigidaire washer and Roper range

    Test it out first! If it wants to spin while pulsating in the wash or rinse cycle you are going to need a (hard to find) Torque-Spring or you will be dead in the water. Also make sure she is "sea-worthy" because split bellows can lead to a lot of trouble in the mechanism. Whomever has these...
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    Maytag Set

    Strange, isn't it-------- that people keep setting themselves up for failure and disappointment. For no amount of money will the seller find this level of quality or performance in today's world. Will probably get suckered into an LG or Samsung POS, and will end up whining and crying about it...
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    Vintage Laundry Detergent & Soaps

    I recall the people who used conventional washers were loathe to switch to detergents as they could keep lots of suds with the soaps. And that was the catch-22 when using soaps in automatics. Especially in soft-water areas. Using soaps in front-loaders? Fahgetabboutit! The soap manufacturers...
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    Gentlemen Start Your Engines!

    About the price of a set of new classic SQ's.
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    Speed Queen wringer washer

    One way to do it is open up the pump and make a template of the outside edges. Go to the auto parts store or hobby shop and get a sheet of cork. Using a small knife, cut out a piece of cork matching the template and you have a new gasket. Or just shmear on some high-temp liquid gasket and stick...
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    1950 through 1952 whirlpool washer

    I have one of those high-fashion red marbalized straight-vane agitators in minty condition. They are so beautiful. I always thought Whirlpool missed a sales opportunity by not making the marbalized red exclusive to the Surgilator, at least until the introduction of the Super Surgilator. Those...
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    Vintage Maytag "Heavy Duty" Washer & Dryer

    Close to their place of birth. Look nicely kept.
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    Everything You Remember And Miss About ... Sears

    The Sears on Ponce de Leon in Atlanta was a huge playground when I was a kid. They always had a great working display of various appliances. The Plexi-Glass tub Lady Kenmore Wringer washer or the latest Lady Kenmore Automatic, always with a full tub of water, a couple dozen poker chips, set to...
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    Solid Tub Washers

    Oh yeah, the SQ TL's of today------- will make a mess out of a load of sheets no matter how you load them. (Except, of course, the TL series that don't move anything around enough to tangle them). The ones we have at the office wash mostly towels and sheets, so I have plenty of experience with...
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    during the course of 2023 if you had to buy a vintage washer to replace your modern washer

    When it comes right down to it-------- I can wash anything water-washable with an 806. Versatile, dependable, nice features, large capacity. Other than just for fun, I can't think of anything else I would rather have as my only machines.
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    Solid Tub Washers

    Maybe, or------ a combination of both. We do know that there had already been years of pressure from the (so called) Consumers Union to force manufacturers to reduce water consumption. And, the Government certainly was involved at the time, as well. Using up the original water valves would have...
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    Solid Tub Washers

    I have an early 80's SQ (big tub) solid tub machine. It really is a good machine and it is nice that it holds a larger load. However, due to the usual Government interference involving water usage, the rinse fill is always about 3/4 of a tub full when agitation begins. The first part of what...
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    Solid Tub Washers

    I remember well the solid-tub machines found in most Floridian homes back in the 1950's and 1960's and with rare exception I hardly recall any sediment issues. Perhaps most parents in those days had enough sense to tell their kids to shake-out anything that came in from the beach as opposed to...
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    Bleach Prices the Next victim of "Inflation"?

    The local Sam's here has a three gallon pack for just under $19.00! WTF? I really feel my age when I recall that as a youngster, a brown glass gallon of Clorox was 25 cents.
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    Looking to Love Liver, but how?

    It doesn't matter what you do--------- it still tastes like liver. Traditional Ashkenaz Jewish "Gehochte Leber" a delicacy. Wash a pound of Chicken Livers (or calves liver) under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Pick-over and remove any membranes or gall bladders on the chicken...
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    Phosphate dishwasher detergent problems

    I set my water heater on "HELL" -------- when I got it 15 years ago and haven't touched it since. I like it boiling out of the tap. I have used the Cascade Fryer Boil-Out for years with great results. Very hard water where I live and no residue. I usually barely fill both cups in my old KDP-20.
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    Skinny Mini!

    Out of ignorance, I used to scoff at those Syncro-Swing Washers when they were brand new to the market. At Greg's Wash-In, years ago, I got to see one in action and it completely changed my mind. What a great little machine! Much more than just a novelty!
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    why is the whirlpool surgomatic so hard to find?

    They were good machines, their owners used the hell out of them and they were disposed of. Might be some in obscurity somewhere waiting for you to discover them! Go to every ESTATE sale you can and look in the dusty out buildings and basements. I do not know whether Sears and/or Whirlpool...
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    Biden admin proposes more stringent efficiency standards

    The Globalists/WEF/Elites will tell you what you can and cannot use and you will be happy. Period! Meanwhile, I will continue to enjoy my old machines in blissfull non-compliance to the totalitarians!
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    Exotic. Beltsville

    Hmmmm, A '55 Unimatic (from "the farm"), a nice ('83) Whirly belt-drive, a nice Kenmore Collapse-O, an early '60's Westy Roll-Out DW, A beautiful and minty '67 Frigidaire CI Stove. Oh, and a Frankenstein Kenmore Belt-Drive from Greenbelt.
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