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A look at the front panel controls has us all interested. When we bought the 1976 westy here it was a more expensive washer than a top loader. One paid more to get a thrifty machine, one that used less water. The LT570 of mine in Consumer Reports in 1978 was rated the most thrifty washer as...

Westinghouse 3 belt machines were actually sold at Sears too. If one googles the model number of the machine the sears parts site will show up the diagrams and parts lists too. The commercial laundromat version of the 3 belt with coin changer also shows up on the Sears website today too. These...

Bleach Funnel On the westys that I have poped the hood that have a Bleach dispenser on the top surface; the bleach goes into a "Bleach Funnel" that connects to the tub. Some have screws that are on the top bleach dispenser cover; others just push up and there are no screws to mess with...

Kic; Your washer's two left door hinges look just like the two right door hinges on my 1976 westy DRYER. Your washer's white delrin door catch looks like part 5303261023 like on my washer too. http://www.repairclinic.com/Shop-For-Parts?s=t-5303261023-%3d%3d

The sheet metal on my washer on my 1976 washer and dryer is not thinner than other washers I have seen. If anything it is thicker. I really never heard about all these Westinghouse woes until this message board. Westys that I have seen with rust has been the doors. Service guy cannot will not)...

A close up of the controls has me guessing too!. I wonder out loud (guessing) if the lefts 6 push button array has a top and bottom selector with the missing knob by the timer. Thus 12 actual settings?

On the westys here these are the two spring metal pieces the putty knife touches. is the "tub light" on yours at the same 6 o'clock position? You can feel its port hole when the door is open on yours.

Wow; that delrin plastic door catch too looks just like mine on my 1976 westy To pop the hood on mine one uses a putty knife in the front about 5cm from each corner to push the two catches back. The top then pivots back. Yours has the added dispenser that connects to the tub.

At local parts house when I tried to get some 3 belt parts they said they were not available and that was 10 years ago; thus one uses the internet and ebay. A few repair chaps there at the parts house said they were glad they did not have to work on them, since the boot was so difficult. It...

Westy experience varies radically; and is often by if repair Here I only learned that newer westys are POS due to this board. It is quite common ie the norm on this board at times for folks to inject that westinghouses rust out in a few years and are quite troublesome. As a long time...

Agreed; fridge is a biggie. RE "By far the biggest savings one can get is to replace a pre-1990's fridge with a modern energy star fridge. I replaced two fridges in my "new" old home ten years ago. One used 1500 KWh/yr. The other used 1700 KWh/yr. These were the figures GE gave me when I...

Maybe he is referencing consumer reports? CR/ They about 1978 rated the LT570 and the most thrifty washer in water usage and electricity consumed. We bought ours in 1976. Its bearings got noisy about 1999 and finally the front bearing's cage broke in the summer of 2005. Mine went 2 feet under...

the 1 belt version in the usa was the newer last model. It has a higher extract/spin speed. It's controller made the drum revolve both CW and CCW. Many of the parts for the older 3 belt are on this pdf on the diagram on page 5; some on pages 3 and 4 too . Not all on paged 3 and 4 is for 3...

Lack of education is why I once got a free 25" machine. Combo52; RE: "3BW very little of what you wrote is correct, all the wattage's, RPMs, and HP of the motor are incorrect you have probably never seen one of the 25" machines let alone repaired one. And their is no potato pulley on these...

The top of your washer looks like it came out of the same stamping die as my 1976 LT570 Westinghouse, but yours has the added bleach dispensers like a LT870 shown in the link below. As far as the layout of the control panel; the westy here has a 6 button push button part # Q-156882, and is...

Mobile to Houston is 468 Miles and it is all interstate I-10. That is an 8 hour drive @ 60mph. Maybe renting a U haul truck and a road trip would be cheaper?

On the plus side a modern washer allows a delayed start; and one too can use a cycle so the total time is say 2 hours and 30 minutes. One can start the washer; mow the yard; go to Home Depot and buy some yards stuff; go to McDonalds for a burger and the machine will still be running. In other...

It is the US Government tax breaks that distorts the market. It is NOT a requirement. A maker gets a healthy tax break if one meets water saver standards. This tax breaks is greater than the total profit on the machine; ie hundreds of dollars. To wash with less water the gambit is the modern...

In wash & rinse mode the 1800 rpm AC motor drives an idler pulley. This pulley then drives the oval potato pulley. This double speed reduction makes the drum revolve at the say 53 to 57 rpm; the variation is due to the potato pulley. In spin mode the AC 1800 rpm motor drives the drum via the...

When the unit goes into the spin cycle the power required out of the 1/2 HP AC motor goes from say 200/300 watts in run to about 1300 watts in spin for several seconds while the unit brings the drum up top speed. Once up to speed the power backs way off. If the slinky type clutch spring (one...