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Melvin, Chris, and James- Thanks for your kind words on the progress so far! Alot of work, but going smoothly :) Lots of great people on this forum who have been quite helpful! I'm glad people are enjoying the updates and adventures in rebuilding this machine. James- I think you are correct-...

Here are some pictures of the outer tub after I removed all the rust. A few cracks around center hole, and of course the one bolt hole has one thats over an inch long. There are two small spots that are rusted though as well. One is at the tub drain. See pics. I may try painting the bottom...

Tub Time Yesterday and today, I've been working on cleaning and de-rusting the tub. I started by washing it down with Spray Nine, and then carefully grinding the rust spots with my Dremel. I then applied rust jelly to the deeper pits and around center post seal and tub drain areas. No rust...

Refurbished base plate! Made great progress on the base plate since my last posts. All is going very well! Yesterday I Fully finished prep and made sure there where no dirt or oils on the plate or post. I then mixed up some Loctite EA-3478 (about 55g worth of mixed product) and applied it...

Bob- Got a few pictures during disassembly in case of any oddities or confusion lol. But I made sure I had a parts breakdown in hand before disassembly. Its not too much worse than a DD transmission, and much less tedious than the vintage clock/timer motors I routinely find myself working on...

Rust is gone! Progress is being made! All rust has been removed from base plate, and of course the center post. Those heavy "scotch brite" style angle grinder disks really cut though the rust and deposits! Tricky spots where done with a small wire wheel on die grinder. Rust remover jelly was...

John I really appreciate all the assistance and encouragement! I will email you a list of parts needed tomorrow. I really look forward to this machine being all cleaned up and running as it should! Thanks again. It really is too bad about the distance, I would have happily bought a...

Removed base plate today to properly clean up all rust and corrosion. Heres a before shot after removing just the heavy scale and rust. After some wire wheeling and prep, It will be ready for a sleeve over the center post. The assembly will then be re painted. The drain seal/pin trap assembly...

Not looking good... came across two or three more problems... Obviously this machines been leaking from pretty much everywhere rust near tub drain compromised the seal Lots of rust on the center post hole in tub Cracks at one of the tub bolts. I'll be honest, I don't have much hope left for...

John- I'll email you shortly. Much appreciated. I just finished opening up and spraying down the transmission to see what I have to work with. Water has been in here awhile, But all the bearing surfaces seem smooth and gears and shift fork are in good shape. It's a little rough but I'm hoping...

John- I would consider buying an agitator shaft off you if you have any spares and the time. As well as those transmission braces. Even a used shaft or one from an older unit with the taller spin tube in okay condition. Seems parts are more plentiful in the States even though this design ran for...

Melvin And John- In the next day or two I plan to get all the rust off that post and see what I have to work with. I assume that either way to do this properly, I will need to remove the outer tub. So that will be my next move. I really like the idea of a stainless sleeve. Tried to find some...

Basket removal success! Got the basket off. :D My method was to first remove the transmission per my previous post. I then spun the nut back on the drive block loose, perched a short piece of 2X4 atop it, and while lifting the wash basket off the bottom of the tub- gave it a good whack with a...

Gearcase removal An update on progress. I wanted to remove the transmission to try another method for removing the basket. Came out pretty easy. As soon as I tipped the unit on its front a brown slurry began to dribble out at the agitator shaft. The transmission is doused in oil and filth. I...

John- I just tried standing in basket and shifting weight around, changing positions for around 30 mins. Not budging yet. It's a stubborn one, But I'll keep trying. May try heating up the baskets center post carefully with my heat gun later on. WD-40 soaked in overnight too. It's a tough one...

Here's where I'm at so far. Top came off with ease as well as the top splash guard. No major rust on the tub rim, and the seal is in excellent shape. The basket nut came off with ease with the proper spanner. The basket is putting up a bit of a fight. I ran out of time for the day and will let...

Those speedy sleeves seem quite interesting. I've heard of a few other ways of restoring various shafts used in industry. Down the road when the NOS parts become full unobtainium, this could really save someone's machine. I plan to remove the basket tomorrow to assess the tub and center posts...

I'm going into this assuming it needs pretty much everything so I will most certainly be waiting until full disassembly to order parts. It will run again. It has no choice. I look forward to the challenge. It functions and held water overnight a few days ago for testing, so it's got that going...

Fingers crossed the center post isn't pooched! I just removed the agitator and brushed off the shaft and retainer nut. Agitator came off easy, and fits a bit loose on the shaft. Splines are a bit rusty. Shaft has some corrosion further down but not as rough as I was expecting. Top and Washbasket...

Melvin- That is very much appreciated. I'll call a few places tomorrow but if you have a spare set of braces I would gladly buy them off you. I'll update as I call around. The seals seem to be available still, But that belt seems tricky to find. Is it a proprietary size? looks like a 3/8" V...