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The nut wouldn't budge yesterday, So I soaked it in Mouse Milk overnight. (photo 1)  This morning it started moving with the second tap of the hammer and came off easily.   Photo 2 - The inside surface of the outer tub has a little bit of rust to deal with, but is in pretty good shape...

Good news and bad news The good news is the expandable plug worked like a champ. The first photo shows my complete set up. For the slide hammer I used a rather large and heavy cast socket. Unfortunately, as I tightened up the expanding plug I went too far and blew out the the plastic barrel...

Thanks, John! Considering how much experience you have working on these things, that's encouraging.

I don't think your expanding plug it going to do it. You may prove right, but I'm going to try it anyways. In the aircraft industry we use expanding rubber plugs to block off the wing tank vents so that we can pressurize the tank and perform leak checks. Once installed and tightened up so that...

Anyone that's been following this thread is aware that progress has been blocked by a stuck agitator. I was unaware of the metal drive block issue until Dan mentioned it, and since then I've been trying to think of some way to remove the agitator that doesn't involve its destruction. John made...

On the filter flow washer the inner tub is able to wobble around and bang into the outer tub during spin cycles. At least that’s what would happen on my parents machine. Over the years this caused several small holes my dad plugged by drilling them out, then installing a bolt with a rubber...

"Wow. It's going to be better than new!" LOL! We'll have to wait and see, but I sure hope you're right.

The base plate has finally been painted, and that's the last of the big painting projects for this washer. All that's left now are a few random small parts to be done with a spray can. I'm relieved to have this behind me to say the least.  

John - That’s a very generous offer. Thank you! I will do my best to see that I don’t need to take you up on it.

Holy crap, Dan. Thanks for sharing that bit of information, but now I'm at a loss as to what to do next. This is going to take some serious thought. Thanks for the tip regarding that tool, Dave. That should prove very useful if I can find one.

Thanks Louis I'll be painting the base plate tomorrow, but beyond that I won't get much done until I can get that agitator off.

One last picture I forgot to include the little doghouse in the photos. This had a large sag in the paint along to top near the front edge. I was able to cut the ridge off it by wet sanding and then polish it out. No trace is left.   Ken - Thanks for the tip on agitator removal. At this point...

Thanks, Melvin! I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out so far. With any luck I'll be able to complete the polishing without screwing it up. Now I have another problem that finally needs to be dealt with. I can't get the darn agitator to let go. It seems to be completely stuck. Dan tells me...

As promised here are a couple of photos of the painted cabinet. It came out pretty well. Thankfully the only visible flaws are in the clear coat, so they will be sanded smooth with 1000 or 1500 grit wet sand paper and polished out, making them disappear completely. That's one of the things I...

Just a quick update. The cabinet, front panel, and control panel dog house have now been painted, but what a nightmare. Things began going wrong when I ran out of white base coat before the first coat of paint had even been fully applied. The guys at the paint store had figured one quart would...

Yep, the washer has the all too familiar "dolly dents" in the front panel. I'm afraid this poor set isn't likely to get saved.

Hi Dan. The inside of the cabinet has been prepped for paint as well, so yes, it's getting painted. I figure an extra layer of protection against corrosion can't hurt, so why not. It'll make things brighter in there when the front panel comes off for maintenance as well. Honestly, I'm a little...

Here we are at the end of September...... and I'm finally ready to paint. My original plan had been to paint outside, but the weather here in Pittsburgh hasn't been cooperating. It's either been raining and humid, hot and humid, or windy and humid. The humidity has finally dropped back to...

I posted this drawing of the dryer door gasket profile back in 2014 with the hope that someone would find something similar available and share it with the rest of us. The portion that hangs down on the far right butts up against the closed door and forms a seal. The part hanging down just to...

There's no way to disconnect it. The belt that drives the pump is driven by the same motor pulley that drives the transmission belt. When the motor reverses and the spin cycle begins, the pump turns in the correct direction to empty the water out. When the motor rotates in the forward...