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I grew up in Eagle Rock, a little neighborhood in the North of Los Angeles nestled between Glendale and Pasadena. The area was largely developed in the twenties and thirties and many of the houses in the neighborhood had brick contraptions in the backyards that looked like some sort of oven or...

Just curious. Have you run the washer with the front panel removed while listening for the source of the clatter you’re hearing? And as a side note, the motor’s sliding carriage looks a little rough. Have you confirmed that it’s able to move freely?

I have a new old stock 221 valve that I'd be willing to part with. It looks just like the Maytag 201163 valve, but lacks the internal mechanism to regulate water temp. It's essentially a dumbed-down aftermarket replacement.

That sort of thing happens when moisture finds its way through the chrome via tiny pinholes. Once you scrub it off, you can seal the pinholes with wax every time you use it to keep the rust at bay, or you can send the part out to be stripped and re-chromed. I think you might be surprised by how...

<span style="color: #ff0000;">"I believe that's one year only dryer. HOH, with the gold console."</span>   And yet there's another pair like this in Avocado listed in Shoppers Square. What are the odds that two would show up at the same time?

That's a nice looking set in what appears to be close to new condition. At first I thought that was a Stream of Heat dryer, but no, it's a Halo of Heat with a gold console. If I'm not mistaken that's a rare combination. This is too good to pass up folks. Someone needs to jump on this.

As vacerator points out there have been numerous studies showing the long term financial benefits of a college education, but it bears mentioning that as more and more people get college degrees the benefits will diminish. I'm reminded of a line from the movie The Incredibles where the character...

We've done this to ourselves with all this nonsense about everyone needing to go to college and earn a professional degree of one sort or another. We've all heard the saying, "Don't be a fool, stay in school." Having worked as a draftsman and technical illustrator many years ago I learned that...

A dryer built in 1999 is being discussed in the Imperial forum? I feel so old now. Where has the time gone?

It works just like it did in 1941, so I guess it doesn't work at all then, since it wasn't around in 41 to do any work.

A hard plastic scrapper that's been sharpened a bit can be really helpful with thick stuff like this. It's worth a try anyways.

This thread has been a real eye opener, LOL. Especially that photo of the squirrel getting skinned (yikes). I grew up in Eagle Rock, a little place in Northern Los Angeles nestled between Glendale and Pasadena and it has an abundance of squirrels and rats. The rats spent most of their time in...

Do yourself a favor and download the Halo of Heat service manual from the Automatic Ephemera site. It will explain the disassembly process in detail. It’ll only take a few minutes to purchase and download. Also, which felt seal did you get for the drum? The electric version only uses the smaller...

There may be some tub light lenses out there waiting to be found, but they are as rare as hens teeth. There was a thread recently about those lenses (thread 81875) and I posted a drawing of one with the various dimensions. Find that thread and you can likely make a lense out of plexiglass. If I...

Over the years I’ve received about a half dozen emails that were either infected with malware or sent from hacked accounts and infected with malware or viruses. Every one of them came from a yahoo email account. Now I regard anything from yahoo with suspicion. It makes me wonder what goes on there.

qsd-dan As someone similarly afflicted I can totally relate to your comment in reply nine. The time warp experience just wouldn’t be the same without the flicker and ping of the fluorescent lamp!

What the hell? They couldn’t disconnect it so you could take it home, but they could disconnect it to throw it in the dumpster? This situation is beyond stupid from start to finish. I’m sorry you had to go through this, but also concerned that there are people this Idiotic walking around...

I feel like I’m missing something here. I gather from their site that people can list items for sale through maxsold in similar fashion to selling on eBay. Is that incorrect? How is it that an item is listed for sale with no means to actually retrieve it. The no dolly thing is inconsiderate, but...

As eurekastar mentioned, acetone will definitely work, but it will also soften the paint while you're using it(it'll recover when you're done)so use it carefully.

I would try a product like Goof Off first. If it works it won't harm the paint the way a wire brush is likely to. I've used it on old adhesives before with good results.