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Where I live in Canada most homes had 120-240 service this is called the Edison 3 wire system... Some rural areas had only a 120 volt connections, but this was very uncommon. Washing machines needed a new motor. One of the shops where I worked still had parts for old wash machines from this...

T Eaton and company was an outfit very much like Sears but here in Canada only. Like sears with the Kenmore line Eaton's had the Viking line and they sold a premium product. Often they negotiated favourable terms with manufactures to get the top of the line or newest options. I had a viking...

I'm hardly an expert on Wash machines. I do know however some of the lubricants used up until the 1960 for precision machines used oils that don't age well. If its not giving you trouble for 60 years they did something right. But 60 year old oil might. Is there a way to change the fluid drive...

on the surface a fluid drive sounds like a lovely idea. But anyplace you have slip you have heat. Heat ages things. Heat is wasted energy. Speaking from an electricians perspective working in heavy industry I like things to be as simple as possible with parts that consumables or easily...

Could it just be grease tracked form something into the machine thats migrating around? Maybe grease off some work clothes, it happens a lot here in the industrial plant where I work. Other depts come and use the electrician's washer, bring in grease and our fire proof work clothes are unfit to...

So let me tell you American fellows about Canada in the days this was made. We had a love hate relationship with the USA so the governments of the day made it almost impossible to import stuff from USA to Canada without some Canadian content. The idea was to create a Canadian home manufacturing...

Thank you for the reply guys. I'm having a lot of trouble uploading photos. Might be because my computer is so old its steam powered. Is there someplace that has manuals where I can look at the washer components of similar speed queen units and start to create a game plan for the resurrection...

lets try this photo thing again. not much luck so far yup nothing works Is there a Speed queen forum someplace. Cant post anything here no numbers to show.

Hi there first time poster long time reader ( well not really I have skimmed this site in the past but first time poster .... ) A Canadian made wringer followed me home its a Simplicity and I know nothing about it. Does anyone know this machine? I am going to take it apart and go through it to...