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The carbon should be in front of the spring. If you lost it you can go to a motor repair place a get a carbon brush close to the size you need and sand it down to fit. I had to do this with mine because the brush just fell apart with age.

Westinghouse paid a royalty to Bendix. I think it was 3 cents a machine.

According to the post they are in a hoarder house that is going to be torn down. If you needed these for parts you could probably get them for free. Glad the demo team put them on Facebook before the wreaking ball hit.

fill You are suppose to put a piece of cloth in the fill cavity on the back to filter the incoming water.

defrosting with an electric skillet My mom defrosted the freezer with an electric skillet. I remember seeing it in the freezer with the handle/control/cord sticking out the door.

Whirlpool I always thought these timers felt cheap and plasticy compared to the older style with the cycles on the knob that you turned.

What to do if you are in Mansfield Ohio and have a Westinghouse slantfront with a bad motor, bad bearings, bad timer and bad heating element? Turn it into yard art of course! Clothing will be changed to reflect up coming holiday. Note the bushel basket being used for a laundry basket

You might be able to find a sweeper belt that would hold up better?

seedub; I think this statement just reminds the housewife that after the laundry is done she doesn't have to hose out the tub and rinse tubs and remove the sediment under the agitator and unplug the machine like her old wringer washer. Not unlike the line "your hands never have to touch the...

I don't know, seems awfully gimmicky to me. You can only saturate something once, you can't make it more wet. If your detergent isn't dissolving and laying on the bottom you need better wash action or better detergent.

My 55 kitchen aide has a purge cycle at the beginning of the wash. sprays water in and pumps it out for about 2 minutes, then valve closes and wash,rinse,rinse, dry all done with-in 1/2 hour and dishes are very clean. The purge clears the cold water from the pipes while spraying it onto the...

Maytag used to advertise the "gray Ghost" wringer washers could be bought with a gasoline engine to use now and when "current" came to your area you could switch to an electric motor.

The house we moved to when I was in second grade had lino. countertops. It was discoloring around the sink then. Any nick or cut with a knife would soon start to discolor as water got into it every time you wiped the counters. My mother worked and my brother and I made our own snacks and...

Thanks everybody. When my grandmother got her first Westinghouse slant front set in 1948 they remodeled a small room next to the kitchen and because she was a tall woman had my grandfather build them up on a platform and covered it with the same linoleum as the floor. My mother, also tall, had...

This is my latest acquisition. I got the pair for $50.00. They were filthy and the only story was they were taken from a rental property. They had been stored in a garage for awhile. I figured the washer would be the trouble spot, but for the price I wasn't out much if it couldn't be fixed.. I...

Yogitunes - yes that's it. Appnut- At this point, if I ever get this thing up and running, I might post videos of the "Naked dance to Appease the Frigidaire dryer Gods" so others may learn it, and call on the gods if needed. Believe me, if the sight of me dancing naked will appease the dryer...

Westinghouse had an interesting way of lighting the dial. There was a thick piece of clear plastic that touched the florescent bulb and ran behind the dial. when the florescent light was on light traveled through the plastic illuminating the dial.

Thank you guys for the offer but I found one on line before I read your posts. As the story continues lets just say it is a good thing I can't pick this dryer up and chuck it outside any easier than I can or it would be out there probably dowsed with a gallon of gasoline and set on fire! As I...

Does anyone have a heating element for a 1 to 18 dryer or a part number that I can try to cros reference for a new one? This set is beginning to really frustrate me! I bought them for $50.00 less than an hour from me. I brought them home and hooked up the washer which ran flawlessly but this...

I found rollers and felt seal, now looking for idler pulley!