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Maytag restor. Hello Brad. I too am restoring 2 Maytag "gray ghosts" models 72 and 90. I have a question about paint color. Many of the restorations use a darker grey color and the Maytag collectors sight shows a dark grey color for these models, but the original paint left on them is clearly...

H-Axis I have one that you hook up to a hit-miss engine. The name on it is " Kleenzal". I can't find any information on it but I suspect it is from the Eden company. It looks very similar and the tub switches direction every fourth revolution just like the Eden add says. Jeff

Pink Westinghouse Pair Hello everyone. These were indeed saved and there is a story to go with them. I was going to post after I got a few pics of them safe in my laundry room ! They were in the basement of a home not 5 minutes from mine, in a very modest house (not one that would rate TOL...

Laundry bag While I agree a laundry bag helped with small things, it is hard to put adult bib overalls in one. I had several parts ruined it the 1-18 (I even bought replacement buckles but they never fit right). The laundry bag did not help with the underwire bras, although it did help them...

Jet cones From personal experience I can tell you these were hard on some clothing no matter how you loaded them. Anybody that tried to wash underwire bras, bib overalls, children's clothing with plastic buckles, ect... can tell you they chewed them up and sometimes other things in the load...

Sears kitchen In 1979 my mother did a complete kitchen remodel including all TOL Kenmore appliances (they had the Sears card). The stove and refrigerator were gone by year 15 but the dishwasher was still going strong at 30 years old and it was run almost daily.Jeb

Westinghouse History As I understand it these were put a coin laundry here in Mansfield to test them (I have a picture somewhere). During the war they were completely redesigned and after the war Westinghouse did not want to be responsible for repair parts so they offered full trade in for a...

Westinghouse dryer I believe this is the lower end model without the chime. If you look at the knob on the right side it is a fake. On the higher end model this was a pull to start knob. The washer would have had a weight-to-save door.

wringer washer I am sure it is a Westinghouse ! I have one very much like it. The word Westinghouse was just a paper sticker on the front of the tub. Over time with the water sloshing over the rim the sticker just melted away. It has a very vigorous washing action. To swing the wringer push...

I just purchased an older wringer washer with the name "KLENZAL" stamped on the tub and wringer. It is the cylinder type and the drive pulley is large and flat, I believe it is to be run with an old farm hit-miss engine or tractor. I can't find any other markings or numbers or anything. Has...

Westinghouse top loader In 1961 WH bought 20,000 top load automatics from Easy and rebadged them Westinghouse ( dealers were demanding a top loader to keep up with competition). In 1964 WH developed its own top loader called "CPA" (center post agitator). I am guessing, because it was totally...

GE Washer I never understood why GE put the normal wash cycle at the bottom of the timer. It makes it hard to see where to start the cycle most people use the most often. I ended up putting a small dot of paint on the inner dial so it would be at the top for the start of normal and I didn't...

sediment tubes Way back, in the ancient of times when I worked for an appliance repair company we were told to remove the tube (if it wasn't already broken off) and put the cap of an old style magic marker in the hole at the bottom of the tub. It wedged in there pretty good and the centrifical...

p. press -soak I don't know about the garment industry but I still use p.press on dress clothes and I have removed some set in stains by putting full strength detergent on the stain and letting that soak for awhile then putting the garment in the machine, letting it agitate for a few minutes...

Wash-in Steve- I wish I would have known you wanted to go we could have shared a ride! I live in Mansfield and we could have gone together but it is too late for me to make arrangements now. Maybe next time. E-mail me if you get a chance. Jeb

warm rinse Warm rinse is also good for throw rugs with the rubber backing. For years my mother had very short life with these rugs, but when I told her to use warm rinse the lifetime more than tripled. She has rubber backed rugs that are several years old and the backing is still good. When she...

second rinse I had a GE from late 70's. It would start running at different times without being started ( because it was in the basement it would startle you at odd times to hear it kick on ). It turned out the valve had a leak that would take a few days to fill the washer. once the pressure...

Amish county Amish county is only about 45 minutes from Mansfield. We have being going there several times a year since I was a boy and no trip would be complete with out a stop at Lehmans. I remember the old store before it got so modern. They have a great catalog to sign up for and get twice...

Bendix If John doesn't want it I would be interested in it. I haven't checked the threads lately ( my mom is moving ) or I would have contacted you sooner. Jeb

Westinghouse refrigerator I just contacted the seller and it is still for sale. It would be a great match for my 1953 Westinghouse range in my 1950's kitchen, and it is only 1 hour from me. Keep you fingers crossed and I may have it this week !! Jeb