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Please save this from being scrapped!  It won't be around much longer. I am not able to get it due to distance.    This is a very early DR Monitor Top. Would be nice if restored.    https://monitortop.freeforums.net/thread/2527/2-a16-looking-good-home?page=1&scrollTo=34553

It's very disappointing that they used metal shielded bearings in that application where water and moisture are in the environment around them. That is "asking for" failures. You made a great choice in buying rubber sealed bearings.   Metal shielded bearings do have a place; typically in...

Excellent finds!

Hi Stan. Thanks for the info and discussion of how it was operating a dry cleaner back in the day. Fascinating stuff!

Jody, it does sound like you need to look more closely at the thermostat control. The fact that tapping near it causes the unit to start is very telling. Could need cleaning and re-lubrication or there could be enough wear that it needs to be replaced. 

Hi  Kevin, thanks. The original thermostat is a Ranco which is still available new. We're just replacing it with a new one. I am going to rewire the whole thing, however.    Things are ridiculously busy for me these days and it has cut into my video making time. Just got to get things done and...

Thanks for clarifying that, John, about the evaporator thermistor.  As with you I haven't watched that video but have seen the thumbnail for it. I have enjoyed a few of his erlier videos, but he has been getting more and more biased and "mainstream" of late, which I find very off-putting. 

This one had me baffled. Talked to the owner on several occasions and he finally brought it in for checking out.  As the thermostat became worn, it started glitching and interrupting power for a split second toward the end of the cycle. This glitching would cause the compressor to start banging...

Very interesting about the frozen foods plans.

That's nice. I like the stylized handle and badge.   

These are an unmitigated piece of shit. Not worth the paint sprayed upon it.

Hi Ralph. Thank you for the information! The timer is marked International Register Co. if I am seeing it correctly in my pictures from yesterday. Will look again today when out at my shop.     

So; I'm trying to get this Frigidaire stove working correctly. I was going to try to relubricate the timer motor to get it going, however, when I took the cover off I was shocked to find the motor is missing! If I had an old motor I could probably come up with something. However, with the motor...

Hi Austin, it does indeed do a spray rinse after the wash cycle. Just after the wash cycle ends, it begins the spin and drain cycle. Once the spin is up to speed, it sprays water into the spin cycle for a few minutes, then spins without spraying for another few minutes; before it stops spinning...

John, I love the window modification! What a cool (or hot, rather) project!    Interesting about the lint separation system. Where could I learn more about that? 

Austin, I don't think it has a dedicated button for spin-rinse; however it does rinse during the first half of the spin cycle. Maybe a better way to say it is, it has spin-rinse but you can't turn it off.

Hi Alex, thanks for the link to Lorain Furniture's video!

Glad to see an update on this Lightburn washer. I had never seen a wash wand design before this. Very cool!  It looks solidly built. Sincerely, David  

Thanks to all for the comments and information. Much appreciated. I did replace the dryer belt and washer drive belt, plus oil both motors and all of the rollers and idlers which have Oilite bushings. As John said, the pump belt was still fine, and because I couldn't get one locally I left it in...

Melvin, the display faces have 1986 dates on them. The washer has no date newer than 1986 that I have seen yet. The dryer has a few 1987 codes, such as the molding mark on the blower wheel. This makes me think the pair was probably sold as a 1987 or 1988 set. Someone more learned than I may be...