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Sean, yes that's the problem I'm referring to. I have a problem where I can't be down for too long since the nearest place I can do laundry is a long way away. I wasn't able to find a transmission which was "for sure" correct for my Kenmore. That sort of put me off from trying to fix it...

So; I went ahead and committed to these today. Will share more when I get them home.  Plan to lubricate the motor bearings and any bearings which can be oiled, change belts, and see about the washer transmission oil. I say "see about" because I seem to remember someone saying it may be a bad...

Hi folks. I am posting this from my phone so forgive any formatting errors or oddness. I'm not a smartphone guy but I'm using what I have. Anyway, I have found a matching speed queen washer and dryer with a touch panel control. I'm going to attempt to attach pictures. I can get the pair for...

Good finds.  It's very disappointing that people can't even clean their own coils, though... 

Very nice job! Nice job! It's great to have native voltage parts with no need for a transformer. That stainless basket is nice, too! No complaints about your LED modification; but I wonder what would be necessary to change over the original lamp to 240V? I would assume it had a preheat fixture...

It is still working, as well!

A few years back, I got an "engineering sample" new Embraco compressor from eBay. It has a large glass window in the side of it, with the oil level marked. Ran across it recently and decided to make a project with it. No specifications known so I had to guess and still may not have the capillary...

Nice commercial all-fridge cooler. Looks to have a very similar design to my Foster Thermodynamic, with the center mounted evaporator.

R12 alternatives Jilian, I missed your reply, apologies. There are several different refrigerants marketed as drop-in R12 replacements.  There is, however, no universal drop-in replacement for R12 in every system engineered for R12. However, there is at least one R12 replacement which will work...

Thanks Melvin!    Tom; I wouldn't know if Kelvinator made the other Crosley major appliances. I'm just a fridge guy and not really up on the other types of appliances.  Very sad about the older neighboring building to the Crosley building. But as you said, maybe it will open up the area for...

<span style="font-family: inherit;" data-offset-key="e74kf-0-0">Got an oldie here! This is a 1930's era Crosley Shelvador fridge. For those not up on the history of Crosley fridges, they are an important part of our history. Crosley radio company, along with several other early 'vacuum tube...

Item in Picture 3... Thanks John!  I believe I remember seeing pictures of your 1927 Frigidaire restoration. It also looked very nice. If it's the one I am thinking of; you used a hermetic compressor unit and modified the original evaporator to work with it, so that the evaporator surround and...

Thanks Greg; and Melvin.  I appreciate it!  This is a really cool piece.

This giant beauty of a fridge came in the shop this week.  It doesn't need restoration, because the cabinet is in that good of shape!    The back-story is fairly sad in that it was removed from an amazingly well preserved kitchen from the 30's.  The home was not daily-used since the 1950's and...

Beautiful!  And they are wrong that it can't be "refilled." Fix the leak and use any of the R12 alternatives out there.

That's a beauty! And the restorer who did the job is a good guy as well.  Sincerely, David 

Beautiful color and very good condition!  

It is very hard to tell if that is designed as a block-ice powered icebox or is electric and missing its mechanical parts. The styling with the art-deco door was very common on almost-identical Frigidaire models of that era; however I am reasonably sure this isn't a Frigidaire model. If you...

So glad to hear it's still working!

@baltimore - Hey Jeff; as far as the Automatic Ephemera manual download site, I'm reasonably sure our webmaster Robert (Unimatic1140) is responsible for that site as well. It might do well to reach out to him via his profile e-mail. He can get you on the right path, I expect.