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The agitator should just put up and out

Maytag 90 New legs are available on line all the time. You have to push down on the handle to make the wringer turn to different positions. How does it look under the agitator?

Sani Towels In America most of our parents never heard of a washer with a heater built in and washed in whatever temp came from the tap-we are still here, our grand parents used wringer washers with the water being used multiple times and our parents made it, our great grandparents washed in...

The scandel in the park My mom told me about the restrooms in central park.When they were first build they were pretty up scale but by the late fifties were getting rundown. All shopping was done "downtown" so that's why the city installed them. By the mid fifties suburban shopping centers...

Westinghouse strike The 50's strike what a major event , that got very violent. Cars were overturned, property was damaged and you could be visited in the middle of the night and threaten if you didn't support the strike. Families were going without food (most were a one paycheck household)...

.220/110 In Westinghouse slant front dryers you had to move one of the wires (I think it was the red one) to the neutral terminal for 110 operation.

Thanksgiving I will be going to my brothers house this year. There will only be 8 of us and we can all get along for an afternoon(not much longer!). We are all different in our views politically, socially, ect. but usually can get along and have a good time in short intervals. Since we are...

Light What brand of washer did this come out of?

1958 Westinghouse I have one that I fixed this year. The outer tub had a flaw and rusted very early in its life. I had the inner tub out and everything looked new. the boot is in pretty good shape for now but we know that is a week link. the only problem I have is the pump drive wheel is hard...

wood/coal heat to add to my previous post; I HATED heating with wood/coal! When getting coal at the coal field we had to load the whole truck by hand(by hand - picking lumps slightly smaller than your head and carrying them back to the truck). They would use a loader but it cost more and to...

coal heat We heated with coal/wood most of my growing up years. The coal furnace sat next to the fuel oil furnace and had a blower that force the heat into the heat ducts. It was in the basement and very modern for the time (bought new in early 70's). Even with it being new there would be a...

Tappan knobs They look awkward to me too. If you have two large pans on the front you have to reach over/around them every time you adjust the burner. If the whole unit was flipped around the small burners would be in front with the controls. less chance to burn yourself (picture two large...

I don't know if you could get more than $500.00. Ones around here in excellent shape don't go for that much and I think if you are buying a Wringer washer you intend to use it so it just has to be in good shape. I am close to Amish county and they are plentiful here.

My mother worked full time and did the housework on Sat. The Hi-fi was in the dinning room just outside the kitchen door. She loaded it up with several LP records and cranked the sound up and cleaned and canned all day. If we didn't like it then we could "go outside and play".

I have one similar to yours and have used it for 15? years without any adverse affects to my clothes. I don't load it heavy and give the clothes plenty of room to move around.

It is only MODERN front loader that take more time. Early (up to the 80's)front loaders washed in the same amount of time as top loaders. Up to 15 to 20 minute wash on normal cycle, with rinses about 30 to 35 minutes to complete the cycle. They tumbled in one direction(not stopping every few...

Maytag spin drain I had one that would not drain all the water in the spin before the rinse but only sometimes. I found a large grommet(like on a tarp) in the outer tub. It would spin round with the water most of the time but every now and then get stuck in the water outlet, restricting the...

line drying Have you heard this about if the clothes would dry in damp, cold weather ? "check the sidewalk, if it will dry the sidewalk it will dry the clothes". JEB

I think there is a video of the Thor someone is going to post

I will be there. Jeb