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I've regretfully decided to get rid of my 1967 Fluid Drive washer- have had no luck in fabricating a replacement hose, as I asked about in thread # 37543. Thanks for the replies, and help offered, but sadly I don't have enough time to continue to attempt fixes, only to find that they haven't...

I posted a plea (thread # 37543) recently when the drain hose on my Simpson Fluid Drive began to leak. One of the replies stated that the US Speed Queen was very similar, and was wondering if anyone would be able to let me know if the drain hose from a SQ could substitute for the FD one. I...

My Simpson Fluid Drive, model 048, which I spent months rebuilding a few years ago (see previous posts) developed a drip. "No problems" I thought - maybe tighten a clamp or the pump housing, but on further investigation, I found, to my horror, that the drain hose, which was NOS when I replaced...

These wooden blocks - and others- were bought many years ago by my mother (still firing at 85!) so that we wouldn't have to pay someone to make the wringer squeeze hard enough to be effective. They are support blocks for the wringer shaft to fit through, and would inevitably wear out, meaning...

The original hosefrom the mixer to tub fill in my Simpson Fluid Drive perished long ago, and I fabricated a replacement, which did the job, but meant I had to reposition the inner tub every time it filled, or both inner and outer tub received fresh from the mixer.This meant over filling, but I...

Found this old thing sitting by itself in a warehouse which was full of old jukeboxes! They were amazing bits of 50s, but the owner wanted premium prices. Don't know anything about Kelvinator washers - they were mainly famous for their fridges ( I used to make 'em) and I've seen the brand on...

I thought I may have been the only person in the world who rebuilt his 1967-made washer, until I found this site! My everyday use washer is a Simpson brand Fully Automatic Fluid Drive. It has a fluoro light in the control panel, which showed me it was no ordinary washer when I bought it as a...