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Try placing the gasket in boiling water for about 15 mins, and then drying it nice and hot (but carefully) with a heat gun or decent hair dryer. Worked well for me many many times on carb bowl seals and thermostat gaskets when they swell up way too large after getting cleaner on them. I've also...

Preparing cabinet Hello to those following! The other day I began disassembly of the cabinet, control panel, and coin acceptor. I removed the inlet valves and water level diaphragm switch as well. I started sanding and removing any rust from the cabinet and coin acceptor box. I removed any...

Motors Hey John Yes indeed, I have good amount of experience rebuilding and rewinding fractional HP motors. Mostly those used on older fans, pumps and tools, and even the ones GE epoxied together. I sometimes do it as a service, but it's mostly something I've always enjoyed doing to restore...

Tub sealed and curing! Hello all! A few days ago, I got the tub sealed, With extra attention paid to the center post, drain, and air dome. Per my last post, I used a bathtub drain washer to make sure none of the 5200 sealant escaped as I sealed around the center post. The sealing washer that...

Neat! John Fascinating how the compactors uses the centrifugal switch and start winding to reverse and complete the cycle! I never would have guessed thats how the circuitry works. Brilliantly simple and reliable. a novel way of controlling when to stop based on whats being compacted, and the...

Tub mounting begins Hey all! Some late night work continues! The other day, I punched out and glued some cardboard discs to the tub supports on the baseplate. Machine originally had a similar material there, I assume to keep noises at bay. I'm just about finished mounting and sealing the tub...

Almost forgot about these Very cool machine in one of the best colors! Certainly seems made well. The 1/4hr motor rating is rather odd. It's motor nameplate rating of 7.2 amps, VS the Frigidaire tag stating 10.3amps leads me to believe they where running this motor a little hard in this...

Missed it Was gone the next day sadly. Cool to hear it was an older direct drive unit. Someone got a nice machine! Its around the same age as my daily Admiral DD unit thats been around almost my whole life, But my controls look much more "modern" so that threw me off. That and the side lid...

Bearings done Hello all! With my bathroom and plumbing back up and running, and thousands saved taking the time to do the work myself, I'm back in full swing on the washer :D Today I pressed in the new center post bearings and seals. I gave the inside of the post another quick run with a...

Hey all! Rare an older machine turns up in my area. Especially one not left to freeze outside. Have a family member who saw the one I'm currently working on and told me they would appreciate a vintage machine. I can pick this unit up for cheap. Runs, rust free and low use apparently. But this...

Plumbing and bathroom adventures Don't worry guys, I'm not stopping until this machines one of my daily runners. Been lots of fun so far, and it won't be my last washer restoration, either :D Bathroom floors almost done. I wish the toilet where original to the house, But it's still an older...

Too bad. It's in great cosmetic shape. Shes done, unless you want to put in a week or two of work and are very handy... I'm also in Canada restoring an Inglis with the same drivetrain. I started months ago but winter, and a sewerline disaster set me back a few months :/ Agitator shaft and seals...

Hello everyone! Sorry to disappear on everyone following this. Work on the machine had to be backburner'd due to some major plumbing repairs that required me to break up some concrete and replace a majority of the 70 year old cast iron drainlines under my house. I do all my own work while...

We have transmission! Hey all! Excited to say the transmission has been rebuilt! Was alot of fun bringing this assembly back to life considering what I started with. So much cleanup and prep to get to this point. Well worth it. It has a new agitator shaft, New OEM gasket, replaced clutch...

We have a basket drive Hey all! Happy new year! Basket drive was rebuilt without any hiccups. Everything was thoroughly cleaned and degreased with brake cleaner while I had it apart. I had to replace the thrust washers between the pully as the old ones fell apart in my hands. I used blue...

Looks like I have everything I need Hello all, and happy holidays. Hope everyone had a good Christmas! I received all the parts I need from John on Christmas eve which is excellent! Procuring all these parts without him would have been sooo many separate orders and headaches/cost, so I am...

Happy Thanksgiving John- Very much appreciated! Glad you found a transmission gasket as well. Really didn't want to have to use RTV sealant. You have saved me alot of difficulty rounding up all these parts. I'm really looking forward to when it's time to start re-assembling some things, and am...

Motor and other parts cleaned The past few days I've been slowly working on cleaning up and lubricating the motor. It had alot of dust, lint, Belt residue and grease inside. It also had a good coating of gear oil residue all over it. I brushed and blasted in some electric motor cleaner and...

Hey John, That machine is awesome looking, with a really cool drive system and construction. Conditions also really good for anything of this age. Would this have been more expensive than a common laundry pair back then? I feel like there must have been reliability issues or this design and type...

Hey there. A similar issue stumped me for months on a Estate DD machine I got for free years ago. I'm not a pro, But I have alot of experience with DD machines. Turns out someone had sprayed grease on all the support pads and slides, allowing everything to move "too freely". The dampening...