1950 something unimatic questions

[lorainfurniture]

I’m helping my friend bob get his 1950’s unimatic washer ready for semi regular use. I have a few questions to anyone knowledgeable with them.

1. We tipped the machine over for much longer than we should have. An undetermined amount of oil leaked out. I believe a cup or so. Any method of checking level? How to drain? Total fill volume? What type of oil?

2. The aluminum water pump is corroded and a bit leaky despite my efforts. I know it’s a long shot, anyone have a spare? I’ll even take one that’s trashed so I can experiment with it.

 

[gansky1]

26 oz. of oil - you can drain the mechanism easily enough by laying the machine with the drain plug at the bottom of the transmission housing facing down, remove the plug and filter screen and allow the oil to drain out, then turn machine over so plug hole is facing up and replace the oil.  Many use air compressor oil as a suitable replacement, a few have experimented with synthetics with good luck too, but it needs to be of lighter viscosity to allow the oil pump to get it up to the top of the transmission shaft.  

 

The pump may be a hard find, where is leaking from exactly?

 

[lorainfurniture]

The part that the drain hose connects to has corroded. Not enough to attach a hose. I rigged it up, but looking to find a better looking solution.