1956 Duomatic

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John is the

expert on Bendix ! My magic heater is dead , I need to go in and replace it with a submersible element. It really boosts the washing power when it is on.

 

I have never seen a split transmission case in all the Bendii I have worked on. That has to be a casting defect! Where did you find this machine Anthony?

 

Anytime you and your partner want to come out and play with my '56 you are most welcome.

 

That Philco fridge will be stunning for sure!
 


I think the Cal rod is ok in this Duomatic but just not working because of the switch being bad. I think you are right I cant see how that could have happened with no other faults to be found. It came from IN. If you weren't so far and not so much going on here we would love to! All this wedding planning/getting things reedy is about to make me pull my hair out lol thank God the boy is doing most of it.
 
NU-PORCE

Glad to see that you took the tub back and cylinder off.I see that there are some rust issues in the tub.This is due to the water that was standing in the tub for who knows how long.The best way to deal with this is clean it perfectly,take it outside use Brillo pads.Rinse good with garden hose.Now for the rust.A wire brush will work well.Get it as clean as you can.With rubbing alcohol and a rag clean those areas again.You can get Nu-Porce at a hardware store or on line.It comes in 2 small bottles you mix together.This works well.I had a few small areas to touch up on my 58 15 some years ago.And when I changed the bearings on it a while back the touch ups looked like I did them yesterday.Hope it is just surface rust in those areas as those are huge pressure points on that machine.And the bearing seal did not leak at one time, it leaked the last time.Bearings in this machine are more than likely original.I would bet this is not a repair that was common in the 50s.The machine just got shoved in the corner of the basement where we are finding them today.As long as you have the machine apart you may as well go all the way with it.I can give you the info if you want to replace these parts.I would do it.
 


I will clean it up a little bit so you can see it better. This kinda rust I'm ok with I'm normally dealing with cars that have holes the size of a persons arm.
 
Shock supports

Jon ,These are the places where the shocks are connected.Years ago when I got my 1st 53 Duomatic The rust was bad enough that I had to throw out the whole tub beacause of safety issues.I thought that in the case of having a heavy unbalanced load in a spin it would be possible for one of the shock mounts to break loose.If that happened it would be a mess.Hard to tell what would fly apart.That was the only Duomatic I saw with rust in that area.None of my machines had any rust in that area.
 
Cleaning Cylinder

The way I remove the cylinder from the tub back is to balance the tub back on 2 chairs.only a small part of the tub back hangs on the chairs.put some towels under the cylinder so when you hit the shaft with a sledge hammer the cylinder has some cush to drop on when it breaks loose.Be sure not to damage the shaft end.Sometimes it works to use a 2by4 set that on shaft and give it a few good blows.It should break loose.As long as you have it apart ,take off the magic heater and replace with new sealer.I always use the orange copper color.It can stand high heat.I also have used this on the heater box to replace all asbestos on the machine.It is best to take the cylinder outside and lay it shaft up.With high pressure water flow rinse and pick all the lint out of the vanes.you should be able to get it all out.Order #s I sent to your E-Mail Best of luck on your project!
 


Jon. C
Yes I did receive the boot in perfect condition. Thank you again for your help with getting a new boot!

John. E
Thank you. I did get your email what a big help. I have been using the copper RTV for years it's the only RTV that will hold up on turbo engines. It's great stuff! If you can believe this the vains are clean~ lint free! Don't know how that happened but it should clean up quickly.

Thank you guys for all of your help! It's never a easy task to bring a machine back from the dead.
 


Got the bearings today and clean up the outer tub a bit and the rust was just on the top no big deal. I will up load some pics tomorrow. It's not as bad as everyone was thinking.
 
Rust Issues

The rust in those areas is not good.Have to remember it went all the way through. What does the underside look like?Best you can do now is just clean it really good and seal it with the Nu-Porce.And hope for the best.The condenser pan assmb.should all be taken apart, cleaned and sealed.This is the time to do it.IT WILL SURELY LEAK.It would be a pain to take the whole machine apart again just to fix that.Keep a look out for another Duomatic.One will surely surface.You will be shocked to see the difference of one that never had standing water in it.I cannot stress how much those areas need to be in a reasonable condition.My fingers are crossed for you.I know how excited you are to get it going.Been there,John
 

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