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Looks very similar.....same agitator as my White Westinghouse top loader
1970's Aussie Westinghouse Laundromat
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lid lock can be defeated
Hi Leon,
Back to the memory banks for me as I recall when the fellow installed Mum's machine he got his finger under the lid somewhere on the right hand side and just flipped a lever forward which defeated the safety lid lock,he did this so he could show Mum how it worked.
If I recall correctly I think Westinghouse were the first company to invent the safety lid lock in which the lid was actually locked down by a mechanism(which I HATED!!!by the way as it prevented me from watching it work).
The "Double Wash Action" symbol you see on the control panel simply means that the washbowl rotates in the opposite direction to the agitator stroke i.e. when the agitator strokes to the left, the washbowl rotates to the right and vice-versa.(Please forgive me if I already mentioned this feature before, as I don't want to seem repetitive.).
You may also be aware that the Hoover 700,800 and 900 series washers also had the same style of agitator, however they just calledit a different name I think it was called the "Heli-Spiral agitator.
Cheers.
Steve.
Hi Leon,
Back to the memory banks for me as I recall when the fellow installed Mum's machine he got his finger under the lid somewhere on the right hand side and just flipped a lever forward which defeated the safety lid lock,he did this so he could show Mum how it worked.
If I recall correctly I think Westinghouse were the first company to invent the safety lid lock in which the lid was actually locked down by a mechanism(which I HATED!!!by the way as it prevented me from watching it work).
The "Double Wash Action" symbol you see on the control panel simply means that the washbowl rotates in the opposite direction to the agitator stroke i.e. when the agitator strokes to the left, the washbowl rotates to the right and vice-versa.(Please forgive me if I already mentioned this feature before, as I don't want to seem repetitive.).
You may also be aware that the Hoover 700,800 and 900 series washers also had the same style of agitator, however they just calledit a different name I think it was called the "Heli-Spiral agitator.
Cheers.
Steve.
Westinghouse Front Loader
Austin,
I remember as a kid one time many,many years ago ,seeing a westinghouse Aussie made F.L. in my local Grace Bros store(Grace Bros were a upstyle detartment store here in Oz now called Myer.)although I don't really know anything about it.
the current Westinghouse F.L.'s by Electrolux are if I am not mistaken are actually made in Korea by L.G. I think.
The only local Australian made F.L. I can remember was Hoover range which were called various names like the Zodiac 12 and the Electra range however they stopped producing them here a long time ago.
Cheers.
Steve.
Austin,
I remember as a kid one time many,many years ago ,seeing a westinghouse Aussie made F.L. in my local Grace Bros store(Grace Bros were a upstyle detartment store here in Oz now called Myer.)although I don't really know anything about it.
the current Westinghouse F.L.'s by Electrolux are if I am not mistaken are actually made in Korea by L.G. I think.
The only local Australian made F.L. I can remember was Hoover range which were called various names like the Zodiac 12 and the Electra range however they stopped producing them here a long time ago.
Cheers.
Steve.
Great tip Steve
Hi Steve,
Thanks for that tip about the lid lock...i will certainly give it a try.
I do remember the Hoover wash action...my parents at one stage had both a 620 and a 920.
Leon
Hi Steve,
Thanks for that tip about the lid lock...i will certainly give it a try.
I do remember the Hoover wash action...my parents at one stage had both a 620 and a 920.
Leon
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