hippiedoll
Well-known member
First off, I have to say THANK YOU to;
Ross, Justin, Roger, Bruce...
If it hadn't been for each & every one of them, I wouldn't be able to have, use, play with, and enjoy this 1977 Frigidaire 1-18 washer. I have watched numerous videos of the Frigidaire "thumper" washers, bouncing away in the soapy waters of laundry loads. But doubtful I'd ever have one day.
Now the story on this FRIGIDAIRE 1-18 washer;
This washer belonged to Ross, but sadly, he passed away.
Then Justin got it, but before he had a chance to use it, the timer knob broke off when he tried to turn it. Roger told me Justin was going to get rid of it, so I asked Roger to let Justin know that I was interested in the Frigidaire.
Justin was so nice he brought it down on one of his trips to Tucson. And Roger was so sweet & said he would hold it for me until I could make some space in my laundry room for it.
I knew Bruce was getting rid of alot of washers, so I contacted him & asked if he had a windowed-lid for a Frigidaire I could buy from him. He was so kind & said he did have one I could have & he sent it to me.
And this, is how I got to have a Frigidaire 1-18 of my own.
Thank you guys for your part in making this happen for me. You are all so AWESOME!!
I moved the coppertone Maytag 806 over & put the Frigidaire in it's place. I looked up the age at found out it was made November of 1977. The color is almond, the control panel face is bronze colored with just a strip of woodgrain along the bottom, it doesn't have the woodgrain control panel face like the other Frigidaires I've seen. I think the bronze look is really pretty.
I haven't actually washed anything in the Frigidaire yet. Roger helped me hey it on the laundry room.
When we connected the Frigidaire to the faucets & turned the water on, the washer started filling up with hot water even though it wasn't plugged in. So Roger disconnected the water inlet valve, opened it up and found a couple chunks of sediment in the inlet valve. After that, the water inlet valve was working properly.
I bought some new screens for the hoses.
Roger gave me a longer universal drain hose that he had, just in case I had problems with the one on it bending too much when it was connected to the drain pipe. Which did end up happening.
And we put the windowed-lid on it.
After that, we ran an empty wash cycle to make sure everything was working properly. Roger said there must of been some old detergent residue, the water was sudsy, even though we didn't put any detergent in the washer. So after everything seemed to be A-OK, I ran a 15 minute wash cycle with a pouch of TIDE washing machine cleaner. When it was doing the rinse cycle, the water seemed very clear.
So I think the FRIGIDAIRE 1-18 is now ready to do it's first load of wash here at its new home. I'll take pictures or video when I wash with the FRIGIDAIRE 1-18.
Ross, Justin, Roger, Bruce...
If it hadn't been for each & every one of them, I wouldn't be able to have, use, play with, and enjoy this 1977 Frigidaire 1-18 washer. I have watched numerous videos of the Frigidaire "thumper" washers, bouncing away in the soapy waters of laundry loads. But doubtful I'd ever have one day.
Now the story on this FRIGIDAIRE 1-18 washer;
This washer belonged to Ross, but sadly, he passed away.
Then Justin got it, but before he had a chance to use it, the timer knob broke off when he tried to turn it. Roger told me Justin was going to get rid of it, so I asked Roger to let Justin know that I was interested in the Frigidaire.
Justin was so nice he brought it down on one of his trips to Tucson. And Roger was so sweet & said he would hold it for me until I could make some space in my laundry room for it.
I knew Bruce was getting rid of alot of washers, so I contacted him & asked if he had a windowed-lid for a Frigidaire I could buy from him. He was so kind & said he did have one I could have & he sent it to me.
And this, is how I got to have a Frigidaire 1-18 of my own.
Thank you guys for your part in making this happen for me. You are all so AWESOME!!
I moved the coppertone Maytag 806 over & put the Frigidaire in it's place. I looked up the age at found out it was made November of 1977. The color is almond, the control panel face is bronze colored with just a strip of woodgrain along the bottom, it doesn't have the woodgrain control panel face like the other Frigidaires I've seen. I think the bronze look is really pretty.
I haven't actually washed anything in the Frigidaire yet. Roger helped me hey it on the laundry room.
When we connected the Frigidaire to the faucets & turned the water on, the washer started filling up with hot water even though it wasn't plugged in. So Roger disconnected the water inlet valve, opened it up and found a couple chunks of sediment in the inlet valve. After that, the water inlet valve was working properly.
I bought some new screens for the hoses.
Roger gave me a longer universal drain hose that he had, just in case I had problems with the one on it bending too much when it was connected to the drain pipe. Which did end up happening.
And we put the windowed-lid on it.
After that, we ran an empty wash cycle to make sure everything was working properly. Roger said there must of been some old detergent residue, the water was sudsy, even though we didn't put any detergent in the washer. So after everything seemed to be A-OK, I ran a 15 minute wash cycle with a pouch of TIDE washing machine cleaner. When it was doing the rinse cycle, the water seemed very clear.
So I think the FRIGIDAIRE 1-18 is now ready to do it's first load of wash here at its new home. I'll take pictures or video when I wash with the FRIGIDAIRE 1-18.
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