3 GM frigidaires home and running

[philr]

Mark,

 

Your 1962 dryer should have a drum light. This model lacks the ozone lamp but it still has a drum light. Look through the holes at the back of the drum with a flashlight, you should see the lens. The light can be replaced from the back of the dryer. 

 

[akronman]

Paging Phil and Pdub

Phil---Yes I found the drum light, caked in lint. I am beginning a disassembly of the 1962 dryer and will post pics of its construction in a few days. The amount of lint inside looks pretty bad at age 50, I can't blame it, so I'm definitely cleaning it out before another load of clothes. It looks like very solid construction, you remove the bolts for the spindle from inside the drum and then remove the front round door assembly, not any entire back or front of the machine, then lift the drum up and out. So the cabinet is almost one entire square solid piece(sort of). And I'll bet the motor hasn't been delinted or oiled in 50 years either.

 

Pdub----I'm gonna live with the leak probably until after Labor Day, then I'll have more time for a 1-18 rebuild. Not easy, but well worth it, this machine has been properly maintained and cared for all of its life, and I totally enjoy 1-18's. I like and enjoy all my washers in various ways for various reasons, but 1-18's top the list.

 

[pdub]

Mark -

I too share your love for the 1-18's. Large capacity, great rinsing, and decent spin speed make these work horses. It's always nice to find ones where someone took good care of them.

Patrick

 

[jetcone]

Mark

fantastic find there! Love that dryer but they were known for a cabinet defect , if you moved the cabinet it was quite easy for the drum to pop off a roller and then the next time you used it the drum edge would cut up the roller.

Your washer probably has either a worn out seal under the tub or one of the eight bolts holding the seal plate down in the outer tub has worked loose in 34 years of jetactionism. Those seal plate bolts were threadlocked into place so if you tighten one you''ll need to extract it first and threadlock it before putting it back in place.

 

[dynaflow]

heres my thumper

window in lid

 

[peteski50]

Poppy 1/18!

Ken that is a beautiful drawing. - That set is almost the exact match for the set my Aunt bought in 1974. She also painted the wall Poppy to match!
Peter

 

[badgerdx]

That 62 clamshell is stunning. I LOVE IT! My favorite appliances all hint of autos in their designs... Case in point.

 

[akronman]

Frigidaire DIA-62

Pretty messy inside, but ran fine

 

[akronman]

thermostats

an 1/8 inch of lint perfectly covering 2 of 3 thermostats, I was close to a fire I think

 

[akronman]

motor

Oh Crap. One note----the motor mount has off-center holes, caution as to mounting it 1/2 inch forward or rearward, it could have saved me 2 hours had I known or looked before disassembly. The motor cleaned up well, runs quietly, I lubed all bearings.

 

[akronman]

motor centrigugal switch

exactly like on my 53 Hamilton. I sanded the contacts and got all lint out of everywhere. After 50 years, it was needed.

 

[akronman]

ready

ready for re-assembly.

 

[akronman]

done

success, since it was working when I bought it anyhows. And the light is fun as hell. But so far, with a DE606, a Hamilton electric, a gas GE 1982, a gas 1978 1-18,  and then 3 KM/WP from TOL to BOL, nothing beats a Whirlpool for size of drum and ease of repairs. This 1962 GM Frigidaire is pretty comparable in size to my 83 GE, thankfully larger than the darn 606, but nothing like a full drum Whirlpool.

 

[rollermatic]

nice 1-18!!!

good luck with it. tub seals are still available, i bought one for my 1-18 from partselect.com about 2 years ago when i completely rebuilt mine. i did post that part number when i did a thread on that rebuild. think it was is 2010.

also i have a frigidaire dryer from 1963 that i would love to get rid of. and i am only 4 hours away from you! was up in sandusky last week!

pete

 

[pdub]

Mark -

Great job and pictures on cleaning up the dryer. I'll bet you feel very good knowing it is clean as can be and should run another 50 years.

I'll say a prayer to the washer Gods that the matching washer falls into your lap!

Patrick