58 Frigidaire dishwasher pump transplant a success!

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The weather on Monday was finally warm enough to work in the garage without gloves, so I figured it would be a good time to test the 1964 Frigidaire motor attached to the repaired original 1958 pump housing. First step, get the beastie right side up again!

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The pump mount collar seemed to be holding and no sudden cracks developed. Most encouraging. Time to throw in a bucket of hot water!!

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Apart from a minor drip at the rear of the pump mounting plate, it looked surprisingly good!! I decided to get really adventurous and try running water through the spray-tube...
And by golly, it worked fine!! I briefly peeked at the water flow inside and that spray tube was doing it’s thing! I ran it for while, drained out the water then tried another bucketful. Second test was just fine!! I was turning cartwheels on the driveway, I was so thrilled. Good thing we don’t have any neighbours in view of the house in Ogden...
Next,... I will do another water test on the weekend and make sure I got all the drips, no matter how small. Once that’ s done – I will FINALLY get to re-assemble the machine! AND it will be turquoise when it is re-launched. I had to, didn’t I?? LOL

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Ain't that the truth, Pete!! I really lucked out here - thank goodness the pump plates for the spray-tube dishwashers stayed the same shape. Otherwise, I'd be parting this one out too! I can't wait to start putting it back together - hope I remember what goes where... LOL
 
Progress report

So, this weekend, it was warm enough to continue working on the Frigidaire dishwasher outside. I had noticed a bit of a drip from the water supply tube at the rear of the dishwasher during the last round of testing. No wonder - the rubber tube had completely deteriorated!

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However, a supply of spare plumbing parts provided a reasonable solution!! It is pretty amazing what you can do with repair parts for a toilet... LOL

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I did a couple of additional tests with the pump running in 'wash' mode and I have to admit that I am stunned that this 'jury-rigged' door gasket that I put into the Frigidaire actually holds! I have since gotten my paws on an original door gasket but I am not sure if I should change this one or hold on the to spare in case the one on the pink 62 goes bad... Decisions, decisions!!

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And there is still a tiny bit of 'water ooze' coming from somwhere around the pump... You can barely see it, but I have to be sure this baby doesn't leak even a trace of water vapour or Hubby will want to take it to the crusher! Trouble is, I really don't feel like taking that pump apart for a third time!

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I think the problem may be resolved by adding some silcone here - if I can seal up any gap between the tub gasket and the pump housing, I may be OK... I'll be letting the tub dry out this week and see if that solves the problem next week.

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And for anyone who has ever wondered what the spray-tube wash action looked like... I couldn't resist doing this short video!

 

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