Interesting place for the model tag. (left front corner of cabinet brace)
'63 Frigidaire Imperial thread
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Let the scraping begin.
A lot of this stuff came off in chunks and the porcelain was still intact in many places. It looked like it consisted of lint, soap scum, and rust all formed into a nice crust.
A lot of this stuff came off in chunks and the porcelain was still intact in many places. It looked like it consisted of lint, soap scum, and rust all formed into a nice crust.
MUST protect mechanism. Covered with plastic bag and sealed with tape.
Looking much better already and NO rust holes through to other side.
YAY !!!
Looking much better already and NO rust holes through to other side.
YAY !!!
Wash tub cleaned, prepped, and POR-15 coating process started. I found a nice shade of gray that worked well with this tub.
First coat of POR-15 to outer tub. Still wet.
Definitely need good ventilation when using this stuff. It'll knock you out if you don't!
Definitely need good ventilation when using this stuff. It'll knock you out if you don't!
Outer tub all done with 2 coats on sides and a 3rd coat on the bottom.
This is the out of balance trip lever as viewed from the top of the sub top. If the tub starts wobbling too juch in spin then it hits this lever from under the sub top and then the upper tab pushes another lever which pushes the timer out and stops the machine.
What were they thinking??? I don't think this will be stopping the machine any time soon!
The tab that the tub hits against in an out of balnce condition has rusted away.
I just removed the whole thing as finding another one of these would be like finding a pink matched set of something rare these days. LOL
The tab that the tub hits against in an out of balnce condition has rusted away.
I just removed the whole thing as finding another one of these would be like finding a pink matched set of something rare these days. LOL
It's time to reassemble the machine. Wash tub back inside.
"Keyway" where tub locks onto spin shaft. A 1" long small piece of steel fits into the middle tab. If you forget and leave this out during reassembly, the spin shaft will not be able to grab onto the tub when it spins. If you lose yours you can still get them at Ace Hardware in the small parts area. They are called a steel key. (thanks to rollermatic for that info!)
Tub nut with flange up and tabbed washer underneath. One of the tabs gets bent upward to lock the tub nut in place after tightening. You can see it better in the next photo.
Oil bellows back on pulsator shaft with washer on top and snap ring in place over flange on tub nut. Here you can see the tabbed washer in its bent (locked) position.
Water bellows back in place. Snap ring pliers laying in tub really help make this a much simpler job in removing and replacing the snap rings on both bellows. There is a smaller set of these pliers (not shown) for the oil bellows.
Sub top and water injector back in place.
"But Patrick, I still see rust on the top" --- Yes you do but I am trying a new product which was a bit cheaper than POR-15 to coat this rust and see how it holds up. It is a clear spray (although it comes in colors too) made by Rust-Oleum. It looks wet after you coat everything but 2 years later I opened it up to take a look and rust is still frozen with no new rusting. Later if it starts to rust I will sand it down and coat with POR-15. I actually ran out of POR and this is what led to doing it this way. Seems to be working and was a lot cheaper.
"But Patrick, I still see rust on the top" --- Yes you do but I am trying a new product which was a bit cheaper than POR-15 to coat this rust and see how it holds up. It is a clear spray (although it comes in colors too) made by Rust-Oleum. It looks wet after you coat everything but 2 years later I opened it up to take a look and rust is still frozen with no new rusting. Later if it starts to rust I will sand it down and coat with POR-15. I actually ran out of POR and this is what led to doing it this way. Seems to be working and was a lot cheaper.
Pulsator diaphragm and sub top vinyl tub surround back in place.
Pulsator column and MINT agitator cap installed. (thanks to Jon for procuring this cap for me)
Cleaning everything up one by one. Top back on with control panel dismanteled.
Ready to go. Lid closed.
aldspinboy
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Patrick your work is flawless ..
I could EAT them !
Darren k
I could EAT them !
Darren k
First fill after rust abatement and cleaning.
