This post is a continuation of yesterdays thread "A Cavalcade of WO-65-2 Unimatics"
Well as promised I moved in the "Good" WO-65-2 today, here it is...
Well as promised I moved in the "Good" WO-65-2 today, here it is...
A Cavalcade of WO-65-2 Unimatics - Part II
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and another shot of the beauty...
Whoa
That's strange!
That's strange!
What, Who, Where, When, Why
If I didn't see it with my own eyes...
If I didn't see it with my own eyes...
I cannot believe the entire pulsator shaft is missing???? This picture below I took about five years ago shows the entire Unimatic Mechanism taken apart. The red star in the lower right hand corner points to the bottom of the agitator shaft. With the large round column machined to the bottom of the shaft there is no way the agitator shaft could be pulled out of the hole in the center of the spin shaft, it would have had to have been sheered in half! I have no idea how something like this could have happened, these parts are as strong as if they came out of an Army tank! Looks like I’ll be using the mechanism from the other machine for this restoration.
At least the rubber mechanism support is good in this machine, I can use that with the other mechanism.
More to come.
More to come.
westytoploader
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Another ''New for 1952''...and the pulsator
WOW...this machine is definitely a beauty!
That is just too freaky what happened to the pulsator shaft!! I wonder what you'll find when you remove the bell cover? Maybe there was a weak point or a stress point in the steel (?) when the part was originally manufactured.
WOW...this machine is definitely a beauty!
That is just too freaky what happened to the pulsator shaft!! I wonder what you'll find when you remove the bell cover? Maybe there was a weak point or a stress point in the steel (?) when the part was originally manufactured.
Good point Austin, whatever happened it didn't flood the mechanism with water. Tonight I'm going to switch the pumps between the two mechanism, change the oil and test the mechanism that I plan to use in this machine.
More pictures to come.
More pictures to come.
I must say I'm pretty amazed with all of the knowledge you guys have on repairing/rebuilding washing machines. I have never attempted to repair one. I would love to learn, though. I guess I need to buy some old manuals and an old machine and teach myself. Too bad they don't have a "Washing Machine Repair Bootcamp" or something I could go to. How did you guys learn so much? Do you do this for a living?
Great pictures Robert! I have always wanted to know what the inside of one of these cabinets looked like. No wonder you can put your hand on the side of the machine and feel the temp. change as the water is spun out of the wash tub.
Brent-Aucoin
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Too Wild!
I wonder if someone started to do a repair from the shaft down? I can't figure out how in the world that could have happend.
It is such a beauty though. I am sure that this washer was a machine that someone really took care of, just from the shape of the outer cabinet. That is why I am wondering if something happend to it while it was in service, and they called the wrong repair guy.
Was there any other parts in the machine tub when you got it? I was thinking that the three ring agitator went bad, and then they were going to replace it with the first Jetaway wash cone. Wondering if they thought that something had to be removed to get it to fit. This is so wild.
Glad that you can bring two Unimatics to life in one.
Thanks for the pictures.
Very interesting.
Brent
I wonder if someone started to do a repair from the shaft down? I can't figure out how in the world that could have happend.
It is such a beauty though. I am sure that this washer was a machine that someone really took care of, just from the shape of the outer cabinet. That is why I am wondering if something happend to it while it was in service, and they called the wrong repair guy.
Was there any other parts in the machine tub when you got it? I was thinking that the three ring agitator went bad, and then they were going to replace it with the first Jetaway wash cone. Wondering if they thought that something had to be removed to get it to fit. This is so wild.
Glad that you can bring two Unimatics to life in one.
Thanks for the pictures.
Very interesting.
Brent
I wonder if trying to remove a pulsator nut with too much gusto caused a fracture where the weld is on the shaft. Remember the filmstrip? I can't imagine the force needed to crack that weld - that was one STUCK pulsator nut if that's really what happened!
Two guesses
If the pulsator shaft was not removed by hand:
1) Then the oil seal failed and water did get into the shaft , the shaft froze in the bearing , thereby not letting any water down into the mechanism but when the pulsator nut was removed the shaft being weakend through rusting snapped inside the bearing of the spin tube.
2) The lady was addicted to Oxydol and the pulsator, nut, shaft and boots were dissolved away by the Oxydol! Simple Boom Boom Done.
If the pulsator shaft was not removed by hand:
1) Then the oil seal failed and water did get into the shaft , the shaft froze in the bearing , thereby not letting any water down into the mechanism but when the pulsator nut was removed the shaft being weakend through rusting snapped inside the bearing of the spin tube.
2) The lady was addicted to Oxydol and the pulsator, nut, shaft and boots were dissolved away by the Oxydol! Simple Boom Boom Done.
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The Film Strips!
Dang Greg!
I forgot about the film strips! I would have loved to have seen them.
I totally forgot.
You have to have another convention in the next few weeks!
Brent
Dang Greg!
I forgot about the film strips! I would have loved to have seen them.
I totally forgot.
You have to have another convention in the next few weeks!
Brent
Well I have no idea how the pulsator shaft tragedy happened, but soon it will be just a memory. Brent there was no other parts, the machine was found just like the picture above in post# 73383. Bryan I learned this stuff by reading the repair manuals and going in and getting my hands dirty. Made some mistakes along the way, but if there is a will, there is a way.
Tonight I took both mechanisms and took the best parts from both to make one good one. The start switch was stuck on the good mechanism, when I tested it with a tester cord, it started to smoke within about 20 seconds of running. That's a tell tale sign of a motor that the start windings are not kicking out of the circuit. In a Unimatic that usually means that the centrifugal plunger is stuck and cannot move outward via centrifugal force.
Tonight I took both mechanisms and took the best parts from both to make one good one. The start switch was stuck on the good mechanism, when I tested it with a tester cord, it started to smoke within about 20 seconds of running. That's a tell tale sign of a motor that the start windings are not kicking out of the circuit. In a Unimatic that usually means that the centrifugal plunger is stuck and cannot move outward via centrifugal force.
Motor start switch issues...
I'm going to switch the motor end bells and put the good one on the machine that is being restored.
All done, now I can change the oil and take the mechanism for a test drive out on the workbench.
