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Amazing find, John . . .

. . . and thanks for sharing with all of us. That must be the only one in existence. I have seen only one Easy combo in my life and I was able to only look at it. Never got to see it run.

A video with sound would be wonderful.

Thanks again for all you do for us.

Jerry Gay
 
The New Easy Combo

As mentioned Jeff M found this on Oregon's Craigslist for $175.00 and I contacted the seller immediately. He said he had listed a week or so earlier for $350.00 and got no responses. He told me that they were fixing up a house that had sat vacant for 3 years and when he and his wife first went in the house after dark with no power at the house with flash lights and started looking around and when they spotted the Easy they thought it was a new FL washer. After the power was on days later they realized that it was not a new machine. But with lots of cleaning up to do she decided to try it out and it actually worked and then she was really shocked when she realized that it could be set to also dry the clothing and this actually worked also. She told me that she had never seen such a machine and couldn't understand why these were not being built today.

 

Will all good things come to an end and on the 10th load the water would not shut off and it flooded. So her husband disconnected it and was taking it to the dump and on a whim he stopped at a small appliance repair shop he knew of on the way to the dump. The guy at the shop said it was just a stuck inlet valve and suggested that he could disassemble it and clean and it might work again. So it took it back home and got it to work again and they continued to use it a while longer. But they found the original instruction book and realized how old it was and decided to try and sell it.

 

When I talked to him and he told me the story I immediately said I would give him his original asking price of $350.00 and sent a check, with Jeff's help we found a shipper in a few weeks who got it here in great shape a few weeks later. Tom offered and paid for shipping which cost more than the machine but was reasonable considering the distance. And that's how it came to be part of Combo collection where folks can come and see it run. I will try to get someone to do a video as I an still mastering the posting of pictures, LOL.
 
Easy Combo!

John
This is really a great combo. And it is a pleasure to see water in a washer. BTW how do you set the dry control with that one dial? Do you have the instruction booklet with it?
Best Of Luck
Peter
 
That was the first combo I ever got for my collection. it was tossed out but was their gas version and seamed to work o.k. even though I never did get to connect it to gas.Graet shape fab. score!!!!! It ain't that easy to find THAT Easy! LOL
 
We always HOPE for a satsfying story on a mint find

and tonight we got a grand slam along with his characteristic self-deprecating humor--"I am still mastering the posting of pictures, LOL"

 

Thank you, John

 

Another Satisfied Customer

 

PS: I get it now. When Combo fever struck, every major brand scrambled to engineer a Combo, the most complex laundry machine ever conceived. Once understood and appreciated, a washer lover can't resist their attraction. Now hooked, too!
 
Wow! What an awesome find and awesome looking machine!
Love the motors and belts! I bet it is not only wonderful to watch but
fantastic to hear!
Great story about how it was saved!
Thanks for sharing!
Brent
 
What a fascinating machine!  Good save, guys, I can't wait to see it live and in person someday.  Look at all those belts, that long one to the pump? could be snatched off and run a juicer on the counter!  Love it, and minty-fresh too!  Thanks for all the pics, John, you done good!
 
Very unique and interesting machine-and in such like new condition!No dust,lint,or dirt in it.the twin motor design is fascinating.would be most interesting to watch this machine from the INSIDE to see how its twin motor mechanism works.All of those belts--bet putting them in is like threading a motion picture projector!The belts are in nice condition as well-no cracks or stretching.etc.
 
I didn't even realize Easy made a combo. What a cool little machine. Congrats on this unique acquisition! One question: How does it not hop all over the place during spins, seeing that it has no suspension system? It doesn't appear to have to be bolted down.
 
Dual Motor Washers

While I believe this Easy Combo was one of very few domestically built residential washers ever built to use two motors it was certainly done on some commercial FL machines and on a few European machines. While the motor was always one of the most expensive parts of a machine in earlier machines using two motors eliminated the need for a transmission.

 

It is indeed fun to watch this machine go through the spin cycle, as the machine is tumbling the 2nd motor will cut in and accelerate the tub to about 250 RPMs, as soon as the centrifugal switch in the spin motor cycles the spin motor cuts off and the machine coasts back to tumble speed and this repeats over and over again, maybe 20 times in the final spin? I will have to count. Even with no suspension the machine really doesn't vibrate, Easy did provide little foot pads for the two front feet that could either be glued or screwed to the floor to keep the machine from moving a little during the extraction process. We don't have the foot cups installed and in only load we ran did the machine want to move at all.
 
Fun!

John the spin cycles sound fun and effective. I guess when it goes back into tumble the wetter (heaver) clothes "win" and make it to the outer part of the tub before the purge spin starts again. Just my thought.
Do you know Easy offered this combo in Gas?
Brent
 
John, I don' t post very often but I have to say I love this machine. Just beautiful and clean. Congrats on a great find. I am fascinated by the 2 motor design. Does the spin motor have a higher RPM than the tumble motor? I don't see any clutch mechanisms. Also when the spin motor is enegized does the tumble motor denergize and free wheel? I too would love to see videos. Were you lucky enough to get any service manuals. The Daily Doctrine anxiously awaits.
 
Great find guys

I too love the twin motor set up, and had to smile at the thought of the pump belt being run up to the worktop to power a juicer. Select spin and pulse the juice out of those oranges.

I too have been studying the belt system, Am I right in thinking the plastic part behind the pulleys is a spring clutch, so that the spin motor overides the wash drive, rather than drive the wash motor faster, and also is that a solinoid under the blower pulley to hold off the drive to the dryer fan when in wash and spin cycle.

I also think if the oportunity to have a suspension system incorperated, and I understand from the other threads the reasons why not, but having two motors could have enabled a much faster spin speed, than machines relying on two gear or drive ratios from a single speed motor.

I just love this machine, being over in the uk we love our front loaders, and I supose its just what your brought up with but I prefer the large round door glass over the GEs small square window, it all looks beautifully proportioned.

I too lookforward to seeing some films of it, both from the front and the back. I think I would be temted to install this in the centre of a laundry so both the wash action and the belt drives could be enjoyed.

Thanks for posting the photos

Mathew
 

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