Anyone want an AMP?

[bobofhollywood]

friction-drive pump

oh...Water Pump!~ got it~ and I have a kirby belt on hand and ready for cork wear issues should they present themselves.

Launderess - thanks - I'm bidding on that manual now!~

Kenmore 62 - must be some other machine in your memory..this one has a plain white plastic timer dial. You can see one in Unimatic1140's collection. A red pointer with a window sounds like a mid 60's Frigidaire to me - like a Rapidry1000.

 

[filterflo]

Wonderful finds. Im picking up the white version of this washer with a matching ELECTRIC dryer this week! Gas Maytag dryers of this vintage with a pilot light can have burner problems that are not always safe to use. I speak from experience......have one with a burner that would not always shut off its gas valve when the dryer was shut off. Very dangerous.........the valve would stick internally, and even with the pilot out would continue to let gas seep out....needless to say, Im not using it anymore........

 

[rickr]

I am so glad that someone in the club got to save these. Congratulations Bob!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hey Bob, great score. The 1949 AMP washer is a very rare find with the original can float inside the hollow red agitator.

Please keep us posted with the restoration.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Congrats, Bob! I musta just missed your post and email--I'd have LOVED to go with you to pick up (literally!) the sucker.

Phoo. My whole life is bad timing.

You're going to love this machine! Can't wait to see it in action.

veg

 

[bobofhollywood]

progress

O.K. It's inside the basement now.

All I know so far is the agitator comes right out and it is incredibly clean inside the tub - and I only have 3 out of 4 original foot pads.

The pump turns by hand and the cork looks good too. Even the belt may rejuvenate.

I hope to make big progress on it tonight, and will post photos later.

Robert - is that the AMP agitator on the home page of this site?

Thank you all for your support.

 

[bobofhollywood]

AMP WITH CABINET OFF

Well, of course, the FIRST thing you have to do is take the ENTIRE cabinet off.

 

[bobofhollywood]

under the agitator

Looks pretty clean to me...

 

[bobofhollywood]

not quite as clean - before shots

Here's a look underneath..remember these are before cleaning and lubing..

 

[bobofhollywood]

motor and pump

nearly 60 years worth of dust accumulation..but that's about all..

 

[bobofhollywood]

fill flume

this sure is a gracefully designed part of this machine.

Even the upper rubber tub gasket is still resilient. This is one sweet old machine.

You may also notice the original fill hoses in this photo, and the original power cord as well.

 

[bobofhollywood]

red beauty

this is one beautiful agitator

 

[bobofhollywood]

chrome float

and the little float too...

 

[geoffdelp]

Bob ... JUST WONDERFUL!! It really does look nice; the agitator is superb ... the float looks like it's in really good condition, too. The fill flume is white; the one on my 101P is black ... that's different.

The cold water inlet hose has the metal cable running through it to ground it; my 101P is the same way. I got regular Maytag fill hoses and had a 3-prong plug installed on my motor. I had to drill a hole on the base to attach the grounding wire to. It sure is a lot safer than the old 2-prong plug!!

Congratulations, Bob!! You're back in the collecting business again!!

Geoff

 

[mayken4now]

Bob, good for you!. That machine is just wonderful. You will have many, many good times with it.

Steve

 

[swestoyz]

Bob, it is unbelieveable how clean this machine is! This will be a winner for sure. Congrats and great job so far!

Ben

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Bob, yes that agitator is the same as on the Homepage. That the earliest Maytag automatic agitator, only used in the very first AMP model.

Great pictures, one thing I had to do is in both AMP's that I have owned is to change the bottom bearing in the crossbrace. It was noiser than it should be during Spin. I know I have pictures of that around here somewhere, I will look for them.

 

[jasonl]

The Chrome float can double as a 45rpm adapter on the turntable.... Maybe not, too big.

Nice machine!

 

[bobofhollywood]

pump string

Here's the pump innards. I notice that the rebuild kit came originally with a length of string. Does anybody know what it does, and/or how to install this piece of string? I SUSPECT it winds around the shaft between the pulley and the bearing, and keeps tension on the impeller washers near the seal. Otherwise, you'd need some kind of spring washer inbetween there, wouldn't ya..

Please post here or email me at [email protected] if you know about this. Thanks.

Bob

 

[westytoploader]

Hi Bob,

That machine looks like it's in really good shape inside and out. Looks like it has that "pinging" spin solenoid as well! My '55 has the loud "klunker" instead and was the same way when I got it with all of the dust and schmutz...the greasy mess under the machine took a putty knife to scrape off, but it really cleaned up well in the end and there was hardly any rust on the dusty parts!

Very interesting about the pump string; I'm curious as to how that works as well. From the pictures, the pump looks like it's in awesome shape!

Keep us posted!