Avocado Green Day

[hoover1060]

very nice!

Love the green, and the panel is cool.
At the risk of sounding stupid though, whats with the timed fill? Kinda prehistoric for a machine of its vintage?
Or is it because of the solid tub?

 

[gregm]

lots of SQ out there ?

Greg, you amaze me how many SQ machines you find out there. I know its not every day but with all the contacts I made out here in New England and all my serious hunting I have NEVER came across any SQ's with exception to a couple 80's machines. I don't think SQ was big in this part of the country. My research has concluded that Whirlpool/Kenmore and Maytag dominated the northeast but Frigidaire and GE were also significant.

 

[westytoploader]

Timed fill on SQ

From what I learned, all of them were like that, until 1980 when the perforated-tub machines were introduced. There was a fairly late solid-tub machine on Craigslist in Dallas (that someone else grabbed before me!) that still had no water-level control, and the timed fill was one of many things CR complained about in both their 1972 and 1974 washing machine articles. The other complaints were the tendency for socks and small items to go over the tub while spinning, and the capacity. Needless to say they were never rated very high...

 

[Speedqueengkc]

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I have a avacado Speed Queen with soak timer. I has the hood light over wood grain and gold controls. It was running the last time I plugged it in, I just need a place to hook it up so I can use it. I have some extra stuff if anyone wants it.

 

[Speedqueengkc]

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I have an avacado Speed Queen washer with soak timer. It has the hood light over wood grain and gold controls. It was running the last time I plugged it in, I just need a place to hook it up so I can use it. I have some extra stuff if anyone wants it.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The only Speed Queens that I used were in laundromats or apt. laundries; neither place a fav or mine. When started, the motor came on too. Any water that went over the top of the inner tub was pumped away, unless a sock was blocking the works. Those old machines had the best overflow rinse period at the end of wash for really getting rid of the suds on top of the water. Then the water would stop and the agitation went on for a minute or so before the solenoid slammed to start the spin. The neatest thing about these machines, though, is the little spinning winged ball on the fluid drive. I would either need an observation window or have to run it with a panel off. Maybe a "calming video" of it would suffice.