thanks everyone!
3 times now i have written this long reply and i've f****d it up everytime. i just finsihed writing a novel then deleted it by accident! one more time then i quit! not correcting spelling mistakes here either like i usually do. i'm about ready to throw a little faggot fit as i so fondly call them! and i can throw good ones, believe me!
walt, your wringer works again, don't know what happened but it works great! i use it all the time! glad to know one of the 3 rollermatics you gave me is the same model! i love BOL models for some reason, maybe their simplicity or their lack of prestige, i guess i relate to BOL! maybe i'm BOL. who knows, who gives a sh*t, right!
anyway was gonna call you but don't have a phone, had a disagreement with cinti bell and i told em to politely shove their phone so they cut me off. oh well!!! like not havin one in a way. will get one again, someday!
other comments here, thanks for the info on it bein a 67! very glad to know that for personal reasons that i will explain in a later post sometime. 1967 was the most pivitol year of my life.
just cleaned it up and tried it out and it runs great and sounds great, purrs like a kitten! bearings sound new! NO RUST UNDERNEATH AT ALL! NO LEAKS! well it does have a water bellows leak cause i disconnected the pump an ran a hose from it out my front door and it does continually drain a bit. when water is in tub. but i have extra water bellows and oil bellows and just bought 5 spin shaft seals and even a mechanism support so i will have all 5 rollermatics running like new!
i do have 6 rollermatics thanks to this site and the people here but one will be a parts machine as the tub has pretty much disintegrated. it looks like it flew aprt during a rapidry spin. want to post pics when i start on it, it is very odd looking. walt (18 mill st) remarked about it's unique damage when i got it from him, gaping holes!
the wash temp setting is hot wash in that blurry photo.
it has hot/cold, hot/warm, warm/warm, and warm/cold. we had a cold war back in the 60's but not a cold wash!
melvin as i said that whirlpool front loader is yours! i just need more time to get organized first before you come get it. but am looking forward to you coming down. thanks again for that great portable whirlpool direct drive and the speedqueen. love that stainless tub. will post pics of them all soon, not to forget that little hotpoint! it runs, i tried it out!
as for rollermatic king, we all have our favorites. mine just happen to be rollermatics and old kitchenaids. i've never felt like there is any competition with anyone here, i just happen to be blessed with finding 6 this year! there have to be more out there, if i can do it anyone can! shirley masclaine would say to think it into reality, make it happen, marilyn would say to wish harder than anyone else. whatever, it certainly did for me! i'm very grateful to everyone who helped me!
after reading the comment about my having a lot of rollermatics i did decide to change my name from soberleaf to rollermatic. will start the process here tonite, phasing out old profile. why not, i love those machines and have learned quite a bit about them by tearing into the one i dropped this summer! maybe it was supoosed to drop off that truck. it did motivate me to take it compelely apart! and it is coming along fine, just bought the new stainless steel bolts for the mechanism support today and 2 more cans of royal blue paint for the outer tub interior.
i am painting it royal blue in memory of matt's dog (everythingold) who recently passed away due to a stroke. i was very sad to hear that, still am, it hurts, he was so cute when i went up there this summer and picked up my first rollermatic (and about 10 dishwaahsrs). it makes me sad to even think about it. so royal blue it is! and matt, hope time is healing your loss. i love dogs better than most people!
oh yea, the man in the photo of me as a kid is my uncle jess who first taught me to tear things apart and fix them, and who bought me my first dishwasher, an old hotpoint that was found at a local plumbing co. he paid 10 bucks for it and it kept me busy all of summer 1969 and well into 1970!
that's all for now, i've rambled enough here, now lets get this damn thing posted before i delete it again!
