Birthday Presents #1

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Rich and Graham visited last week and brought me this wonderful Philco Reverse Tumble Dryer. Its the first half of my dream Philco set, and Im thrilled to get it. It cleaned up pretty well, but I have not tackled the cosmetics on it yet such as removing the practical but ugly window latches that someone added to the front. ugh! I have an extra front panel but that will be a later effort.....

 

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The dryer was not working, so here we go to see whats wrong with it..........first the back comes off to reveal the workings.....

 

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In the bottom of the case were broken pieces of black plastic, which is a very bad sign in a Philco dryer. They were famous for breaking the blades on their fans and subsequently breaking the fan housing/shroud.

 

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Philco heating element removed. Its in very good shape and this dryer does not appear to have been heavily used.......

 

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Philco dryer drum removed.....its also in very nice shape.......

 

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And so the story goes..........the fan is broken and so is the fan housing..........DAMN!

 

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But, I wisely saved all the Philco parts I could find, and lo and behold I had another one! Yeah! This is from the Philco dryer that I got out of the NASTY NASTY house a year ago. For all that effort it paid off in the extra parts that I was able to save........

 

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Philco dryer interior light and ozone bulb. This dryer dates from 1966 and Philco only used an ozone bulb in this model.........

 

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Custom Imperial 3 Speed..........

 

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Master Control............both timed drying, Automatic sensor drying, and air fluff........

 

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Speed Selector............Low Air, High Air, or Reverse Tumble...........

 

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Philco dryer service manual..........

 

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Reverse Tumble action as explained in the manual.......

Thank you VERY MUCH Rich, for thinking of me and being a good friend! Jimmy

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wonderful gift Jimmie! Congrats, all I can say is I know how important it is to have a new and used parts stash. My stash has saved me many-a-times.

 

[scoots]

What a beautiful machine

If your skittish about fixing the after-market screwholes for the window latches, how about taking the panels into an auto body shop? It would take them only a few minutes to fill the hole with a weld and grind it flush. You will need to repaint the cabinet of course.

Scoots

 

[marukap]

Thank you for a most fun and INFORMATIVE thread! The only time I've "experienced" a reversing tumble dryer was during a recent trip to France. It was made by Electrolux and when in the reverse mode there was, as I recall, no airflow. The reverse tumble period was quite short, just long enough to un-bunch the load. This was necessary since the drum was quite small.

Does the blower on your Philco operate normally and independently of the tumbler's direction? I'm guessing it does.

I've often thought it would be useful to be able to have a slower tumble speed without a reduction in fan speed so that very small loads would not stay caught up in the baffles. Is that what happens on your "Low Air" setting?

Thanks again.

Marty Kaplan

 

[soapnsuds]

How cool!

But what's all that stuff on the heating element?? Looks like someone had a BBQ!
Thanks for the gr8 pictures.

Congrats and Happy Birthday--- James

 

[golittlesport]

What a perfect birthday gift!!!! And I thought you wanted a toaster!

 

[jetcone]

Nice looking dryer Jimmy!

If I were you I would replace that fan with a steel squirrel cage and not the original flyapart bakelite with no obvious reinforcing in the thermoplastic!!
What a screw up after what 100 years of fan production.

It's like the later Frigidaire 1-18 dryers where if you move the cabinet just the wrong way the drum pops off the poorly positioned rollers!