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I set up all the components on the bench

for a full test . I found once I did that --- there was NO Power to anything. After testing each component for run capability you put it all together and get BLAHHHH-NADA! 

 

 

Found out our little club member  "Edna" was a tad aggressive with this machine when it died. He must have jammed the YU motor protector switch in so far it bent the contacts inside so they no longer made contact. So these are NASTY switches to disassemble and work in, they are like spring loaded many small part jack in the boxes ! BOING it all comes apart. You really need to know what you are doing! Fortunately this wasn't my first Rodeo!  

 

Tweaking the contacts forward from their "jammed' position and bingo the YU switch works. Fortunately though I have a club member who is zooming another NIB just incase.  You can see the guts of the switch, the little ratchet that engages the copper tang. As the motor overloads the copper bends under heat and boing the switch is freed to disengage. This is the first one Ive see that works this way, much better the originals had a lead pot that melted letting the ratchet release but that lead system had 3 -4 cycle life IF the whole thing didnt get too hot. If it did the lead all melted out to the bottom and you could never get it to engage again. 

 

 

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Greg and I nattered this morning

while I was able to run a complete cycle with all components hooked in and running perfectly. Timer motor, switches, hot/warm water valve, spin solenoid. She is ready to go back into the machine.

 

Can't do much laundry in that machine with the tub all the way down !!

 

I have seen many mechanisms with that exact "ok" mark. Someone was paid to chalk that on thousands of mechanisms at the end of the line! Can you imagine - whistle blows , you start Ok-ing , whistle blows for lunch, and then at 5 you  mark your last mechanism for the day. I wonder who,, he or she was???

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Now to reassembly

First the cabinet. This machine was exposed to hard water, we don't have that in eastern  MA but it could have come from the western part of the state in the Berkshires. So does anybody remember where Eddie got this machine??  The water hoses reveal that hard water, was supplying the machine.

 

The hard water chips away at the enamel, as you can see by the mounting holes in the bulkhead. This has exposed the steel to rusting. A good brushing with steel wool and then a coat of Rust Extend will give this years of life.

 

 

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A little ZEP

and elbow grease goes along way.

 

In cleaning up I see this machine is in superb shape. It even still had the copper filter screen in the fill flume, and since it was so low use I learned it is copper not stainless steel or brass. 

 

With the removal of all that crud it will smell sweet when washing and rinsing. The detergent fragrance will be stronger too. One of my fav steps in a restoration the cleaning of the catch tub, the forbidden dirt one never sees!!

 

 

 

 

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Thanks Mike

All the parts are returning to their places, this is one of the fun parts as the machine goes back together. 

 

-Todays progress, this machine has a drain coupling I have not seen before, a garden hose connector. 

-Always always always a new water valve fitment is a PILL. This one is hitting the bracket i would not be able to get the hose connected properly, luckily I noticed this right after I installed it in, out it comes and goes under the mighty bench grinder! 

-Ben requested to see the later updated tub to mechanism water seal, it is a face seal so I pulled it apart in sections you can see. This tells me this unit was worked on in its day so I was not the first inside. The current water leak was caused by a ripped oil bellows the face seal seems perfectly normal. The big mechanism nut is part of the replacement, it has a lower height to accommodate that copper seal ring which now engages the tub down to the inner bearing race. 

-Honkin big wrench, the mechanism nut is terrified! 

-A sweet bonus is this machine still retains both HOT and COLD signs!! 

-These solid rubber blocks are a restorer's dream- RUN to the auto parts store NOW!

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this is FANTASTIC Jon!....thanks for sharing and showing all the steps for a rebuild....how I wish I was there to see this in person...

puzzling to me of what I can't figure out....suspension?....I see it bolts to the inside, and to the cross member at the bottom...

am I missing something?....what allows movement/flexing in the chance of out-of-balance conditions?...

when these units needed service in your home, and you called out a tech, were parts replaced on site, or was it just pull one unit out, and replace with a whole other unit?...

its just a fascinating power unit....all-in-one!
 
Yogi ....

there is a rubber mechanism support that mounts to the top of the uni mechanism and bolts down in the floor of the outer tub. Big rubber and metal cone with a flared bottom.  I've seen 3 examples of these where the rubber turns rock hard and will crack at the neck.

 

I have been kicking around the idea of reproducing these but have no idea for who or how many I could possible make but seems to be an Achilles heel for the unimatic. Once all these are no longer usable, SOL .... unless someone has a bunch of these tucked away in secrecy.     LOL

 

Bud - Atlanta

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Reassembly !  The water bellows was the worst thing I have even done in a Frigidaire! It took me two days and prompting from Robert ! These were NOS parts and they are getting firm after 40 years on the shelf !!!

 

Look at the quality - take a look at the two nuts in photo #15, they were chosen to hold the back down and the nut has a raised flat that is designed to engage the lock washer! Don't see that anymore. 

 

Fun detail work, I have cleaned all the bolts and repainted and buffed the control plate. I  have updated the panel water temp with 1953 Oldsmobile Speedometer paint !  

De-rusted the nylon washers. It all is going back together nicely,  Eddy's machine is gonna rise nicely !!

 

 

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