Easy Spindrier needs a new belt

[arbilab]

A NIB Spindrier? I'm feeling faint. What a prize! King indeed. I'd be begging neighbors to do their wash.

I had the high prince, a 1973 Panasonic. No transmission, almost nothing to go wrong. DD pump and 1750 spinner, motor per function, dual speed and timed shutoff. On top of that, scrawny me could pick it up and put it in the (removed) passenger seat of a VW bug. Now that's "easy".

 

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Is that fresh water entering the spinner?
I had to drop the motor out again, and try a thinner belt! The one I thought was working began again to slip off the pulleys. Working great now and I'm actually sitting here doing laundry as I write this!

 

[mickeyd]

It's the Drain/Suds Faucet recirculating wash water through the filter in the wash tub. I'm glad you're enjoying your Easy. I wonder where it was kept or covered to keep the body in such fine condition. Remarkabe. Do you have "The Story"? Is dropping the motor easier than exposing the gap? Haven't done that.

Here's the rinse faucet with the spray cone.

 

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The rubber buffer wont squeeze back far enough to expose the gap, so the one screw in the motor side of the buffer, and the 2 screws holding the motor in are really quick.
I didn't get the story, other than it was found in a farm house in upstate NY, in the kitchen. It obviously hadn't been used in years, but luckily only took a few manual hand turns of the motor to get it running perfectly. The belt lasted about 30 loads, but was dry rotted. There is only a slight leak on the pump drain plug, which I will eventually fix (seal on the cap). I just throw a towel under it for the time being, because it isn't so bad.
Do you use yours as the "daily driver"?

 

[mickeyd]

No,

I want it to last forever, that is, as long as I'm alive and then to leave it to a fellow Easy lover. But I am favoring it right now. It is so versatile, flexible and--EASY. It's cirrently in the kitchen being used for light loads. But it's inevitable that one day I'll be aggressive and stuff it.

So it stayed in a nice warm dry kitchen. Well, that explains it. Thanks. Pic from an older Easy I keep in the basement

 

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The lower painted pannels could probably use a re-paint at some point, but they aren't horrible. There is some slight surface rust under the lip of the painted pannel, which I will sand if I decide I want to paint it. There are a few scratches in the back and on the legs, but otherwise it's in great shape!