Evaluating the Westy

[turquoisedude]

Despite temperatures hovering just above the freezing point on the weekend, I was out in the garage tinkering with the latest find. I was keen to find out if the timer motor was indeed dead and alas, this is the case. It's packed up and will be sent to Midwest Timer tonight - I just hope they can find a replacement motor or even fix the old one. The gears can still be turned manually, which I hope is a good thing!
I hooked up a temporary power cord and found much to my delight the main drive motor runs perfectly! Manually advancing the timer made the fill and pump solenoids engage; but I think the spin solenoid blew the fuse...

 

[turquoisedude]

I found that the flexible drive shaft for the pump was badly damaged in transit (literally bent out of shape). I hope I can fix or replace that!
And I noticed a potential tub leak problem here...

 

[turquoisedude]

I think the machine died during a wash cycle and then sat there for a number of years judgin by the water scale accumulation in the tub. Looks like standing water residue to me...

 

[turquoisedude]

Next steps

I took the changer off the tub mount and found much to my amazement that there was not a drop of oil in it. I am praying to the gods of automatic washers that putting oil back in it will make it turn because it is stiff as a board now!
I am also going to need to figure out how to take the inner wash tub out to clean and patch the outer tub. That should be an adventure!!
I am maybe being overly optimistic that I can get this machine back into service by the end of the year...

 

[northwesty]

Good luck on the restoration. I actually don't think the westinghouse is too hard to work on, but getting parts is the challenge. I'd keep your eye peeled for another westy, I've picked up a few mostly for parts, then your worries are over.

 

[christfr]

have had good luck with cleaning the rust spots down to metal and then either POR or marine epoxy. looks like your gettin there one step at a time.. all will work out just fine in the end