Frigidaire Follow-Up

[cadman]

So Ben and I tore into the WCD-64 to replace those original belts, and found ourselves in the situation of needing a new pump gasket. Luckily I had some gasket material on hand and was able to fab up a new one (tip: use a hole punch for the screw holes) We'll find out Saturday if the seal will hold. However, with the machine on its side overnight we lost around a pint or more of trans oil...so should this be topped off? And if so..what kind and where do we fill?

 

[cadman]

Note this interesting piece, it appears to have connected to the follower that would run up and down the drive shaft for agitate and spin. But what gives now? And what was its purpose?

 

[gansky1]

Block the front-top of the machine up 4" and you won't lose a drop of oil. Refill with air compressor oil, prolly best to drain the oil and add all new, 26 oz. total. Remove plug in side of tranny, drain - turn tranny with oil hole up and refill. Make sure all tranny/pulley bolts are tight, the center spin pulley is a sandwich of the two tranny case halves and a common source of oil leaks. If needed, you'll see motor adjustment springs attached to the top of the motor and the tranny mount on the shaft housing. Try running with these springs in the center position, then adjust (tighten) if needed. If you hear motor start switch "fluttering" on and off at the beginning of spin, the belts are too loose - top spin belt should be quite tight, lower agitate belt a little looser.

If memory serves, the clutch follower is to keep tension on the clutch disc aiding in it's ride up and down the helical bushing.

 

[cadman]

A helpful hint!

Greg, thanks for the info on the trans. I drained the old oil and refilled with fresh compressor oil.

TIP GUYS: I found a device at the local wallyworld called a MixMizer (used for mixing 2cycle oil in gas) that looks like a large syringe. Not only does it have oz. graduations on the side, but the tip was perfect for the trans drain hole which I could find no funnel to fit.

The machine is working great after we tensioned up the pulleys, though is it possible to have the belts too tight?

Thanks everyone!
Cory

 

[gansky1]

Excellent work! I'll have to look for that syringe, sounds like it would be very handy. I've used a smaller syringe and a tiny hose to fill hard to reach tranny holes (Maytag combo, Bendix combo, and the multimatic) which worked ok, but was very tedious.

If you tighten the belts too much, the motor won't turn and stall. If it's working and you don't here the motor start switch fluttering on and off, the belts are perfect.

Why the shroud over the panel?? Is she suddenly shy? Drop that 7th veil and let us see her again!

 

[appnut]

Ahh, the Shroud of Turnover!!!!