bostonwash
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I don't know if anyone is interested as this is newer but thought I should mention it. item 7532293182
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westytoploader
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Oh no...
OY!!! WCI crap in its later years...PLASTIC PLASTIC PLASTIC!!
And small too...nowhere near the capacity (or cleaning ability) of the GM machines. Notice how the tub is only 15" deep...the tub on my 18 lb. Kenmore is 20" and just as wide!
Yeah, try stuffing one of those with towels and see what happens...
OY!!! WCI crap in its later years...PLASTIC PLASTIC PLASTIC!!
And small too...nowhere near the capacity (or cleaning ability) of the GM machines. Notice how the tub is only 15" deep...the tub on my 18 lb. Kenmore is 20" and just as wide!
Yeah, try stuffing one of those with towels and see what happens...
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Not Plastic... But Polymer!
Ah, the comforting and convincing words of marketing hype!
Ah, the comforting and convincing words of marketing hype!
Wow classic WCI and only 40 minutes away from me. HMMMM. The fact that it has that classic nonexistent wash action is extremely tempting.....NOT!!!
Pat
Pat
jasonl
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Is it because of the loss of the pulsator or is it because the machine is bad? or both?
Anyway, the control panel is the only reminder of what it used to be. If it doesn't say GM on it, it's not the real thing. I still have yet to watch one in action. But I'm guess the indexing tub causes the clothes to not roll over well. As evidenced in Greg's Westy, if you hold on to the tub and not let it index. It works great. If you let it go, it gets lame again.
Can we bring back solid tubs, pulsators, and 1140rpm spins again? Someone? Please?
Oh and front loaders that fill halfway up the window? ... That are affordable?
Anyway, the control panel is the only reminder of what it used to be. If it doesn't say GM on it, it's not the real thing. I still have yet to watch one in action. But I'm guess the indexing tub causes the clothes to not roll over well. As evidenced in Greg's Westy, if you hold on to the tub and not let it index. It works great. If you let it go, it gets lame again.
Can we bring back solid tubs, pulsators, and 1140rpm spins again? Someone? Please?
Oh and front loaders that fill halfway up the window? ... That are affordable?
cehalstead
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at least the seller included interior shots......
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My $0.02
Greg's Westy was the only machine with an indexing tub I've seen that can roll a large load quite well, and that was one of the reasons why I was impressed by it. But I agree Jason, when you hold the tub the deep ramp agitator rolls even better. So if anyone's looking for a Westinghouse or White-Westinghouse, a deep ramp agitator=clothes turnover.
The indexing tub on the plastic WCI machines makes for downright horrible performance. The clothes just move in circles around the tub and rollover is literally non-existant. I believe these angel-wing and "big-vane" agitators (especially in compact/portable machines) were made to agitate the entire load from top to bottom, compensating from the lack of turnover. Holding the tub helps on these.
Greg's Westy was the only machine with an indexing tub I've seen that can roll a large load quite well, and that was one of the reasons why I was impressed by it. But I agree Jason, when you hold the tub the deep ramp agitator rolls even better. So if anyone's looking for a Westinghouse or White-Westinghouse, a deep ramp agitator=clothes turnover.
The indexing tub on the plastic WCI machines makes for downright horrible performance. The clothes just move in circles around the tub and rollover is literally non-existant. I believe these angel-wing and "big-vane" agitators (especially in compact/portable machines) were made to agitate the entire load from top to bottom, compensating from the lack of turnover. Holding the tub helps on these.
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My great-grandother had an older Marquette machine with this type agitator. Was the most annoying thing ever. If I lifted the lid, the machine would stop dead, even while filling. So I never got to see it. Just listened and watch it throw water on the floor.
My folks had an old Westy that was i am assuming by the lighted control panel was a TOL washer (similar to the control panel that Pearl Bailey advertised for the fl machines in a recent POD) before the WCI gobble up.
That ramp agitator was definitely better for indexing tubs than the later straight vanes were. The one we had had a white tub and smaller handwash agitator underneath the blue ramp.
If i remember correctly it had one long spray rinse about 1 full minute in each spin, similar to what the frigidaire machines do now. Anyhow, the deep ramp was an interesting agitator especially with partial loads,....get out the goggles LOL.
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That ramp agitator was definitely better for indexing tubs than the later straight vanes were. The one we had had a white tub and smaller handwash agitator underneath the blue ramp.
If i remember correctly it had one long spray rinse about 1 full minute in each spin, similar to what the frigidaire machines do now. Anyhow, the deep ramp was an interesting agitator especially with partial loads,....get out the goggles LOL.
Pat
jamman_98
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Kelvinator
You know the Kelvinator I saw at my local habitat for humanity store had the exact same interior... i did not get it even though it was a nice looking machine.
You know the Kelvinator I saw at my local habitat for humanity store had the exact same interior... i did not get it even though it was a nice looking machine.
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the console
so, did they literally just take the original console and stick it on the cheap machines?
To me it looks very similiar to something from say the mid 70s.
Sorry not proficient in Frigidaire here yet.
so, did they literally just take the original console and stick it on the cheap machines?
To me it looks very similiar to something from say the mid 70s.
Sorry not proficient in Frigidaire here yet.
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Indexing tub
At the convention, Greg has this interesting "toy" that showed the indexing tub wash action of the post-WCI Frigidaire machines. Robert (unimatic1140) and I had a good laugh at how the Frigidaire marketing dept. made that crummy, no spin brake indexing tub sound like a desirable feature. They always wash better if you hold the tub stationary. On the other hand, this advertising "toy" was much fun to play with and too bad it wouldn't fit into my carry-on (OH, now don't go saying I took the Maytag sprinkler thingy!)
At the convention, Greg has this interesting "toy" that showed the indexing tub wash action of the post-WCI Frigidaire machines. Robert (unimatic1140) and I had a good laugh at how the Frigidaire marketing dept. made that crummy, no spin brake indexing tub sound like a desirable feature. They always wash better if you hold the tub stationary. On the other hand, this advertising "toy" was much fun to play with and too bad it wouldn't fit into my carry-on (OH, now don't go saying I took the Maytag sprinkler thingy!)
Yes Bostonwash...
There were a lot of GM and WCI 1-18s lurking around the Phoenix lot where we went in May, and it's obvious that WCI inherited a lot of tooling or already-stamped heads and cabinets from the GM machines. The only difference that was notable between the WCI and GM Frigidaire exteriors was the absence of the GM logo (and later, a little "Energy Saver" sparkly and a differently scripted Frigidaire logo).
On looking inside, however, you'd see either a nice Jet-Cone pulsator (GM) or one of WCI's myriad funky agitators (maybe a ramp, maybe a straight-vane, maybe an angel-wing, or maybe even an oddball one that looked like a one-piece, faux Dual-Action).
It's very depressing to spot what looks like a GM Frigidaire 1-18 in profile, only to pop open the lid and see the stupid WCI innards. ARGH!
Frigilux has had good commentary of the shared and different features of the GM and WCI 1-18s that were around at the time of ownership transition.
--Nate
There were a lot of GM and WCI 1-18s lurking around the Phoenix lot where we went in May, and it's obvious that WCI inherited a lot of tooling or already-stamped heads and cabinets from the GM machines. The only difference that was notable between the WCI and GM Frigidaire exteriors was the absence of the GM logo (and later, a little "Energy Saver" sparkly and a differently scripted Frigidaire logo).
On looking inside, however, you'd see either a nice Jet-Cone pulsator (GM) or one of WCI's myriad funky agitators (maybe a ramp, maybe a straight-vane, maybe an angel-wing, or maybe even an oddball one that looked like a one-piece, faux Dual-Action).
It's very depressing to spot what looks like a GM Frigidaire 1-18 in profile, only to pop open the lid and see the stupid WCI innards. ARGH!
Frigilux has had good commentary of the shared and different features of the GM and WCI 1-18s that were around at the time of ownership transition.
--Nate
Out of curiosity...
...if the WCI indexing-tub design didn't have a spin brake, then how did they slow and stop the tub under the time limits required by regulations that came out at the time? (or did they just not spin easily, and friction did the rest?)
...if the WCI indexing-tub design didn't have a spin brake, then how did they slow and stop the tub under the time limits required by regulations that came out at the time? (or did they just not spin easily, and friction did the rest?)
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indexing tubs
I seem to remember Westinghouse touting the indexing tub as a HELP in getting the clothes clean, since the tub was ribbed like an old-fashioned washboard and would supposedly act on the clothes as if they were on a washboard in additon to the agitator action.
I seem to remember Westinghouse touting the indexing tub as a HELP in getting the clothes clean, since the tub was ribbed like an old-fashioned washboard and would supposedly act on the clothes as if they were on a washboard in additon to the agitator action.
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