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Ben found a CL listing in St. Joseph, MO for a Frigidaire washer and found it was a WO-65-2! We had family in town this weekend but, when the pulsator beckons... I picked it up Sunday morning, only 1.75 hours from me. The poor dear was pretty filthy but seemed to perk up a bit and smile when I gave her a first wipedown. The first step in restoration is to bring back a little dignity!

It's in lovely condition, no oil leaks, motor shaft and pump are free and easy to turn. I tried a quick test but the motor capacitor is bad. Rather than stab at each individual issue, I'm going to put the time into a full-on restore so will try to get into it this weekend.

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OOO! Great save, Greg! So nice to see that the original pulsator is still there, too. Hope the restoration goes well - can't wait to see more about this one!

Congratulations!
 
Now you'll have secure double rinsing!

Uhh, isn't the WO65-2 the first Frigidaire with overflow rinsing and not two deep rinses? Oh, and BTW, congrats!!!
 
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Great save Greg, it is amazing how many of these have turned up over the years, I got the same machine from my cousins about 15 years ago and it has only had minor problems, it seems to me by the time Frigidaire built the WO-65-2 model they had improved a lot of items and the Unimatic Mechanism was really about as good as it was going to get.  It also seems that a lot of these early Unimatics were often put aside for newer machines with little often really wrong with them, people that could afford this washer in the first place often were in a better position to buy a newer fancier machine than most consumers. And many other users just got tired of the tangled wrinkled clothing and the vibration problems that these washers sometimes had.

 

I really like this washer for washing really dirty loads of cleaning towels, white socks, underwear, etc., these loads I always wash hot and add LCB near the end of the wash cycle. And while this was the first FD model to have the overflow rinse instead of two deep rinses I converted mine back by using an older timer and timer dial because the two rinses do a much better job rinsing away the LCB smell that the overflow rinse does. The overflow rinse was a good idea for many users as it largely solved problems of soap scum residue on clean clothing when these washer were used with soap or in hard water areas.
 
For its age, that machine is in impressive condition! I'm glad you've found it (and another machine is saved from scrap)! 

 

Once you've restored it completely (if that is the path you will choose), I'm thinking it will look better than new. Good luck with all your work
 
This is

one of my favorites vintage appliances. While I don't have one, I've always been intrigued by them!
So happy for the save.
Good luck, and keep us posted with your progress!
 

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