Holy Feces: The DDD is 92 pages of GM Frigidaire 1-18 Sacred Doctrine

[mickeyd]

UNBELIEVABLE: You should see the opening charts of sequence, cycle times, etc., pages of it. Then huge graphic blow-ups of the infamous roller mechanism and the water-jet inlet system. And then the real deal suds-saver system just like the classic WP/KM's, reversal of the standard pump with agitation (haven't found out at which speed this miracle occurs). How cool it would be to see this. Don't think anyone in the club has this model, and I didn't know GM ever accomplished this. Final perfection of a system that had eluded them, now in manufacture at the end of Frigidaire's run.

 

Hey, this is the bargain of the season, a book for a buck thirty-nine. I've never read a published word about a 1-18, so for me this is heaven. A reader's paradise.

Robert, you have outdone yourself today. THANK YOU!

!--and you didn't even say a word. Such Humility.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Lol, Mike. I meant to post something earlier but first day back at work after wash-in vacation time off and I'm super busy.

This one is super cool for any Frigidairian, I had to jump through many hoops to get this one posted (long-story which I tell when I'm not so swamped).

Enjoy everyone!

 

[jetcone]

Yay Been waiting

42 years for this baby!! Its super-lishes!
'bout time too!

 

[joelippard]

I've got it downloaded on the Hard Drive. I just have to get time to go through it tonight. Much of it I have seen before or have learned first hand but it sure is fun to see it all in print as it orginally was.

 

[mickeyd]

I had to jump through many hoops to get this one posted (lon

Funny you should say, Robert ~

 

As I was reading I thought, Jeeze, how dedicated and long-suffering he is to scan 92 pages; that can't have been easy. This thing's a python.

 

Joel & Jon, Happy Reading--'tis a masterpiece, and I've only eaten up 15 pages thus far. For all members who love to read, this is an orgy of it.

 

[stainfighter]

It's chock-a-block FULL...

a WOW...thanks again, Robert!

 

[mickeyd]

Fascinating stuff:

On all but one model, the timer advances every minute and 12 seconds. The spray rinse is one minute and 12 seconds--I think that's a record--and after the deep rinse, there is another spray at 15 seconds (varies by model). But the curious thing is that the spin periods are asterisked as (PS), that they vary in times (the wash spin and the spray rinse spin and the rinse spin) due to positive spin out.

 

But the DRY cycles on all machines do not vary. Haven't come to an explanation in the text as yet. Still drooling over the endless Sequence and Time charts for each model, but I'm guessing that the spin times depend on how much water is in the tub and therefore how long it takes to "spin out" the liquors.

 

[philr]

Now, I'd like to see the timer charts for the newer models like the 1975 WCI or my 1977 WIC-A that had different options from the earlier models (like the Pre-Wash cycle).

And there are no Gold Crown models featured. Were they covered in the service manuals?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Mike you piqued my interest, so I looked closely.

It appears the final spin on all models is in 3 stages:
Spin (PS)
Spin Spray
Spin Dry

The first stage (plain old spin) is marked as PS, so it must not allow the timer to advance until the pressure switch is released. Interesting I don't think I ever remembering know this. I always assumed the spin/drain was completely timed. Hmmm, learn something new every day I guess lol.

This manual was from when the 1/18 was first introduced, so the detail is wonderful. OMG if you remember Frigidaire coin-op washers, both solid basket and and 1/16 versions you should see the coin-op washer service manuals, maybe you will someday