I struck gold. Harvest gold!

[tuthill]

Cool find... looks like fun!!

 

[peteski50]

Toshiba!

Hi Steve,
This is a really great find.
Good Luck with it.
Peter

 

[peterh770]

That was my grandmother's machine in Brooklyn (Bensonhurst). What killed it for her was a crack in one of the hose connectors underneath. She combed all 5 boroughs and could not find any dealer or parts store that could/would help her. When I visited her and would wash, I would always transfer the load from the wash basin to the extractor each time the machine would go into drain (after wash and after each rinse).

The impeller does reverse, but there is a long period of agitation before the direction change and it really gets up to an impressive speed. Often times I thought the machine would tip over as the load got "out of balance" while washing. The water would also ride pretty high up the sides.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Go west young man, go west.

EAST 104th Street and Broadway?

I must be delerious with joy. LOL

 

[pierreandreply4]

hello

I think you Just Hit the Jackpot in vintage washers. congratulation on your find

 

[toggleswitch2]

Merci Beaucoup

TYVM!

 

[westie2]

Have you had a chance to see if it runs? Did you get it cleaned?

 

[mistereric]

Neats

Now pair it with a little green maytag dryer and you've got the whole shebang! ;-)

 

[toggleswitch2]

a gallon is 4+/- litres.

As promised it is still living in my car under a blanket.
Taking it to Connecticut to visit GadgetGary.
Stay tuned for updates by about noon-ish on Saturday Eastern time.
We will be testing it there. Should it retain water, (*LOL* oooh girl your ankles are swelling; did you fart in your pantyhose or drink a gallon of water? ) it will be getting the scrubbing of its life.

Folowing is a picture of the drain-hose. It appears to fit into the right side of the machine. Based on that patch job i'll bet it leaks like a sieve. The hose is CAKED with cooking grease dust, dirt and plain-old filth. My car smells like the kithcen of a greasy-spoon type restaurant/diner with old cooking oil! *LOL*

Can you see how the grey becomes yellow/brown?

It's going to take a great deal of convincing for me to leave that plastic sales/features label on the lid of the spinner. Taking votes.. get it naked or leave it dressed?

 

[qsd-dan]

I vote to keep the label. It looks like it's still in good condition and should clean up nicely.

 

[geoffdelp]

Boy; that looks like a fun machine to use, Steve! It should clean up nicely.

Oh boy ... lots of Clorox, huh? Maybe a little Lysol for good measure?

Do you think you can find a hose at the hardware store for that? Hopefully, it won't be too hard to replace.

Can't wait to see the photos!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Dont You Dare Remove That Label...!!!

Nice one Steve, what a find, looks in fine nic underneath as well, wild colour, should polish up well, whats the spin speed on these??

That pulsator looks like the same one in the kenmore portable, is that right???,

So, remember, Dont get Naked...keep Dressed...!!!!, enjoy, Mike

 

[toggleswitch2]

Hose has a gash in it!

 

[toggleswitch2]

It was hidden under a mend of these materials.

Cloth, nylon twine, contact paper, vinyl tape, cellophane tape, etc.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Sorted by layer/category /type

I feel like an archaelogist on a find.... lol

*YAY* she goes for a spin tomorrow!

 

[toggleswitch2]

OK Mike. Because it's you, the label shall remain!

 

[thor]

Rubber disk

Hi Toggles, congratulations on your beautiful find! Did you also find the rubber disk that holds clothes down in place in the spinner? A long time ago my mother had a Hoover twintub and the instruction manual warned about always using the rubber disk in the spinner, to avoid clothes flying-off the basket. I guess that is what might have happened with the clothes that can be seen in the picture that fell off the basket.

Emilio

 

[toggleswitch2]

Funny you should ask.

I had one from my Paksitani-made spinner that I just left hanging on a nail on the wall; a remnant of when the spinner went into a self-destruct mission to become a martyr for "the cause".

Threw it out when moving........... :-(

 

[thor]

Toggles...

If you have no disk at hand then you might want to adopt the procedure of always loading small items first into the spinner, crowned by larger items on top. The larger items will keep small items from flying off the spinner.

Emilio

 

[gadgetgary]

Good idea. The instructions under the lid of the spinner agree!

 

[gadgetgary]

Toshiba Twin-tub Automtic Washer & Spin Dryer Model# AW-1000

Full frontal.

Washcloth ad pillow-fluff/stuffing that was blockg spinner drain-hole shown.

 

[gadgetgary]

Left side

 

[gadgetgary]

Right side.

Drain hose is on this side. Odd location!

Some type of clean-out below.

 

[gadgetgary]

Scrub, scrub scrub!

Partially done.

 

[gadgetgary]

Filling.

Had to clean the inlet screen of the solenoid valve. Then the machine filled at a decently fast rate.

At first the valve leaked even when off. It must have overhead me say it was going ot get surgically excised and disposed of once replaced. Five ninutes later it was water-tight and no longer leaking.

Corner grille removed showing overflow tube.

 

[gadgetgary]

Water-hog SUPREME

OVERFLOW RINSES!

(PLURAL!!!!!!)in the automatic cycle

 

[gadgetgary]

Tinke, tinkle!

Draining without drain-hose

 

[gadgetgary]

Spinner (Before cleaning the washer up!)

 

[gadgetgary]

Items blcoking spinner compartment drain hole.

 

[toggleswitch2]

VIDEOS!