Okay Dr. Frigidaire makes Speed Queen progress today
Remember "Clean bearings are happy bearings"
Remember "Clean bearings are happy bearings"
"Industrial Archaeology®" or How to tame wild Speed Queens
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Next they get my special secret lubrication
plus they get packed with puréed cherries for long high temp life!
plus they get packed with puréed cherries for long high temp life!
Now the base gets a thorough cleaning
Since we've taken it down this far -- why not !
Yes, it was cleaned with kerosene.
Since we've taken it down this far -- why not !
Yes, it was cleaned with kerosene.
Finally for today
If you want easy servicing later on always ream out things. It makes it so much easier, so I grabbed my 3/8 16 reamer !
If you want easy servicing later on always ream out things. It makes it so much easier, so I grabbed my 3/8 16 reamer !
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I think there will be a small break over the holidays, as Santa's Elves are now busy busy.
I think there will be a small break over the holidays, as Santa's Elves are now busy busy.
well that machine
was boring a hole in my mind today, I had to go down and tinker.
I ended up:
1) putting the center plate and spin tube back together
2) reattaching the 3 centering springs
3) cleaning and reattaching the 3 dampers
4) reassembling the whole spin tube
5) cleaning and lubing the 4 adjustable legs.
was boring a hole in my mind today, I had to go down and tinker.
I ended up:
1) putting the center plate and spin tube back together
2) reattaching the 3 centering springs
3) cleaning and reattaching the 3 dampers
4) reassembling the whole spin tube
5) cleaning and lubing the 4 adjustable legs.
Today's Job
Rebuild the motor/fluid drive.
Bob Salem and I were debating over New Years , we noticed how when you open the fluid drive from its hermetic seal that you ALWAYS need to top up the fluid drive oil ! Sometimes the plug is so tight you have to block the F/D in aVise, and use a LONG handled wrench just to get it open.
Where does the fluid go? Does it go?
Well today I measured!
The first picture shows just how much I got out of the FD = 6.0 ozs.
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And we now know how much the original charge should be. Thanks to ebay I found a bottle of old used FD/FLUID with the quantity. Most SQ doctrine does not tell you how much the charge should be. It should be 7 1/2 ozs. !
You'll see it was down 1 1/2 ozs. ! Not a speck on the outside, the F/D was bone dry. It must burn up inside and turn to carbon because the oil is cloudy. That's my guess.
I topped it off with Zoom spout oil, its very close in viscosity, it's a tad thicker but then the oil in the FD is 60 years old and it would have broken down some so Zoom spout is a good match.
Next motor contacts cleaned, motor bearings lubed - they needed it! F/D bearing lubed for smooth sliding operation. Solenoid cleaned of external grease, it snaps real nice & smooth now. No chattering.
Now the whole shebang is ready to put back together.
Rebuild the motor/fluid drive.
Bob Salem and I were debating over New Years , we noticed how when you open the fluid drive from its hermetic seal that you ALWAYS need to top up the fluid drive oil ! Sometimes the plug is so tight you have to block the F/D in aVise, and use a LONG handled wrench just to get it open.
Where does the fluid go? Does it go?
Well today I measured!
The first picture shows just how much I got out of the FD = 6.0 ozs.
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span>
And we now know how much the original charge should be. Thanks to ebay I found a bottle of old used FD/FLUID with the quantity. Most SQ doctrine does not tell you how much the charge should be. It should be 7 1/2 ozs. !
You'll see it was down 1 1/2 ozs. ! Not a speck on the outside, the F/D was bone dry. It must burn up inside and turn to carbon because the oil is cloudy. That's my guess.
I topped it off with Zoom spout oil, its very close in viscosity, it's a tad thicker but then the oil in the FD is 60 years old and it would have broken down some so Zoom spout is a good match.
Next motor contacts cleaned, motor bearings lubed - they needed it! F/D bearing lubed for smooth sliding operation. Solenoid cleaned of external grease, it snaps real nice & smooth now. No chattering.
Now the whole shebang is ready to put back together.
Great Job!
I'm marvelling at both your focus and stick-to-it-iveness. My ADD is really not an asset to this hobby.
I'm marvelling at both your focus and stick-to-it-iveness. My ADD is really not an asset to this hobby.
