MONTGOMERY WARD

[66kenmore]

Did one company make washers for Montgomery Ward or were there several manfactures. THANKS

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[westie2]

Several manfactures made the MW washers and dryers. Norge, Westinghouse, APEX back int 50's. Others probabally know more than I do.

 

[spiralactivator]

The MW washer history is a bit tangled. I know that in the '60s Westinghouse made the front-loaders and Norge made the top-loaders. Then in the '70s, I think Westinghouse started to make a few top-loaders for MW. A while back someone posted a picture from a '50s MW catalog that showed an Apex(??) top-loader.

 

[jaxsunst]

I had an 86 Westinghouse(WCI) Montgomery Ward Washer and Dryer. It had a really strange lint filter. The agitator disassembled and it was inside the agitator. Also, the lid lock waited for 3 minutes after the end of the cycle to unlock. It made a very distinct click.

 

[goatfarmer]

I hate those Westy lid locks.most of the ones I see have been defeated.

kennyL

 

[alr2903]

Westy lid locks

Where those locks some kind of thermoelectric deal? Mom had one, " no matter how you turn that timer dial, you cant get that damn thing open, till those minutes are up". She never really cared for it much.

 

[westytoploader]

I know the modern Frigidaire TL locks are...you can actually let them pop out and wedge a screwdriver under them to defeat the lidswitch which isn't solenoid-controlled (or else they would put a hole in your finger when you defeated it...LOL) because they take FOREVER to unlock under "normal" circumstances!

I wonder if it's controlled by a wax-motor?

 

[kenmore1978]

70's MW automatics

I worked for MW in the 70's and I only remember seeing only Norge-built automatics

 

[jaxsunst]

I worked for MW from 1985-1990, at that time there were two lines of MW washers. The ones that said "Montgomery Ward" were WCI-Westinghouse, and the "Signature 2000" were Norge built.