Hi Larry
I was hoping that you were going to be able to fill and go, but no such luck! Damm!
Rest assured we are here to help in our own way!
Geoff will probably be along and will have very good tips for you. Until then...the gaskets are the same (60's to 80's)
You might as well do the best you can to remove the agitator, and see what kind of bolts are under, that hold the PU on, if they are the gulmite bolts, you'll have to start looking for a gulmite wrench. Think it's impossible to get the WD 40 to reach the spot it would need to, with agitator still on, unless you can squirt it down the the broken spot and have it reach? (wishful thinking)
It may require laying a 2 by 6 by 3 ft board across the top of the machine, and using a couple of strong straps slid under two sides of the agitator, brought up over the board and over a steering wheel puller, or small floor jack rigged up to lift the agitator straight up off the post. Once the agitator is off, you could try another water test to make sure removing the PU is necessary. Sometimes it's just one bolt that water seeps thru, and makes it look worse from underneath than it really is ( again this is total wishful thinking, but no harm in trying at this point) LOL.
Have you plugged the machine in without water to make sure the electric motor is working?
Also from the pics, it looks as though the machine is gravity drain only??
Sounds like the cosmetics will have to come later, you have a little work to do first. Keep us posted! pics
Stan
I was hoping that you were going to be able to fill and go, but no such luck! Damm!
Rest assured we are here to help in our own way!
Geoff will probably be along and will have very good tips for you. Until then...the gaskets are the same (60's to 80's)
You might as well do the best you can to remove the agitator, and see what kind of bolts are under, that hold the PU on, if they are the gulmite bolts, you'll have to start looking for a gulmite wrench. Think it's impossible to get the WD 40 to reach the spot it would need to, with agitator still on, unless you can squirt it down the the broken spot and have it reach? (wishful thinking)
It may require laying a 2 by 6 by 3 ft board across the top of the machine, and using a couple of strong straps slid under two sides of the agitator, brought up over the board and over a steering wheel puller, or small floor jack rigged up to lift the agitator straight up off the post. Once the agitator is off, you could try another water test to make sure removing the PU is necessary. Sometimes it's just one bolt that water seeps thru, and makes it look worse from underneath than it really is ( again this is total wishful thinking, but no harm in trying at this point) LOL.
Have you plugged the machine in without water to make sure the electric motor is working?
Also from the pics, it looks as though the machine is gravity drain only??
Sounds like the cosmetics will have to come later, you have a little work to do first. Keep us posted! pics
Stan