NE Ohio Thanksgiving Wash Party,..w/guest stars......

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Gary from Indy and Mike from Peoria arrived on Friday of the Holiday Weekend.......with Jeff from Mansfield joining us on Saturday morning........others arrived thru the early afternoon.........Jeff brought 2 star arrivals on the back of his truck........

 

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I had tables set up in my workshop......and the washers were ready and waiting for loads of laundry saved for the event........

 

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Steve, Jim, and Lou watching the Norge Dispensomat do it thing......

 

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Watching the Kenmore Combo.......Jeff, Jim, and Gary had never seen a Combo in action before.....here they are learning how it spins and balances itself before going into SPIN........

 

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More Kenmore Combo.....what a facinating washer !

 

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Jeff from Mansfield generously brought me two new machines.....so it was time to unload them........the first one........a rather rare Maytag model 124 ! Time filled.....he just recently found this.......

 

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Previously untested........we brought in inside....let it warm up for a few.....then "tested" it........Yeah! It worked..... sort of! .........

 

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It had a slight leak in the back near the pump......

 

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So, Gary who is the Maytag repair expert of the group....helped to fix it! Here is the group assiting Gary.......turned out this washer still had the original METAL pump on it.......I had a new plastic one........Gary installed it in a jiffy !

 

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All fixed the running a load of "whites"......Jeff is holding the old metal pump. I had not seen an original metal pump in 20 yrs!

 

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More of the metal pump close up.......Maytag made one of the best pumps ever....they were extremely durable.......seldom if ever do they need replaced.......

 

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Taking the pump apart......the metal ones could have been rebuilt at one time in their lives.....before the plastic pump had been invented.....here is the pump all apart......the seal of course was bad...... but still a testament to the good quality build that Maytags always had.....

 

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All fixed and running. This model is from approx 1958 judging from the dates on the back.......which makes it an even 50 yrs old! Thanks to Gary for repairing this.....its now ready for another 50 yrs of good and reliable service......

 

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Time for a break and a pizza fest.........view...aim...focus...shoot! darn I forgot to focus...!!

 

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Jim and some "unimatic" pizza........while Steve looks on and chuckles......

 

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Next out came some of my literature collection, and our guest star arrived........Tom Anderson.....Tom is the Hoover collector par excellance.....and one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet.....its always a pleasure to see you Tom!

 

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more literature.......

 

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it always gets very quiet when the literature comes out and people read about ALL the fabulous features of 50's appliances......

 

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We were reading about the 1960 Kelvinator washer with "eccentric" wash action so gentile you could wash a paper napkin without tearing.......