Need some help with restoring a Pink 1960's E2LP

[tinkr]

Pinkie and her parts live in the living room for now.

Getting ready for paint. Using 400 grit wet dry. Not much paint left in some areas.
Still working on the tub.. Yuck so much black tarnish. And this tub has iron erosion.
And the more I clean it I'm fearing I'll create a hole.
tomorrow I'm priming the belt guard. And maybe the 1st coat of new pink.
Slow going.
If I cant't find the parts to finish at least
I can get it together enough to clear off the futon. : o )
Old phone = rather crappy pictures sorry

 

[tinkr]

priming and painting Pinkie

Finally got up to 50 degrees so time to prime and paint.
Pic 1 is primed. The following are painting and then Clear Coat of Rust-oleumn lacquer.
On to cleaning the brace Motor supports and Sanding and prep of the wringer.

 

[goatfarmer]

Looks great!

 

[tinkr]

Thank you goatfarmer

My hubs did a super job on the priming and painting. I am the official can shaker.. She is going to be an outstanding looking piece of machinery when finished.

 

[stan]

Post

Pics when it's finished and assembled!
Any luck with the agitator on the white one?

 

[tinkr]

No luck

It's stuck.

But she washes like a dream. And wrings to damp dry. Ran Cal king sheets today. After rinsing and wringing.. put them in my spinner (portable washer) NO WATER SPUN OUT> WOW Thats a great tribute to a maytag wringer. 800 rpm in the washer. The wringer gets them just a dry.

Still sanding and painting pinkie parts.

We have been busy working on our rental house. So the washer has been on the back burner.
Life just gets in the way of fun.
And Stan glad your car is running ok. My Corvair restoration has been stalled for a few years.

 

[stan]

Never

heard of a wringer getting clothes that dry before! You must have a really good machine.
Now you've gone and done it.. You mentioned auto restoration.. Now you have to start a new thread with pics when you get back to the Corvair. LOL

 

[tinkr]

The white machine is great

It exceeded all my expectations for a wringer. When I can get parts for Pinkie she'll be just as impressive.

i was shocked when no water exited the drain hose. it's a 1.6 Haier portable. about 5 years old still works but the control panel is getting touchy.
And I refuse to be without my own personal washer.
We moved hubs parents with us into a split floor plan home. And mom is a very controlling person.
So I have a portable and the wringer is portable and a much larger capacity than the haier.

So she is using my Dependable care over sized commercial Maytag. In the laundry nook. Best darn machine I've owned.
That machine will be rebuilt after she kills it running it every day with virtually no clothes in is going to do that.
My mom had the Maytag avacado green 806 so of course that machine is special to me.
The wringer when washing sounds remarkably like the 806.
our 1st machine was a Ge filter flow. I passed that down to my brother.
And got the Maytag Dependable care. Early 2000 machine ,year end discount 625.00
wow I bought cars for less than that.

And I had an the old Frigidaire vertically pulsating washer.. I would stand and watch it pulse thru the whole wash cycle. They make that wonderful smooshie sound. And
the braking sound will scare any dog or cat.

The Vair is stored at the rent house. I have to get it moved here. By trailer. And have been to cheap to hire some one.
Social Security kicks in this year so I'll have cash to get things done.

 

[tinkr]

found my parts

I found a seller on e-bay with vintage maytag parts listed. Asked if he may have the gear box. and he did.
Plate and box and horizontal shaft. Pulley turns shaft turns yippie.
7 days fed ex. $61.00 total. Pinkie may be in action soon.

 

[tinkr]

Pinkie is working

My Mac is in the shop so no pictures yet. We got the machine reassenbled... but the wringer does not lock in place. My service manual is on the other computer.. Any sugestions?
We have leaks at the pump to tub hose and the pump gasket. And the pump makes a heck of a racket. .. That ringer head nearly bashed me in the head. Now that's gratitude for you.saved from the scrap yard and that's the thanks we get. lol

 

[tinkr]

non locking wringer

Found the answer in an older post.. Problem with the index slide.

 

[yogitunes]

removing the agitator......

you were sort of on the right move with the 2x4.....

but lets try something a bit different.....

using the 2x4, and of course lay a towel across the machine as not to damage the top.....

grab 2 ratcheting tie downs.....criss-cross over the board, and under the agitator.....

snug up, and then start ratcheting each one a bit at a time.....

and it should pop off.....

this works for most applications......doing this with hot water that you boiled on the stove can only help the situation....

keep us posted......

 

[stan]

Hi

Glad you got her up and running. The index slide is coming part that breaks on these machine. Now that you,ve seen it and replaced it, you can see why. It has to take a lot of abuse by the user.
The ratcheting straps sound like a good bet. Let us know

 

[tinkr]

finished with a few caveats

Small drip at the pump.. And the pump works but roars and rattles. If I hold the lever half way
it pumps and is silent???

the wringer now locks as it should. (pic included of the index guide and the pitiful condition of the pawl.)

the washer washes as it should.. Yea

the agitator floats and the splines inside the agitator are worn. Float is better than stuck. I agree on that.

we got a clear hose for the drain. I like it because I can tell if any water is left in it.

The transmission and plate I received from Ebay seller. Had a freshly painted thrust adjustment bolt.
The washer and clip parts of the water seal (once i cleaned 40 years of shelf gunk off) appear new.
Possibly it was rebuilt.

Got a shot under the skirt super clean and its all PINK. There's a pinch in the drain hose but it straightens out when I change its position to drain.

Made a video on my ancient Motorola droid phone. I only recorded about 15 seconds. Poop.
So no video.