New Philco Washer

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Picked up this Philco washer and a Philco Miss America dryer last week. Turned out to be quite an ordeal to get them out of the sellers house, which was a dirty stinky smelly mess. I wont go in to detail on the house, but I had to keep taking fresh air breaks by running outside in order to keep from getting sick..........it was beyond words........Unloaded them from my van and left them outside to airout until the weather warmed up enough to hose them down and disinfect them! Finally started on the washer yesterday...........

 

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Philco on its back getting its first cleaning ever!

 

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Underside showing the belt and pulley..........

 

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Pic of the Philco motor and pump. Spyder webs are a good sign! Spyders dont like water, so seeing this MIGHT mean the washer didnt have any bad leaks.........

 

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Top of the Philco and lid.

 

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Top of lid and of console open, oh my, just look at the grunge! What as nasty mess.........

 

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Interior shot of the washer. This model has the Philco blue porcelain tub and large lid..with Contour Fill.......

 

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The famous Philco Blades Of Water agitator AKA Flex A Wash!

 

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Philco lint filter.

 

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Center chamber of agitator DOUBLE YUKKKK!!!!

 

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I wonder if the owners knew there was a lint filter in here? It was completely full and so gross......I had to soak it and get it softened up to finally pry it apart.......

 

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Can you imagine what their clothes must have looked like? How can people abuse such a wonderful washer like this???!!!

 

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Sigh! Years and layers of lint. The stuff nightmares are made of!

 

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Well, lo and behold it works! The rubber is very worn on the agitator and will need a complete rebuild, but the high frequency wash action can be seen here and there are no leaks!

 

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Philco draining and spinning..........

 

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Contour Fill, a Philco exclusive! Gotta love it.......

 

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Philco Logo

 

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Timer and controls. This model Philco is a year older than the one I restored last summer........

 

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My helper Blackie! Hes a baby! and hes loves Philcos too! Next project will be to tackle the Philco Miss America dryer and get it cleaned up too. All in all I was thrilled to get these in spite of the nasty house they came out of. To their credt they are both complete with no dents or bad rust, but both are going to be an ambitious restoration with a complete repaint needed and lots of clean up.

 

[appnut]

Jimmy to the rescue!!!!!

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Very cool Jimmy!
Amazing that you found them both at the same house!
You are a Philco Magnet.
Thanks for the pictures.
Tell Blackie hello for me.
Brent

 

[westyslantfront]

hi jimmy......what a great machine!!!...congratulations...

 

[mayken4now]

Well, siding with appnut. Good going Jimmy.

Steve

 

[Kenmore62]

BLACKIE WAS READY IN CASE SOMETHING CAME RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER THE WASHER OR DRYER. HOUSE SOUNDS LIKE A REAL DUMP WONDER WHAT IT LOOK LIKE BEFORE THEY CLEANED IT UP BEFORE YOU CAME TO GET THE SET!!!!!!!

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[southernmdgeguy]

Love the Philco set

Guess I need to find a set to go with my new stove! I was lucky to see Mark's Philco in action when I was down there, amazing action from that system. Great pictures, will be a good series on a total restore job.

Scott

 

[Designgeek]

Congratulations on another save & restore.

Hoo-boy there sure was a lot of icky poo in that washer. I think the reason those center-post lint filters tend to get full like that is, people don't bother to read the manual and find out they have to clean it out after each load.

So, what exactly is that agitator? Is that a flexible contoured rubber disc over a plastic molding? And what's all the dark crud at the bottom (or should I ask?), did it come off without too much scrubbing?

The mechanism with the pressed steel bottom and the accessible belt is clever as heck, must make it relatively easy to change a belt.

What are you going to do to repaint the cabinet where all that rust is near the top?

(How it is that people don't clean their appliances, or their houses for God's sake!, is beyond me. My place can get to looking like an industrial workshop with piles of geek-junque all over, but at least it's clean in the sense of being sanitary and free of health hazards. A few times in my life I've seen houses that looked like they badly needed to be dunked in bleach just to disinfect. Ick.)

 

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Thanks guys. This washer really is not as bad as it looks as far as cosmetics. The case is acutally one of the easy parts of the restoration. I totally remove the case, sand it down, prime it, then give it several coats of white enamel. As far as these coming out of a stinky dirty house (which it was) the PEOPLE that I got this from stunk to high heaven as bad or worse than the house. It was really them more than the house that made me sick to my stomach!!!! I will post pictures of the dryer as soon as I get to it, in the next couple of days.........

 

[southernmdgeguy]

Is that a 65 770 Rambler I see peeking out

from the garage? I see a good old chrome bumper there too, but can't tell what it is..

 

[veg-o-matic]

Oooh, lovin' them Philcos! Did they all have those bigass lids?

veg

 

[peteski50]

Philco Washer

Jimmy,
Many congrats real nice washer.
Peter