The day so far....
While I do believe gremlins can play tricks on you when you are not looking, I still figured I should try the 57 GE again. Well ok, I triple-checked the wiring first...
Nothing was glaringly obvious so I figured I'd try a power test. But this time, I tried the washer in spin....
Sonofab.... started right up and went to full speed! Then I tried advancing to rinse and POW. The breaker tripped.
During the spin I heard solenoids buzzing and I observed the push-pull switch on the timer did not work....
So I still have an electrical issue, possibly with the timer. And I can't help but fret that it might be a shorted winding for clockwise/activation operation but I want to find out why that push/pull switch isn't working and why the solenoids stay on... Stay tuned....