question regarding GM-Frigidaire washers

[tbolt25]

How can a GM-Frigidaire washer agitate up-and-down without bumping and pushing the lid open on each up stroke of the agitator? I was wondering about this once.

 

[toggleswitch]

Short agitators DO have their advantages....

 

[whirlcool]

Frigidaire Jet Action

The tubs were very deep and the agitator didn't go up and down say more than 2-3 inches or so. I've seen some that were marked "Fridgidaire Jet-Action Washer" by GM, but how long were they billed as such?
They definitely made a very particular sound. Once you hear one, you'll never forget it.

 

[westytoploader]

The agitator stroke on a 1-18 is only 1 7/8", but looks much bigger because of the rapid 360 PPM pulsation. The "Jet-Action" 1-18 was made from 1970-1979. I have a 1978 model which is now my favorite machine to use. The sound it makes during agitation is part of the fun--a rapid "thunk-thunk-thunk-thunk" sound, and of course you can't stop watching the action either! It also is one of the few machines that can actually wash its 18 lb. rated capacity, and cleans amazingly.

 

[appnut]

All so right you are about not ever forgetting the sound. Did you ever get to have the experience of being in a total Frigidaire-equipped laundromat? That's a sound one will never forget either. Closest I've come to that was the 2001 convention in Minneapolis with 4-5 of them going at once. Yee haw!!!

 

[stainfighter]

brings back a memory!...

I was maybe 7 or 8 y.o. the year we went to the Jersey shore and we went to an all-Frigidaire laundromat. Oh the joyful (LOUD) sounds of 15+ machines all chugging away at once. I think they had 24 (12 adjoining oneanother)along with a couple of Double & Triple loaders off to one corner. The heat from the dryers, the smell of chlorine bleach, Tide, Downey....what a memory