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Guys that's the set!!!!

Above in the 1956 Ad is a picture of the '56 Washer and Dryer Deluxe set - that is exactly the machine that my grandmother had that used to stand in front of with a flashlight just mezmorized at the wash/spin/rinse/spin action. Someone in another thread was asking what the '56s looked like - that's it! It's that '56 Deluxe washer that is the final piece to my small collection - that's the one to find and I'll be done!
 
Bad News-

Electrolux has discontinued making the 5303261132 door boot! The last time I needed one I had to search around, and ended up getting the last 1 the local parts place had. I'm sure there still some around, but if you think you might need one I would buy it soon. Jeff
 
5303261132

This boot is still at some places as new old stock. They show up on ebay too several times per year. There are pockets of old parts that require hunting.
 
This is an old picture of my Twins. The dryer is in storage now and the washer is resting for a while but they are fun.

I used the 5303261132 gray boot on this machine and it worked OK. When I heard they were discontinued a while back, I bought one on ebay for a spare.

Wow - that room looks completely different now, what a difference!

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Miss. Furness's Figure

Like any decent and well brought up lady of the 1950's Betty Furness's flesh is contained by a gridle (probably Playtex's rubber version, but there were others, equally restrictive), and perhaps a "waspie" or long line bra that besides "lifting and separating",cinched in the waist as well. *LOL*
 
Jeff and the group ; here is another 5303261132 boot on ebay

This is not my auction.

I got a new one about two months ago on ebay for about 32 bucks with freight.

His price is fairly reasonable for the ones new ones on ebay.

I often search for spare parts for my machine on ebay, besides the normal part houses.

In the last several years I have bought a spare timer; selector button switch, water pressure switch, sliding section, even potato pulley as new or used.

The timer was not available at parts places even 12 years ago

http://cgi.ebay.com/5303261132-Frig...527?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5641c334c7
 
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Ebay prices

Ebay prices on this "stuff" can be a lot higher or lower than a parts house. There is a lot of new old stock that pops up and items that have been NLA at parts houses often resurface on Ebay 5 or 10 years later.
 
First: Happy New Year to all AW.org members, may it be healthy and safe and may all your dream machines come your way. Which brings me to,

Second: I think my growing love of vintage washers and driers and my hope of finding one from the 50's or 60's came years too late(i've always loved them as a kid but never knew the extent of the restorations and history until finding AW.org). My search for a SF or tall tub Westy or any front loader or combo (Bendix, GE, Whirlpool) from that era seems exhaustive. Any help? And
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Third: what purpose does a "potato pulley" serve? I would think it would make for a very rough ride for the drive belt and mechanism.
Thanks for all the input, chats, and technical knowledge on this site, it has been a great learning experience for a rookie member.
 
i think the "potato pulley"was weant to create a "lope"in the rotation
of the drum so the clothes mix during the tumbling and don't just take
the same tumbling path again and again(best way i can think to explane
the purpose LOL)remember these old westys only rotate in one direction.
don't give up on finding a vintage prize from the '50s or '60s-
you never know what will turn up where,people are still finding real gems
on here...
 
Yep, that's the grey boot that I originally used to restore my LB-6. Glad someone here nabbed it!

IIRC, my LB-6 has a round pulley. I don't recall seeing it look oval when running.[this post was last edited: 12/31/2010-20:54]
 
Potato Pulley

The Potato Pulley makes the rpm vary a bit during the wash and rinse cycles; ie non spin/extract modes. A spec sheet says 57 +/- 2 rpm one place; and 57 to 62 in another place.

The pulley is called a "multi speed pulley" in a repair manual; and "Pulley eccentric" in another, or low speed sheave too.

On this board "potato pulley" is used a lot as the term, which is decent since the pulley is not an true oval.

In some parts houses that sell washer belts; the term "egg pulley" is used too.

The having the rpm vary helps with better washing, clothes get unstuck better.

Having the potato pulley (orange in diagram ) not round means the intermediate idler pulley ( yellow in diagram) is spring loaded, thus there really are little issues. The yellow idler bobs up and down,

Re "I would think it would make for a very rough ride for the drive belt and mechanism. "

There are felt pieces between the two curved springs ( items 1 and 3 in diagram) , these can squeak if old or dry.

The weak area is the overrunning SGS clutch item 18. This is like a slinky, it overruns in spin mode when the spin pulley (in blue) is driven directly by the motor split pulley ( #45 to #48 in red ). This spring has to be lubed with a good boundary layer grease, ie one made for sliding. The giant solenoid (#52) is live in spin mode, it pushes finger (#41)and the split pulley (red) drives belt (#29)

In wash mode the SGS spring grabs the hub (#17) which is keyed to the shaft (#8)

The noisy video here is because the shaft is worn down after 30 years (in the pink area in the diagram) . The washer is in spin mode, this is crummy video I shot with a cell phone in a hokey poor mode. At the end one can see the driven Blue pulley, the back is off the washer. I have a brand new shaft (#8) that is going to be replaced in the next month.



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More Potato

In the next link there is somebody elses 3 Belt machine in wash or rinse mode. One can see the idler "bobbing up and down" and the EDGE of the potato pulley. Or it might be trying to get into spin mode, but the bad bearing has the basket all flopping around.

This machine has a broken ball bearing, thus it is going a bit nuts



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Here is a Potato pulley on the 1976 LT570 washer with the w

Westinghouse uses two 6205 ball bearings on FL washers from 1940 to about the early 1990's, and same seal too. This is a 25mm bore bearing.

The potato pulley has a roller bearing, ie needles about say 1/8 inch diameter; say 5/8 inch long in the roller bearing. In spin mode the potato pulley is along for the ride, but the spin pulley is driven and at about 500 to 540 rpm, the potato pulleyis over run and maybe at 1/10 that speed.

The pump is driven off the motors pulley. A small solenoid pulls in the shift lever and makes the pumps hub touch the the motor pulleys rubber wheel.



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