Something new has found its way to Ogden...

[aldspinboy]

 

That is a very very Nice washer Paul.

That is insane that it starts to spin in four tries. 

Is that still a Rude Goldberg design 

like Roberts machine ?

Pictures to follow.

Darren k

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[turquoisedude]

Joe, Ken - do you remember a thread that was up in Shopper's Square for a group of "Antique 1937 Appliances"?  I had commented that one picture seemed to show what I thought was a 1954 GE washer.  Well, I was pretty close!  LOL

John (combo52) generously agreed to get the washer for me and when Mike and Todd were in Beltsville last week, they loaded 'er up and brought 'er to Ogden.    The house was a beautiful Tudor-style, apparently.  Owned by a well-to-do doctor, there were several older but leading-edge-for-the-time appliances (there was a 1946 GE dishwasher and very early Frigidaire/Hamilton dryer).  The house had simply not been updated and the original items remained.  The new owner is, of course, renovating and did not want to keep them.  

 

Ken, I went back to see if that dryer was still around and it isn't...  That doesn't mean I won't ever find one, though!!

 

Darren,  yes, that agitator is very much like Robert's.  Not sure who exactly designed it - I don't know a lot about these earlier GE's.  Glad you got a chance to 'meet' the new team member in person!!  LOL 

 

 

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[swestoyz]

Very cool Paul!  I'm glad this worked out for you.  I did not know the early belt drive GE's had two belts!  I'm guessing one for spin and one for agitation? 

 

Ben

 

[revvinkevin]

Yet another vintage machine for you!

 

 

Hey Paul, CONGRATS on the new acquision!   Looks like another fun project.

 

I saw your video right after you posted it this morning, first view!

 

Very kewl!   YAY!

 

Kevin

 

 

 

[toploader55]

Oh, Paul,

I definitely have to get up to hear and see that machine run. I have never forgot the sounds that machine makes. I was almost afraid of it when I was about 4 years old listening to that pump roar.

Of course I overcame that in a jiffy. LOL

I believe the overflow rinse lasts from the beginning of the rinse cycle up to the last minute of the agitation of the rinse cycle. During that last minute the pump "clears it's throat" for the "DRY" cycle.

As I recall, it has a really decent spin speed. It's not 1140 RPM or is it ?

 

[hippiedoll]

awesome vintage GE!!!

i can't wait until you get this puppy all fixed & up & running!!! i want to see this baby in action!!!

best wishes for an easy restoration!!!

keep us posted on your progress!!

;o)

 

[toploader55]

The Mate...

I knew I had the Dryer somewhere

 

[jetcone]

Very cool machine find Paul

That tub looks to me to be in great condition as does the activator cap !! Vacuum it OUT Wanda !!

 

Eddie is right that roar is you pump bearing. I think Larry has these in stock.

 

Unbelievable with 4 tries you got it started!  

That was Nancy Smith's machine and is the one I am popping my head out of in my avatar. They disassembled theirs because the oil seal went on the tranny and oil was getting up the center post into the tub and spotting the clothes. They bought a new 1960 TOL machine and I got the tub top to play with.

 

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[tennblondie78]

That is the best avatar ever. You are so cute in that pic!

 

[jetcone]

Thanks!

Stephanie. It took me awhile to find that picture. I was 5.

 

 

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Hello Paul and everyone,

It has been so chaotic here at home since returning from my (along with Todd) trip to the Northeast, that I just have not had any time to compose my trip report. Please be patient with me. I'll try to get it up this week. In the meantime:

Todd and I stopped in Parma and visited for three hours with Larry and Ray at Modern Parts. Sharon arrived just as we were about to walk out the door, but took time to shoot this picture of she and Larry. The second photo shows the two parts that Larry had for the 1WA450K1 GE Washer: WH8X58 Seal Assembly, and WH23X39 Pump. No boot, or Agitator Bearing, or control dial.

Mike

 

[dishwashercrazy]

To partially answer Joe and Ken's question, here is a photo of the house where the 1WA450K1 GE Washer came from, on Morningside Drive, in the far northern corner of Washington DC. A middle age couple had recently bought the home and plan on spending the next three months renovating the property with hopes of moving in sometime in October. Charlie the new owner told us that it was really run down, giving the example that some of the down spouts and such were held in place with duct tape.

Mike

 

[turquoisedude]

Mike, thanks so much for your detour to Modern and finding those parts for the 53 GE washer!!  I've emailed you to make further arrangements and payment.  

 

In the meantime, I've edited down this video that Mike also shot back on June 8th while I was testing the machine.  The video quality is not the best, but you'll see why I am so gushy during this video... LOL 

 

 

[foraloysius]

GE washers were imported overhere in the Netherlands. Neighbours of us had this exact same model. They must have made them for 220V too. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

 

[jetcone]

Kewl video guys!

Nice to see another GE up and running again !

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

[combo52]

Solid Tub Two Belt GE AW

WOW Paul I am glad this machine seems to mostly work, and I am glad we could drag it out of the basement of the cool old house where it spent its whole life.

This washer was GEs 2nd AW design and only was built for a few years, it always looked like a clever design to me but I have had almost no experience repairing this short lived design. It has two clutches on the motor, one grabs in one direction and the other grabs in the other direction, designing the washer with belts and clutches allowed a much faster spin speed without affecting the agitation speed. I don't know exactly how fast these machines spin but from the pulley sizes it looks like it should spin somewhat north of 900 RPMs. With the two clutches it eliminated the troublesome helix spring in the transmission that made GE washer transmissions one of the least reliable of almost all AW washers over the last 60 years, including the plastic tub GEs made after 1995.

John L.

Paul the noises that your machine is making may be clutch bearings and of coerce you can also hear the agitator dragging on the bottom of the wash basket [ this is usually caused by a worn agitator and agitator drive block ] but you will not hear that sound when you have water in it.

 

[philr]

I'm wondering if GM got the idea for the two-belt Multimatic transmission from this GE design?