SPEED QUEEN SOLID TUB WASHER UP AND RUNNING!

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haven't done a thread in a while so here goes! got my speed queen washer back together this past march, bought it back in late 2010! just now posting it! been a busy summer!

here it is in the jeep after getting it that day from indianapolis. i still had a soft top on my car back then and remember what a cold day it was!

 

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had to rig a special puller

out of chain and wood to pull agitator out of tub.

 

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agitator

is out!

 

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love that solid tub

of stainless steel!

i remember a cousin had one of these washers back in 1976 and i loved it then too!

 

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the lid switch arm is pretty

rusted. i coated it with rusty metal primer and simply bypassed it when i put machine back together.

 

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it will eventually rust all

the way out again i am sure.

this one has a ring of concrete on the top of the inner solid tub.

 

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bottom of washer showing

pump before i took it off and did anything to machine.

this one has 3 belts.

 

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motor goes directly into

a fluid clutch and then spin is fed from this clutch via it's own belt.

 

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top belt coming off clutch

and feeding spin pulley.

bottom 2 belts turn drain pump and transmission for agitation.

 

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pic from back of machine

showing pump and motor and rusty bottom when i first got it.

a few coats of rusty metal primer did wonders to this area! and all 3 belts were fine and able to be used! at least they are fine now! hopefully if they break i can find more!

 

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good pic

showing the spin fluid clutch.

 

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close up view

of drain pump.

this pump is fine and has no leaks although i did have to get a pump gasket for it. luckily i found the gasket at partselect.com. it was one of the few parts they still carried for this washer!

 

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close up of

motor.

 

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good view from bottom

up. again before i did anything to it.

 

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pump is

out.

don't like the look of that output port. pretty chewed! it will eventually erode away to the point where a hose will not fit on.

gave it about 10 coats of primer, inside and out! and i'm only using this washer for fun about once a month.

 

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pretty nasty

looking!

 

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from the back showing

outer tub. i painted it with many coasts of primer.

 

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one more of the

outer tub and that lid switch

 

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control panel

pic showing left side.

 

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and

the middle.

 

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right side showing

that unique timer!

 

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and the complete

control panel view.

 

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here it is

after i took timer off.

i did this is late 2010 and when i went to put it back together this year i had no idea what went where! thank God i had the wiring diag!

 

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timer

out!

 

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this pic shows the

bleed off tube that runs from the central filling port to a seperate container on the back of washer. this gives a variable metered fill to the solid tub washer.

 

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here is the metered fill

container after i removed it from washer. water runs into it, filling it up till it activates the variable fill pressure switch on the control panel just like a perforated tub washer uses.

a small tube runs from this control panel switch down to this container.

water enters this container at the top left thru that funnel shaped entrance port.

 

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this pic shows that

small tube that connects on the control panel to the fill level switch.

 

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Hey Pete, best of luck with your solid tub SQ.

Sorry I missed you last week when I was at the HD.

 

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when the washer

drains this solonoid kicks in opening a small drain flapper on the bottom of this container, draining it into the outer tub of the washer.

this flapper valve was clogged with sediment causing it not to seat, hence keeping the metering container from fill up during fills, stopping washer from going in it's wash phase no matter how long it filled!

this was easily cleaned and it now works perfectly!

 

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here it is mounted back on the

left back side of the washer after i did the cleaning and painting of the machine this spring.

you can see the outer tub has been painted and also note the small drain hose on the bottom that drains this container into the outer tub during drain/spin phases.