1956 EASY WASHER
First of all Jon thanks for a great time, Smitty and I hated to go back to work today.
The Easy is the one that was on Craigs List in RI last week. Jon and others went and picked it up Thursday morning as others slept in. The Easy is a Beam design so it is similar in its mechanical workings to early Hotpoint and Speed Queen washers. yet nothing is actually interchangeable. The washer was is excellent condition overall and had sat a long unused. Between Jon, Robert and I we soon freed up a stuck water pump and had the machine working and found the reason it was probably taken out of use. As the washer filled water was leaking from the wash tub to the outer tub and being pumped down he drain. The sediment ejector tube had broken off the at the base of the wash tub. That I temporally sealed with silicone stretch tape and the machine was off and running. The only other snag was a squeakily agitator shaft bearing that we all decided needed oil so the machine was layed on the front and a small 1/2" clip ring was removed to release the A shaft. When Robert was trying to reinstall the clip it went flying about 15' and landed some where in the grass in the back yard. It was an unusual site to see 5 men on thier hands and nees looking for this small clip. Finally Jon and Robert headed to the hardware store looking for a replacement clip. meanwhile my brother Jeff who had arrived found the clip in a flower bed 20' from the washer and he and I successfully reassembled the washer and the squeak was gone.
I had also seen the Easy listed on CL about two weeks ago and since I knew that I was going to be traveling in that area I considered going and getting it. However I was already scheduled to pick up something much more fun and rare on LI NY that I have been on the lookout for, for than more than 30 years.
As I arrived in Cape Cod late on Wednesday night Smitty and I had an almost never used 1962 Westinghouse built in Microwave oven [ built by Tappan ]. I will take pictures and do a separate thread on it in the near future, but to me at least it is cool beyond belief.
First of all Jon thanks for a great time, Smitty and I hated to go back to work today.
The Easy is the one that was on Craigs List in RI last week. Jon and others went and picked it up Thursday morning as others slept in. The Easy is a Beam design so it is similar in its mechanical workings to early Hotpoint and Speed Queen washers. yet nothing is actually interchangeable. The washer was is excellent condition overall and had sat a long unused. Between Jon, Robert and I we soon freed up a stuck water pump and had the machine working and found the reason it was probably taken out of use. As the washer filled water was leaking from the wash tub to the outer tub and being pumped down he drain. The sediment ejector tube had broken off the at the base of the wash tub. That I temporally sealed with silicone stretch tape and the machine was off and running. The only other snag was a squeakily agitator shaft bearing that we all decided needed oil so the machine was layed on the front and a small 1/2" clip ring was removed to release the A shaft. When Robert was trying to reinstall the clip it went flying about 15' and landed some where in the grass in the back yard. It was an unusual site to see 5 men on thier hands and nees looking for this small clip. Finally Jon and Robert headed to the hardware store looking for a replacement clip. meanwhile my brother Jeff who had arrived found the clip in a flower bed 20' from the washer and he and I successfully reassembled the washer and the squeak was gone.
I had also seen the Easy listed on CL about two weeks ago and since I knew that I was going to be traveling in that area I considered going and getting it. However I was already scheduled to pick up something much more fun and rare on LI NY that I have been on the lookout for, for than more than 30 years.
As I arrived in Cape Cod late on Wednesday night Smitty and I had an almost never used 1962 Westinghouse built in Microwave oven [ built by Tappan ]. I will take pictures and do a separate thread on it in the near future, but to me at least it is cool beyond belief.
you had a Great Time!
