The Definition of Insanity......In Picture Form!!

[turquoisedude]

Junkyard Westy

Hey Rick! Did you rescue that Westy slant-front that was in the junkyard picture?? If you did, do you plan on restoring it or parting it out? I had to ask because the L5 I am working on is missing the 'Weigh to Save' scale completely...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Too new as it has the snowflake design...

Dan, It's close enough to dance. Besides, I'd be lucky to find a beautiful machine like THAT as it is...

RCD

 

[qsd-dan]

Oh come now...

You know you want to hold out for this!

http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIVE/VINTAGE/2008/19498x11.htm

 

[geoffdelp]

Ben ... I didn't know we had cousins!!! Imagine that!!!

 

[geoffdelp]

Mine's not a "Super-Tag", however. You've got to let me know how that works.

 

[rickr]

Hi Paul, Sorry to say we did not rescue the Westinghouse. This junkyard was untouched for decades, but last year an excavator was moved in and started bailing up the stuff there. I have no idea what is left now.

 

[bpetersxx]

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[goatfarmer]

I don't know how much of that junkyard is still there. There was a matched set of those slant front Westinghouse.

I need to get back down there....

 

[autowasherfreak]

Geoff, what is the dial on the top of the control panel on your Maytag for?

I seen it before, but keep forgetting to ask.

Jim

 

[geoffdelp]

Jim ... That's the rinse temperature control.

Automatic setting is if you have the wash temperature set on either hot or warm, you will get a warm rinse. If your wash temperature is set on cold, you will get a cold rinse.

The Cold setting will always give you a cold rinse.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Interesting. My mother had a Maytag A206 from 1965-66.
Only a "hot" (wash) setting gave you a warm rinse.

 

[geoffdelp]

Was the rinse water cold for the warm wash, Steve?

The instruction book for this machine tells you to use warm wash and cold rinse for wash 'n wear fabrics.

This is the thermostatically controlled one; warm water is 100 degrees, plus or minus 5 degrees.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Thanks Geoff. I saw one in the window of our local Maytag dealer, but couldn't tell what it was and they were closed at the time.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~Was the rinse water cold for the warm wash, Steve?

Yes actually, on momma's A206, it was.

I remember this because my aunt had an RCA Whirlpool that offered a default warm rinse with the warm wash. (Oval brush recirculating filter); mid 60's

It made an impression on me that they differed.