So some of you might remember this thread from last month. I had been alerted to this Craigslist ad a few days before a thread was posted about it here on aw. The washer was located in San Diego and was actually posted on San Diego Craigslist back in the summer of 2010. I couldn't help but to notice that even though only one picture was shown in the ad, the machine looked just mint. So last year I emailed the seller inquiring about the machine and he never responded so I didn't follow up. Over a year later the machine shows up on CL again. I emailed the seller and asked him if I immedately Paypal'd him the cash for the machine could I send a shipper out to pick it up? His five word response was "NO, BUY A WASHER LOCALLY". So then I email him again, explaning what I do as a collector and sent him a few pictures of our basement asking him again if I could buy it, this time there was no response what so ever.
So after thinking about it for a week and not giving up so easily, I emailed Kevin (revvinkevin) in LA and asked if he would mind going to pick it up for me and I would have it shipped from his house. Kevin so very kindly went down to San Diego and picked up the machine, THANK YOU AGAIN KEVIN, and we got it shipped.
So the machine arrives, at first it has major timer issues. I would only spin, not fill or agitate unless I giggled the timer just right in a few spots. So I took the timer apart and soldered back down a loose contact. The machine worked great then for about three wash loads when the motor started to give out. I thought the motor was bad and posted a thread about it. I tried to fit a motor from a mid 60s Kelvinator washer, but it was just a hair too big. So back to troubleshooting, I noticed that if I didn't tighten the motor mounting bolts all the way down, the motor worked just fine, although noisy with the bolts loose and rattling. As soon as I figured that out I realized that the motor is not the issue. So in examining the motor/transmission coupling I realized it was changed in a later repair not using proper Easy parts. The make-shift coupler was a bit too large and when you tightened the motor mounting bolts properly it put inward pressure on the driven member of the transmission causing it to bind at times. So I trimmed the coupler down a bit and was able to tighten the bolts without any extra pressure which seems to have solved the problem. How I managed to get through three or four wash loads at first without it acting up is a mystery to me.
The machine is absolutely low-use MINT to say the least.
Here are some initial pictures, I will take more over the lunch hour...
So after thinking about it for a week and not giving up so easily, I emailed Kevin (revvinkevin) in LA and asked if he would mind going to pick it up for me and I would have it shipped from his house. Kevin so very kindly went down to San Diego and picked up the machine, THANK YOU AGAIN KEVIN, and we got it shipped.
So the machine arrives, at first it has major timer issues. I would only spin, not fill or agitate unless I giggled the timer just right in a few spots. So I took the timer apart and soldered back down a loose contact. The machine worked great then for about three wash loads when the motor started to give out. I thought the motor was bad and posted a thread about it. I tried to fit a motor from a mid 60s Kelvinator washer, but it was just a hair too big. So back to troubleshooting, I noticed that if I didn't tighten the motor mounting bolts all the way down, the motor worked just fine, although noisy with the bolts loose and rattling. As soon as I figured that out I realized that the motor is not the issue. So in examining the motor/transmission coupling I realized it was changed in a later repair not using proper Easy parts. The make-shift coupler was a bit too large and when you tightened the motor mounting bolts properly it put inward pressure on the driven member of the transmission causing it to bind at times. So I trimmed the coupler down a bit and was able to tighten the bolts without any extra pressure which seems to have solved the problem. How I managed to get through three or four wash loads at first without it acting up is a mystery to me.
The machine is absolutely low-use MINT to say the least.
Here are some initial pictures, I will take more over the lunch hour...
