The joy of renting (duplex model)

[badgerdx]

I haz the dumz

I've had a problem with the cold water on my 99 Crosley HD (Norge components, I'm told, FYI)... It's been a trickle forever, and I always assumed that it was a problem with the pipe, since it started right after the neighbor had some plumbing work done on their laundry room across the shared wall. I had disconnected the hose at the machine to test and low flow was the problem to be sure...

Then, while looking up how a direct drive tranny on a washer works (Wiki) I came across a website that diagnosed this very cold water problem... I went back and undid the hose at the wall (kind of tricky due to the piping) screwed on a spare hose, and sure enough...full flow. The hose and the screen to the valve were almost completely blocked by sand and scale...I replaced the hose and cleaned the screen, and it's now MUCH better... HOWEVER, that's not the point.

WHEN I moved the washer, I discovered that its feet had basically sunk ENTIRELY into the floor (2+" deep) and that something under the center of the washer itself had been grinding a nice large circular patch out of the linoleum and floor felt. AAAAAAHHHHHHH! Needless to say, the machine is now sitting on two 30 inch 2"x 8"boards and SURPRISE, SURPRISE....It's MUCH quieter and smoother running now that it isn't trying to grind it's way through the floor. It's also far better balanced.

3 steps forward, two steps back... Just wanted to share.

[this post was last edited: 6/4/2012-00:58]

 

[retro-man]

Oh this does not sound good. It appears that the floor must be rotting under your machine. No way should it have sunk a couple of inches into the floor. There must be a moisture issue somewhere that has gone under the floor where it is sitting and rotting. This needs to be explored and repaired. If it has gotten this far no telling when the machine may end up on the lower floor. Do you notice any strange odors in that area? That is usually a tell tale sign that there is water damage. Let us know what you find.
Jon

 

[rp2813]

Bob, at least in your situation the blame doesn't lie with the machine -- unless it has a leak you didn't know about.

 

Here's a picture of what my mom's '67 Wardge did to a structurally sound tiled floor in the laundry room.

 

[badgerdx]

Jon... Well, it won't end up on a lower floor, because I'm in a single floor home... I'm sure there were moisture issues in the past. The laundry room opposite the wall had it's entire floor replaced 3 years ago, and they "checked" mine, and evidently it was "good enough".

rp813... The Warge and the Crosley must truly share the Norge transmission, because that's the exact pattern in the linoleum and felt padding... (head shake).

 

[rp2813]

that's the exact pattern in the linoleum

In that case, I'd keep an eye on things even after the floor is repaired.  As a group, Norge washers have for decades considered Jim Phelps' tape player their role model.

 

[gansky1]

sad, but true

Phelps' tape player...   LOL! 

 

 

 

 

[badgerdx]

I'm not getting the Jim Phelps tape player reference.

 

[cuffs054]

Badger, are you say, younger than 50? I think you have to have ripened in age to get it.

 

[frigilux]

Maybe this will help! Watch the whole clip.

http://check out this video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZIZPkNAxUA&feature=youtube_gdata_player Sent from my iPad

 

[frigilux]

Maybe this will help! Watch the whole clip.

 

[rp2813]

This clip is a little more dramatic.  The sequence starts at :40 or you can FF to 1:25 for the reference point.

 

[badgerdx]

Ahhhh yes. The old self-destructing tape trick (in the voice of Maxwell Smart).

 

[badgerdx]

Learning curve

I put 4 squares of wood 2"x8"x8", one under each of the feet, and each with a dense neoprene foam under it...the washer is now balanced and insulated from the floor...problem solved. Of course, now that it's not grinding into the floor, it has a bit of sympathetic vibration, but it also spins faster, so whatever.

The other thing I've come to realize: If I want the cold water to work, I'll be cleaning the hose hookup to the back of the washer every week, abouts. It makes a HUGE difference. This last one, for whatever reason, was the first time that it had what I would call NORMAL FLOW on cold. Booyah![this post was last edited: 7/5/2012-01:27]

 

[norgechef]

could you upload a video of your Crosley, or pictures

I have a Crosley too but it was made in 1992, just wanna see if we have the same machine.....

 

[badgerdx]

Norge... I will try to do so, shortly. If I don't, drop me a message to remind me.