My first 1-18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Phil!
Thanks Phil!
The Poppy
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This thing works perfectly, but I'm so curious about the fill and other things, I have to take it apart. It comes apart like a Maytag and a GE and more easily:
Question to experts: there were three flumes that fed the top of the tub: 1. an inlet hose that you see in the picture that was connected to the fill nozzles hose via an anti-siphon valve, 2. a large black rubber hose which feeds recirculated water to the lint filter, and then 3. a hard thin white plastic tube(not in the picture) that is connected right next to the filtering flume (that I had a hard time disconnecting). What's that for?
Even the control panel comes apart neatly and easily:
Even the control panel comes apart neatly and easily:
A couple of oddities: a machine made this late without a cold water wash!:
and what the hell is this setting? In the middle of the spray rinse? Huh?
Uh oh!
Do these iron dust specs in the pan mean anything?
Do these iron dust specs in the pan mean anything?
This machine works like a charm! Hard to believe it's only a 600+ rpm spin, seems as fast as a non-Rapid Dry I once owned. It's definitely a Frigidaire with a couple of interesting differences. By this time, they had cut way back on the metal they'd put into these things. The washbasket is made of unbelievably light material, but spins like a well-balanced top. Also, when I pulled the control knobs off to clean them, I was surprised to not feel the heft of those metal knobs I've come to know as Frigidaire. The mechanics, though, seem even simpler than a Maytag's. This is my first time opening one up and there seems to be so little inside it's amazing the thing works. It's pretty quiet too. The tub is huge and I'm going to make this one of my daily drivers for soaking. I'll try to take some better shots of the schematic sheet, unfortunately hard to do curved over the outer tub like that. Any suggestions on how to succesfully remove this from the metal would be appreciated.
Sanitize
is where you set the dial to clean your washer. I have a manual somewhere that tells you how to add bleach with machine empty, set it on Sanitize and this is how you go about cleaning your machine say if you've been washing diapers or something else you're worried about.
The instructions are more detailed but this is just to get you by for now!
Re: the hard plastic hose, I think it has something to do with overfill protection. It either shuts off the water or the whole machine if water were to reach this high. Once again I'm going by memory.
Congrats on your poppy red 1-18!
Patrick
is where you set the dial to clean your washer. I have a manual somewhere that tells you how to add bleach with machine empty, set it on Sanitize and this is how you go about cleaning your machine say if you've been washing diapers or something else you're worried about.
The instructions are more detailed but this is just to get you by for now!
Re: the hard plastic hose, I think it has something to do with overfill protection. It either shuts off the water or the whole machine if water were to reach this high. Once again I'm going by memory.
Congrats on your poppy red 1-18!
Patrick
Congratulations!
I have this exact same machine except mine is the Gold Crown series with the Window Lid and is a 1972. Mine however does have a cold water wash.
The paint and cabinetry will clean up nicely with first using a general glass cleaner which will also shine up the chrome, then a nice coat and buff of Meguiars Cleaner Wax will really make it beautiful.
I'll address your issues and questions in order.
Sanitize is a wonderful feature. When the laundry of a sick person has been washed in the Frigidaire you may rotate the timer to the Sanitize Setting and add a cup of bleach. The washer will complete the cycle cleaning up it's internals (except for the lint filter) The highest water level should be used for this setting.
The dust you see in the "bowl" is an accumulation of many years of clutch dust and possible residue from the belt. It's perfectly harmless, but I did clean mine out, and also tightened up the belt in the process. There should be no more or no less than 1" deflection in the belt.
The fast spin should be 650 rpm which does relatively well. It begins automatically on slow (310) and then ramps up to full speed. You'll have one heck of a time ever overbalancing it if you have it leveled properly. If your mechanism is relatively quiet then good for you -- most of them are not.
In order to take care of the rubber parts it is warranted to do a warm water glycerin soak periodically. Also, I have been told that the use of liquid detergents causes the rubber bellows to degrade at a faster rate than using powdered.
You're going to love this machine! I am surprised at what the filter catches. It's cleaning ability is among the best. It has handled everything I've thrown in it with perfection, including queen comforters!
Congratulations!
Joe
I have this exact same machine except mine is the Gold Crown series with the Window Lid and is a 1972. Mine however does have a cold water wash.
The paint and cabinetry will clean up nicely with first using a general glass cleaner which will also shine up the chrome, then a nice coat and buff of Meguiars Cleaner Wax will really make it beautiful.
I'll address your issues and questions in order.
Sanitize is a wonderful feature. When the laundry of a sick person has been washed in the Frigidaire you may rotate the timer to the Sanitize Setting and add a cup of bleach. The washer will complete the cycle cleaning up it's internals (except for the lint filter) The highest water level should be used for this setting.
The dust you see in the "bowl" is an accumulation of many years of clutch dust and possible residue from the belt. It's perfectly harmless, but I did clean mine out, and also tightened up the belt in the process. There should be no more or no less than 1" deflection in the belt.
The fast spin should be 650 rpm which does relatively well. It begins automatically on slow (310) and then ramps up to full speed. You'll have one heck of a time ever overbalancing it if you have it leveled properly. If your mechanism is relatively quiet then good for you -- most of them are not.
In order to take care of the rubber parts it is warranted to do a warm water glycerin soak periodically. Also, I have been told that the use of liquid detergents causes the rubber bellows to degrade at a faster rate than using powdered.
You're going to love this machine! I am surprised at what the filter catches. It's cleaning ability is among the best. It has handled everything I've thrown in it with perfection, including queen comforters!
Congratulations!
Joe
If no cold wash and the panel grphics, it must have been one of the very first 1-18s. Congrats!
Poppy 1/18!
This is almost exactly like the one my aunt had with the matching dryer. Hers did have a cold wash option however and a seperate rinse selector. She got hers in 1974. She painted the basement wall to match the poppy set and the colors were a exact match. That was my favorate washer of all time.
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter
This is almost exactly like the one my aunt had with the matching dryer. Hers did have a cold wash option however and a seperate rinse selector. She got hers in 1974. She painted the basement wall to match the poppy set and the colors were a exact match. That was my favorate washer of all time.
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter
Very strange there is no cold-water option on this model. I guess you'd better keep that Cold Power in the cabinet!
Have fun with your new poppy-baby.
Have fun with your new poppy-baby.
First number of the serial number should be year of manufacture. 2 is 1972, 7 is 1977, etc. Nice machine!
laundromat
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Jet Action 1-18 Custom Deluxe
I had this same model and it was amung the verry first 1-18 units made. It is given away by no cold wash option and a wood panel trim on the controls.The Jet Circle Spray system,infinite water level selector and agitate/spin speed selector tell me this is a Custom Imperial model just below the WIA model(Imperial)but above the WC5 (Custom).It looks as thow you need the filter tray, bleach and dye dispenser and measuring cup agitator cap to make it complete.I'll keep my eyes open.I thought the RPM on the regular setting was 770/780 ???? I know it's fast because I'd always take a small face cloth out after the final spin and try to wring at least a drop or two of water out of it. Never happened.The washer worked wonderful but the dryer sucked big time. I always had to either replace the felt,clean the carbon deposits off the igniter(gas model) or replace the element Electric model)anualy!The dishwasher(Custom Imperial convertable front loader)worked great in getting everything clean but the door and cutting board top were continualy warping from the high sani cycle and dry cycle temperatures. After 2 years of constant repairs, I resold it. The refrigerator (3 door side by side with AM/FM radio,recorder built in)worked great too and froze things like ice very fast.The only issue I had with it was the door seal kept terring on the freezer section.The range was a Touch N Cook 30 inch model which I fell in love with. It was the very first digital control range ever made and had a "Ceramatop" cooktop. It did great with even baking and broiling and had the "Electri-Clean" oven.I left the range,refrigerator,washer and dryer at the house when I left but enjoyed having a kitchen of all red appliances.I had a few sets through the years in poppy but will probably never have one as complete as the one I had in Florida!They were given to me by the Finklestein family (owners of IHOP at that time)who came to see me to replace those appliances with new KitchenAids on their yaught in Key Biscayne. Those appliances were rarely used and looked as new as they looked right out of the box.I tried to talk Ursila out of it but she whispered in my ear "I fucking hate red in my kitchen it makes me feel like I'm ready to go out on a fire call!" so,I did my best and sold her on KitchenAids. She insisted on two ranges and two dishwashers for Sabath. I explained to her about the Sabath Mode on select KitchenAid ranges but she went and bought two anyway.Great people and untill I left Ft. Lauderdale to move up to Orlando, they always kept in touch.
I had this same model and it was amung the verry first 1-18 units made. It is given away by no cold wash option and a wood panel trim on the controls.The Jet Circle Spray system,infinite water level selector and agitate/spin speed selector tell me this is a Custom Imperial model just below the WIA model(Imperial)but above the WC5 (Custom).It looks as thow you need the filter tray, bleach and dye dispenser and measuring cup agitator cap to make it complete.I'll keep my eyes open.I thought the RPM on the regular setting was 770/780 ???? I know it's fast because I'd always take a small face cloth out after the final spin and try to wring at least a drop or two of water out of it. Never happened.The washer worked wonderful but the dryer sucked big time. I always had to either replace the felt,clean the carbon deposits off the igniter(gas model) or replace the element Electric model)anualy!The dishwasher(Custom Imperial convertable front loader)worked great in getting everything clean but the door and cutting board top were continualy warping from the high sani cycle and dry cycle temperatures. After 2 years of constant repairs, I resold it. The refrigerator (3 door side by side with AM/FM radio,recorder built in)worked great too and froze things like ice very fast.The only issue I had with it was the door seal kept terring on the freezer section.The range was a Touch N Cook 30 inch model which I fell in love with. It was the very first digital control range ever made and had a "Ceramatop" cooktop. It did great with even baking and broiling and had the "Electri-Clean" oven.I left the range,refrigerator,washer and dryer at the house when I left but enjoyed having a kitchen of all red appliances.I had a few sets through the years in poppy but will probably never have one as complete as the one I had in Florida!They were given to me by the Finklestein family (owners of IHOP at that time)who came to see me to replace those appliances with new KitchenAids on their yaught in Key Biscayne. Those appliances were rarely used and looked as new as they looked right out of the box.I tried to talk Ursila out of it but she whispered in my ear "I fucking hate red in my kitchen it makes me feel like I'm ready to go out on a fire call!" so,I did my best and sold her on KitchenAids. She insisted on two ranges and two dishwashers for Sabath. I explained to her about the Sabath Mode on select KitchenAid ranges but she went and bought two anyway.Great people and untill I left Ft. Lauderdale to move up to Orlando, they always kept in touch.
This certainly is a beautiful Frigidaire, congrats on the Poppy find! Good to hear that mechanically the washer is in fine shape. I too am in dis-belief about the lack of a cold water wash.
Ben
Ben
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I love that poppy red color. IBM had Selectric II typewriters, in a similar shade. Were there any other washer brands that used that color?
Jim
Jim
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such a pretty baby. hope you will have years of fun with this one. congrats
