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Great story!

And a great find! Congratulations! Fred sounds like me when I'm trying to convince my partner to "take a look just in case!" :)

I had one of these back in college and felt the water flow through the filter was pretty lame, so I removed the flow restrictor from the delivery hose. Can you say flood? :) The water came out so forcefully that it seeped through the closed lid and completely flooded the cabinet & the floor! My roommates were not impressed, but did laugh their asses off! I put the restrictor back, but drilled out the orifice to allow more water to flow through the filter. Lots of water action!

Have fun with it!
 
Great save! Congratulations!

Noticed that the tub on that machine doesn't have any ribbing on it. Does this tub index like other Westy models that have ribbed tubs in them?

My grandmothers Westy's had the ribbing on the tub and indexed.
 
I'm surprised you haven't either had one of these Westinghouse washers or worked on one in the past. Where I live, they were fairly common place. Before these top loading Westinghouse machines, I think that Westinghouse had contracted Easy to make some top loading solid tub machines with their name on them in the earlier '60's. I only saw one of those machines, so I am not sure of the origin of them. The original Westinghouse top loaders were a fairly heavy duty machine, back in the mid sixties. They had the swirl agitator that was black bakelite and were rated at 16 pounds for clothes capacity. They had the weigh to save lids, like the front loaders used to. The lids locked, like the later ones and there was a large solenoid that would kick in to tighten the drive belt for spinning. It would do sort of a neutral drain after washing and then the solenoid would kick in for it to spin. We had a neighbor that had one from about 1966 that lasted for 20 years without a repair. The matching dryer had been replaced during that time, but the washer was still going last that I knew, when she moved. They cheapened them through the years, like most things and they weren't as good a machine as they had once been. They were never that great at spinning the water out. They were on about a par of the older Kenmore/Whirlpool belt drive machines on that. They did wash pretty well though and the suspension system was quite good on the early machines especially. The later ones seemed to develop transmission oil leaks. We had a retail store chain here that sold them, so there were quite a few along with the Mongomery Wards models that were made of them too.
 
Awesome

I have always liked these machines. That agitator is FUN! And the operation is smooth and quiet. Too bad you had the break up the pair.

Malcolm
 
There are worse dryers. If I ever had to have a stacked dryer, I would try for one of the old WH stack-mate dryers.

When I moved to my townhouse In 1981, my neighbors, a retired couple had this machine with the Ward's name. They both died and I moved and a d-i-v-o-r-c-e-d mom and her two sons moved into that house and that machine is still operating. Maybe she put a mezuzza on the lid or something to help it, but, amazingly, it is still going.

When you did not find them the first time, I thought "medications."
 
You Can be Sure

Hi Robert. Nice!! Let us know how you enjoy playing with the Westy TL. We had one for a while when I was in college. I liked it a lot, it had a long spray rinse, just wish it spun faster. Our's had a recirculating lint filter attached to back tub rim. I'm surprised yours has no lint filter.
 
 
Nice gold!  :-)

I have a sibling model.  Newer?  Older?  Tagged as an "Eighteen," with filter, and the water level control is labeled for pounds of load size.  Yes, it's dirty from the garage environ and hasn't been used in a while.  I also have a spare regular & handwash agitator set.

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Robert Perdue

In Roanoke has one, I think it washes as good as a Norge, Really WASHES!!! I loved those dryers with the cross tumbling , it wont roll sheets up in a ball.
 
Awesome machine. Amazing how you can find the ones that clean up so nicely :)

"The timer wouldn't advance as one of the gears was stripped, but luckily I had saved some timer parts that matched and was able to fix it." - I am impressed, but not surprised in the slightest.
 
Great find!

I have always had a soft spot for the Westinghouse washers both front and top load.  I always found that the top load washer had a certain smell to them after doing a few loads of laundry back to back. A good smell.  Just distinct. 

I really like the Gas Westinghouse dryers from this period.  I never used an electric one so I have no opinion of them.

Great find for you guys! 

 

 
 
Goldie

I'm surprised you've not had one of these in the house before, I guess they are a rather rare find.   I think the matching dryer showed up in Shopper's Square the other day, it's not too late...

 

Do you remember this one we brought home from Early back in '03?  Bad spin bearing, sounded like a freight train.  Still a great washer, and two minute spin rinser.    Westinghouse had their problems, but they always made cool washers.

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Nice find! I have the same set pre-White-Westinghouse in Avocado I'm assuming is from '74 or '75 with the pistachio blue agitator. Interesting how they omitted the waterfall lint trap from your washer. Also curious about the stroke speed of agitation. Mine is fairly brisk and does a great job. They went to a slower stroke speed and I would imagine that did nothing to help. Not the best dryer I've used but it's pretty large in capacity. Just takes forever to dry heavy stuff.

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