fltcoils
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Cloth into agitator
"you stuff cloth in the agitator to keep the hot water to stay in the agitator base (skirt)? Was it boiling water and how much water did you use to fill the tub? "
I used boiling water in a tea kettle, it doesn't take much to fill the inside of a maytag agitator. I didn't fill the tub. I went thru about 5 tea kettles worth. But it dispenses easily from a teakettle vs a 2 qt revereware pot.
I had an old stafford Tshirt I ripped into strips. The cotton swelled nicely after the 1st batch of hot water and the leakage slowed down to just dripping.
The bike inner tube I cut into so it had the inflator at one end, and a long 86" handing down from that. Twist, fold and seal with cable ties at each end. I then wrapped the innertube around under the agitator about 4 times, then inflated it. It took a few tries, the innertube kept popping out from under and bulging horribly. I never got above 15 psi or so in the innertube. But as you see it eventually worked.
"you stuff cloth in the agitator to keep the hot water to stay in the agitator base (skirt)? Was it boiling water and how much water did you use to fill the tub? "
I used boiling water in a tea kettle, it doesn't take much to fill the inside of a maytag agitator. I didn't fill the tub. I went thru about 5 tea kettles worth. But it dispenses easily from a teakettle vs a 2 qt revereware pot.
I had an old stafford Tshirt I ripped into strips. The cotton swelled nicely after the 1st batch of hot water and the leakage slowed down to just dripping.
The bike inner tube I cut into so it had the inflator at one end, and a long 86" handing down from that. Twist, fold and seal with cable ties at each end. I then wrapped the innertube around under the agitator about 4 times, then inflated it. It took a few tries, the innertube kept popping out from under and bulging horribly. I never got above 15 psi or so in the innertube. But as you see it eventually worked.
