Well, now it has turned into a restoration project....

[davy1063]

Now that the motor problem has been solved, and the machine is in a state of disassembly.....I decided to do a full bore restore.

While the tub was out I figured I'd give it a bit of a cleanup:

 

[davy1063]

well...look what I found....

A couple of pinholes right above the mechanism. After a good working over with a wire brush, I filled in the areas

 

[davy1063]

Good thing I caught this while I did...

here's another small area...

 

[davy1063]

The other areas are good and firm with no penetration.

Now the next step is AW.O's saving grace. Where would our wonderful appliances be without the ever-popular, immortalized in song and stage, the highly coveted.....

 

[saltysam]

Way to go Davey

So cool you are going to restore the machine.......Keep us updated with the progress!
Mark

 

[neptunebob]

Now what washer has such a pretty blue tub?

 

[davy1063]

The Pretty Blue Tub belongs to...

My pretty turquoise 1967 Frigidaire Custom Imperial

 

[christfr]

ahh what fun. your on the right track .. mine had all that rust too but with a good clean and seal its ok.. great job keep it goin

 

[davy1063]

just applied POR-15 to the outer tub

so far, so good....
I let it dry and gave it a water test....

It passed.

 

[davy1063]

Thank You SaltySam!!!!!

Mark gratiously sent me a handfull of tub screws. I was able to drill out the remains of the broken two and retap and replace them.

I owe ya Mark.

 

[davy1063]

While I had the POR-15 out....

I treated the rusty support brace. Yeah, I know...you won't see it, but I'll know it's there.

 

[jons1077]

POR-15

Where can this stuff be bought? I'm absolutely certain I will be needing it in the future when I restore my GE's. I understand it's a miracle worker! Thanks!

 

[davy1063]

POR-15

I bought mine at an automotive body shop supply store.
Two things they stress:

1) wear gloves, because if you get it on yourself, ONLY TIME WILL TAKE IT OFF
2) see thing #1

Davy