Westinghouse Slant front washer

[jons1077]

Have had this machine for several years. Door boot is rotted but otherwise I believe this machine works. It energizes, solenoids work, it shifts into spin. I’ll never find a boot so hoping someone will want it for parts. Otherwise, it’ll go to the scrapper.

 

[appnut]

I thought someone around here had come up with a source to produce these boots several years ago.

 

[jons1077]

Potentially

I don’t know of any source and I’ve got too many machines as it is.

 

[launderess]

From the archives: https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?89945

 

[combo52]

Westinghouse L4 slant front washer

This was probably one of the first reliable Westinghouse slant front machines. I had one exactly like it and my brother installed a brand new boot on it. 40 years ago, I parted it out a number of years ago,I saved the boot for another machine. Unfortunately, these very early automatics take an awful lot of work to get working and keep working. They make great museum pieces if you can get them to work but not something you want to try to use as a daily driver unless you want to work on your machines a lot.

Someone on the site was looking for a transmission for this style Westinghouse washer and I did not come up with one. Some of the other parts might be useful. Somebody else might’ve been looking for the timer if it gets parted out.

John

 

[jons1077]

Amazingly…

It appears to work. It tumbles, it shifted into spin. I think all it needs a a boot and a paint job.

 

[christfr]

aww man

gosh i wish you were closer. arggggg