What on earth is THIS?

[unclejohn]

Ho ! That machine !

Killer looks, rare find! Goes back to a time when they built 'em solid like a tank!

That motor! Those wirings!! That solenoid system!!! ...

Hope that you manage to get it work well soon. Anyway, what a magnificent rarity...

Surely was worth the long trip to Saguenay, isn't it?

 

[mickeyd]

Right from the underside shot in the wagon

I knew you had a little worn gem. But when I say the spray rinse marked in a nice broken line, I got so excited and dreamy that I almost missed TWO TWO TWO deep rinses and TWO TWO TWO SPRAYS not just one and OH MY GOD, I blew my wad of gum out. This is a rinsaholics dream. Rinse, rinse rinse, rinse, Even Launderess would be satisfied. Move over Miele. LOL.

Gotta get googling and see where the hell you went, how far North. That Lake is full of ice.

You must be very very happy. And be ready for amazing turnover because you have sharp extended fins.

Tell Hubby this is a new beautiful pink and chrome Bread Box, that freezes and hold a year's supply.

 

[bajaespuma]

Aferim!

Where have I seen that agitator before? And that HAS to be the most glorious lit control panel I've ever seen! What a great find. That's a museum piece.

 

OK Paul, once more: when is your wash-in?

 

[mickeyd]

OOPS! Do you believe now how excited I got ~ couldn't e

Only one rinse and two wonderful sprays. As Emily Litella would say "Never Mind. "

 

[mickeyd]

couldn't read much less proofread

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[classiccaprice]

Any chance the seller might have a picture of this with the matching dryer?  Just curious.

 

[golittlesport]

very cool!

Congrats on a very unique find!

 

[swestoyz]

What a neat machine!  Love the lighted panel - quite stunning.  I'm seeing signs of Bean in this machine - curious to see more shots of it under the skirt. 

 

Anyway - I can't get over the condition!  She certainly lived upstairs in that old house!

 

Ben

 

[peteski50]

Dominion!

This is a real awesome washer. I like the simplicity and style.
Peter

 

[jetcone]

lets pray

its just a stuck motor shaft and one good wrench with your hands will free it up for testing. Did I see GE MOTOR on the wiring diagram? They were famous for freezing if not used regularly.

 

 

 

[combo52]

Cool Dominion Washer

Wow Paul you have come up with a washer I have never seen, worked on, or have any parts for, LOL. And other than a few common parts like the inlet valve it does appear to be a unique machine that was not made by one of the big manufactures that most of us are already familiar with.

 

That mechanical thing in the corner would be an unbalance mechanism, as Jon already pointed out. I would diffidently get the belt turning freely before you continue to try to make the motor run, if you think the capacitor is bad just jump it by connecting the leads together and see if the motor runs, then you know that it is bad.

 

I would guess that this washer was made from about 1958-1963, you can probably find a date on the inlet valve.

 

[turquoisedude]

Saturday's explorations

Needless to say, I had to do some further investigation as to why the 'new' Dominion washer wouldn't run.

OH! And John was right, I found a date on the water valve that might be helpful in dating the washer - the date stamp was 7-58. This may well be a 1958 or 1959 model! I am going to try and do some more digging into this, too. I will be contacting that Museum in Welland County, Ontario that has GSW/Beatty Brothers archives!

So, I wanted to get a good look under the skirt of the machine, so I flipped her on her back.

It's a very simple mechanism - no levers, solenoids, or clutch pins that I could see... I did spot an oil drain port - I wonder if I may need to do an oil change at some point?

 

[turquoisedude]

The tub seems to sit on this ball-joint like device. I haven't seen anything like that before.

 

[turquoisedude]

The tub seems to sit on this ball-joint like device. I haven't seen anything like that before.

 

[turquoisedude]

First thing I attacked was the pump. I will swear on a stack of service manuals that a jammed water pump killed my Inglis twice...

There was some crud in the pump body, but not that much. Once removed, I was able to turn the impeller by hand easily.

 

[turquoisedude]

I tried to turn the entire motor-belt-pulleys setup by hand - no luck.

However, when I unhooked the belt from the motor, the transmission and pump pulleys turned. The belt runs around a pulley in the middle of the machine, out to the transmission pulley, then back to the pump and motor. Surprisingly simple set-up!

When I spun the transmission pulley, Hubby observed the tub start to turn; when I turned it the other direction, he said the agitator started to turn. WooHoo! The tranny seems good!

So that leaves one last suspect - the motor. And needless to say, I could not turn the motor shaft by hand at all.

 

[turquoisedude]

I opened it up to look for anything obvious, but I did not see anything. I am not very good with motors either, so I am not sure what to look for either!

I'll more than likely take this to the local motor shop in Magog. After they stop laughing at me, I will remind them that they fixed the motors for both the Westy Laundromat and dryer... LOL

Oh, and the motor, not surprisingly is a Canadian General Electric Home Laundry Motor. Not sure of the HP rating, but it's a 1725 rpm model, which I beleive is fairly common and it seems to be a reversible type. The original Inglis motor was a two-speed version of this motor, but not reversible.

Sooo close!!

 

[gansky1]

Oh, Paul, that is just too cool! What a great find!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Absolutely beautiful Paul, and the transmission is like nothing we've seen before. The pump and agitator drive block look "Beam-esc", but the rest in for sure unique.

It is a wonderful save! Congratulations. The motor bearings are probably frozen and need replacing if they are ball bearings, or cleaning and greasing if they are sleeve bearings.

Keep us posted!

 

[rpms]

Very nice.
Your washer still looks like a giant toy. I was expecting to see four giant D size batteries underneath.
The agitator in your automatic is the same as the ones used in the Beatty wringer washers. Here is a picture of the factory your washer came out of. If you hurry, you could maybe get a tour before it closes?