arbilab
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Mickey, within a given year-model, how many line levels were there? Like, if there's BOL there has to be at least one more. What bells and whistles did one acquire by moving up the line?
What suggestions do you have to get this old girl going again?
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mickeyd
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The basic order: four main models~
Model 1~BOL no faucets, no spray cone in spinner, wash drain valve only, spinner drain always on
Model 2~ a fill faucet and a drain hose (some models have a valve on the hose to allow holding water in the spinner, and some have a spray cone in the spinner). Much variety here and in Model 3.
Model 3~two faucets, fill, drain/suds, inlet filter, no drain control for the spinner but a valve on the drain faucet to hold water in the spinner (WE'VE JUST SEEN THIS) and when I figure out which thread, I'll link it. Spray cone in the spinner
Model 4~TOL two faucets, inlet filter, valves and controls for both washtub and spinner, Spiralator filter. Spray cone in the spinner.
The looks of the timer evolved over the years, and most machines had them, even BOL's in some years, but the timer does NOT shut the machine off in any model of any year.
After you get used to these you can figure out the features by looking at the controls. Ralph's scanned model does not have a valve for the spinner drain. During those years when broomstick controls were used for agitation and spin, some machines controlled the spinner drain valve right from the stick, CLOSED OPEN SPIN. Other models had two handles below the broom sticks, one for each drain valve. If you see a machine with a vertical slider control under the timer that is the wash tub drain valve control.
Some time in the late 50's all controls morphed into levers on a clock face with 3 or 4 levers depending. The non TOL's had no lever for the spinner drain. Stayed on all the time, but then again some of these came with the same faucet valve seen on the old machines so you could hold water in the spinner.
Some day, we'll have this down to a science they way we do for the Frigidiares, Whirlpools, Kenmores, and Maytags. What continues to surprise is the astonishing variety of models that keep popping up, almost like Kenmores. We simply haven't seen them all. "There out there!" as Mulder would say to Sculley.
Hope this helps, Arbi.
Model 1~BOL no faucets, no spray cone in spinner, wash drain valve only, spinner drain always on
Model 2~ a fill faucet and a drain hose (some models have a valve on the hose to allow holding water in the spinner, and some have a spray cone in the spinner). Much variety here and in Model 3.
Model 3~two faucets, fill, drain/suds, inlet filter, no drain control for the spinner but a valve on the drain faucet to hold water in the spinner (WE'VE JUST SEEN THIS) and when I figure out which thread, I'll link it. Spray cone in the spinner
Model 4~TOL two faucets, inlet filter, valves and controls for both washtub and spinner, Spiralator filter. Spray cone in the spinner.
The looks of the timer evolved over the years, and most machines had them, even BOL's in some years, but the timer does NOT shut the machine off in any model of any year.
After you get used to these you can figure out the features by looking at the controls. Ralph's scanned model does not have a valve for the spinner drain. During those years when broomstick controls were used for agitation and spin, some machines controlled the spinner drain valve right from the stick, CLOSED OPEN SPIN. Other models had two handles below the broom sticks, one for each drain valve. If you see a machine with a vertical slider control under the timer that is the wash tub drain valve control.
Some time in the late 50's all controls morphed into levers on a clock face with 3 or 4 levers depending. The non TOL's had no lever for the spinner drain. Stayed on all the time, but then again some of these came with the same faucet valve seen on the old machines so you could hold water in the spinner.
Some day, we'll have this down to a science they way we do for the Frigidiares, Whirlpools, Kenmores, and Maytags. What continues to surprise is the astonishing variety of models that keep popping up, almost like Kenmores. We simply haven't seen them all. "There out there!" as Mulder would say to Sculley.
Hope this helps, Arbi.
arbilab
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Thanks Mickey, it helps. This would be "Easy" if there were one model per year.
So Grandma's was a 2. Valve on drain hose. Fill faucet (only). No spray cone, but did have disc cover with center hole. U-handle opened washtub drain. Timer, unknown but I think not. Knew it didn't do anything but ring.
None of that 'explains' why we're so fascinated with 60yo machinery, but here we are.
So Grandma's was a 2. Valve on drain hose. Fill faucet (only). No spray cone, but did have disc cover with center hole. U-handle opened washtub drain. Timer, unknown but I think not. Knew it didn't do anything but ring.
None of that 'explains' why we're so fascinated with 60yo machinery, but here we are.
None of that 'explains' why we're so fascinated
I think we're here because we're "ologists" of a yet to be determined/designated title. I'll bet the membership at large might have a suggestion or fifty . . .
I think the Easy pictured in the "Look Behind" thread (37161 here in Imperial) has the more multi-functional clock plate scheme that MickeyD described just above, or a precursor.
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I think we're here because we're "ologists" of a yet to be determined/designated title. I'll bet the membership at large might have a suggestion or fifty . . .
I think the Easy pictured in the "Look Behind" thread (37161 here in Imperial) has the more multi-functional clock plate scheme that MickeyD described just above, or a precursor.
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arbilab
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Fascinated by Easy, Westinghouse, then everything else. Easy twintub is one of the oldest washer designs that came forward into the modern era. I read somewhere they are still made in Mexico but haven't verified it.
Spiralator has never really been duplicated or surpassed.
Spiralator has never really been duplicated or surpassed.
A Tale of Two Tubs
For the better part of the 60's, my mom worked at The Emporium, an old Bay Area department store chain that around 15 or 20 years ago got swallowed up by -- wait for it -- Macy*s.
I clearly remember one afternoon/evening she came home from work and shared with my dad that a representative had been in the store demonstrating a Hoover (I'm pretty sure) twin tub machine. She had stopped by to take a look and quickly dismissed the machine, advising the rep, "Oh, that's like my old Easy," apparently not at all interested in taking a step backward from her fully automatic machine. I understood the system she was describing but it sounded strange and primitive.
By the time I was old enough to remember, the Easy had been replaced by a Norge automatic. The literature I posted above has revealed to me after almost 45 years the "old Easy" that she spoke of.
For the better part of the 60's, my mom worked at The Emporium, an old Bay Area department store chain that around 15 or 20 years ago got swallowed up by -- wait for it -- Macy*s.
I clearly remember one afternoon/evening she came home from work and shared with my dad that a representative had been in the store demonstrating a Hoover (I'm pretty sure) twin tub machine. She had stopped by to take a look and quickly dismissed the machine, advising the rep, "Oh, that's like my old Easy," apparently not at all interested in taking a step backward from her fully automatic machine. I understood the system she was describing but it sounded strange and primitive.
By the time I was old enough to remember, the Easy had been replaced by a Norge automatic. The literature I posted above has revealed to me after almost 45 years the "old Easy" that she spoke of.
There is an Easy Spindrier around...
At an appliance store in the town where I work, there is an Easy Spindrier in the window of an appliance store! I went in one day years ago and asked if it was for sale, but it was not! I don't know about NOW, if they'd be willing to sell it, but every time I go past the store, I feel so nostalgic. Too bad, I don't have the money now anyway.
At an appliance store in the town where I work, there is an Easy Spindrier in the window of an appliance store! I went in one day years ago and asked if it was for sale, but it was not! I don't know about NOW, if they'd be willing to sell it, but every time I go past the store, I feel so nostalgic. Too bad, I don't have the money now anyway.
Automatic
Those machines were a heck of allot more "automatic" than cranking one's laundry through a mangle.
Those machines were a heck of allot more "automatic" than cranking one's laundry through a mangle.
@L: Good point and I understand now that Easy's strategically placed "automatic" claim referred specifically to the spin-rinsing and drying of all pieces at once. I agree it's "automatic" within the context of the spin-rinser-drier's function but would hazard a guess that it was systems such as this that spawned use of the term "fully automatic washer."
"Fully Automatic"
Am sure they did!
Remember twin tubs both the Easy and Hoover were probably some housewives first step from a wringer washer if not theirs then what they usually grew up with. Notice how in all Easy SpinDrier ads they harp on about how the spin dryer is better than using a wringer/mangle (extracts more water & soap, does not leave hard creases to be ironed out, etc...)
Am sure they did!
Remember twin tubs both the Easy and Hoover were probably some housewives first step from a wringer washer if not theirs then what they usually grew up with. Notice how in all Easy SpinDrier ads they harp on about how the spin dryer is better than using a wringer/mangle (extracts more water & soap, does not leave hard creases to be ironed out, etc...)
