Yay for Both Estate Sales and Craigslist

[danelto]

Salvage Parts

Robert:

I don't know if this is possible--but let me ask a few questions about parts swapping.

First--if I had a Whirlpool similar to the one shown in your pics--but it didn't have a SUDS SAVER feature:

1) Would I be able to take an old pump from one like yours and an old console from one like yours and create my dream machine?

2) If this is indeed possible--would you consider making me a deal on the pump and the console after you get the center post off this baby?

Thanks.

Dan

 

[jetcone]

Robert

plotzing over a Whirlpool??????
What's going on with the Universe???

 

[Unimatic1140]

plotzing over a Whirlpool??????
Who's plotzing? Its a parts machine.

So anyway hmmph, here is the other find yesterday at the Sales, its just gonna be a play toy for a little bit and then I will find and good home for it, it works really well, except for a big leak at the water fill vacuum breaker, which took a ten minutes to fix (after a quick trip to the hardware store).

 

[Unimatic1140]

and you know I will always give you guys "money shot"

 

[gansky1]

Oh deeeeeear - two in one day! Well you'll have quite a story to tell at the next Ladies Guild Meeting. Oh wait, you're already here!

 

[foraloysius]

Congratulations on both machines. But shouldn't the Frigidaire be in the "modern room"? ;-)

 

[hoover1060]

WOW, a window lid 1-18!

Thats very cool Robert, congrats on that!

 

[appnut]

Yep, a windowed lid!! yee haw!!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Dan the suds saver parts were removed from this machine. Probably happened when they changed the motor.

 

[mickeyd]

The 1-18's just don't do it for ya, huh, Darlin'

Didn't know they could agitate &fill simultaneously like their older brothers&sisters, Uni's Multi's &Rollers. HOW SO? I've never had one. Are they worth getting?

 

[jetcone]

Finally your wash will be

1-18 clean! No more dog hair in the dryer, no more packed in suds floded into the fabric after final spin, no more soapy rinse water again.

And there are transistors inside that machine too.........

Hubby, will love it as a daily driver. You'll make that a keeper.

 

[mickeyd]

Hi Jon,

The wi fi in this hotel is hot or miss but the other night you posted something that made me think about how funny you always are.. Which washer are you teasing about in the post above?

 

[mickeyd]

It was the mice, of course, in your, warm heated Bendicies.

knew it forgot it remembered it--ah the 50 something brain

 

[pdub]

Nice save Robert. Is that a WC-6 ?
One of the most popular 1-18 models made it seems.

Enjoy your new toy.

Patrick

 

[bobbyderegis]

OMG!
Boston Craigslist had the matching Supreme 80 dryer last week- gas!
Bobby in Boston

 

[Unimatic1140]

So this evening I took apart the '67 Whirlpool along the side of the garage...

 

[Unimatic1140]

More waiting for the Lady...

and wouldn't you know it the center post is in 100 times worse shape that it ever was in my '57 Lady Kenmore! Oy!! Well to look on the bright side I got a good motor out of this machine and just in time because recently the motor in my '52 Whirlpool has become very loud.

But unfotunately the search continues for a good baseplate with a centerpost that isn't completely rotted away! Talk about a poor design, why oh why couldn't they have used stainless steel for the centerpost, i mean its in a hard place to dry out and its underwater during the entire wash and rinse cycle. ***hand on back of forehead***

 

[mayfan69]

Bad Luck Robert!

Bad luck about the centre post Robert!
How frustrating for you...
The search goes on then.

Leon

 

[rickr]

Anybody have an abandon standard capacity??

Too bad Robert!
That is a poor design, no doubt, however they all lasted for decades with this design even so.

Here is a "before" pixs of my 56 Kenmore tub.
I just cleaned this one up and POR15ed it a couple times.It's odd that this KM post is not that bad, considering what the machine went though.(sat in the junkyard with an acid leaking car battery on the console)
I guess that you may be better off looking for one that may have sat for years unused. It seems that what must rust the centrepost is when the machine is in use, rather than sitting outside unused as my KM did.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

***hand on back of forehead***

Where's the back of your forehead?

:-D

*ducks and runs*

Seriously, though... Sorry this turned out to be a bust for you...

You'll find one!