Love these vintage top load agitator washers... This is they way clothes should be washed.. Not in the H E Crap today that doesn't get your clothes clean with only one and a half cups of water, and take almost two hours for one load of laundry..
I absolutely love these old Westinghouse washers,They were a little loud,but did a great job,I sold hundreds of them while in the used appliance business.
My Grandmother had a Westinghouse Multi-Program Laundr-o-mat she bought when the speed changer unit on her 1953 Laundromat failed. She had it for 30 years. Now this is when the agitators were 3 3/4 deep black Bakelite, clutch drive, front serviceable, with dual chamber pumps. I loved that machine. So did she. Her machine wasn't as loud as the machines with the single chamber pumps. All you heard was the low rumble of the Westinghouse motor and that familiar knock when the basket indexed. What i'd give to get my hands on that machine.
This is very hypnotizing...Seriously... When I was a kid..we had a Whirlpool washer. Id open the lid...and stare at the machine while it was agitating the clothes. agitating like this one. I forgotten how washing machines can be so fascinating.
Thanks! I was amazed at the difference the new belt made. I'll have to take a picture of them side by side. The old belt was in really bad shape and had a split in one place that caused all the noise. I think it's an excellent machine and does a great job.
@Ilovewashers yes, yes ,yes. Nothing like the zzzzzzz-click-kaclunk of the old Whirlpool engageing the gearcase. My personal favorites were the Whirlpool, Fridgidaire, and my granmother's 1966 Westinghouse Multi-Program Laundromat top loader. Hers had the dual chamber pump. It wasn't as lowd as the single chamber pump in this model. So you could hear more of the rumble of the westinghouse motor. It was like music to my ears. It was also a clutch drive. You clould say they had personallity.
Same here, the sounds of Maytag Helicals, The BD Whirlpool and Kenmore woo-woo sounds especially if theyre high pitched, and the pump on this here Westinghouse.
i like how the water continues to flow through the lint filter during the spin drain, but i don’t know how that works. maybe some of the water is recirculated while the rest is drained away and then when there is no water left to filter it switches to drain all water that is extracted. whirlpool’s old belt drive washers that have lint filters work this way too; during the static (not exactly neutral) drain cycle some of the drained water flows through the lint filter and back into the tub and then when the basket is empty the water flow through the lint filter slows to a crawl
Plus too! back when this washer was manufactured Underwriters Labortory (U.L) and The Consumer Product Safety Commision (C.P.S.C.) DID NOT require a "time delay" safety lock on the machine until 1984.
Nice, RU-vid is full of all sorts of videos. I can watch you do your laundry and enjoy it. What a world we live in. Hah. /disclaimer: this is meant to *not* be creepy whatsoever./
Yes! and let's not forget that one of the reasons Westinghouse was sold to White Consolidated Inc. was due to the fact of many lawsuits pertainig to the safety lock on the lid,eventhough the machine did meet 1971 safety standards Westinghouse still was held "liable" in as many as some 500 lawsuits involving personal injury and death lawsuits.Westinghouse was sold to White Consolidared in 1978 in hopes of avoiding bankrupcy due to lawsuits.
Westinghouse sold it's appliance line to White in 1974. You are correct however about the lawsuits. Personally I'm on Westinghouse Electric's side on this. First of all you don't reach into a washer when it's still spinning. Second, you don't allow little children to play around with a major appliance such as a washing machine. The fault was on the consumer, not Westinghouse.
The best I can tell you on the lid switch is that it either got stuck or just doesn't work anymore. In the year and a half I've been using the washer it's done a complete cycle with the lid open. Was nothing I did to it, but trust me, if the lid switch was working it would be quickly defeated. :-)
This machine actually does have a time delay lid-lock feature. The lock does function, however, the safety switch that disables action when the lid is open no longer functions. I never disabled it, it just doesn't work. Saved me some time. :-)
Westinghouse at this time was copping ideas from General Electric, although I like the stationary filter instead of the G-E design that fitted ofer the agitator. The basket locks in place like the G-E Filter- flo. Westinghouse did have a strong and fast spin, kind of like Speed Queens.
Yes! I noticed that the machine was spinning with the lid up.I know that the washer HAS A LID SAFETY SWITCH that prevents the washer from spinning, eventhough the lid "locks" while it is spinning, the "safety switch" prevents the washer from spinning UNTIL THE LID IS CLOSED!What happened was the safety switch "bypassed or tampered" with to make this film.Plus I know that the washer was made after January 1, 1971 so that it could meet U.L. and C.P.S.C. standards.So why was the safety "defeated"?
I'll have to do a video of my ge with the ramp activator. You'll see quite a bit of turnover in that machine. The Westinghouse doesn't turnover as fast due to the tub constantly rotating.
I HAD THIS MACHINE IN 72-73 - IT DID AN AWESOME JOB. TODAY I USE OUR CO-OP'S LAUNDRY ROOM. NOTHING LIKE HAVING YOUR OWN MACHINE - I ATE A TOSSED GRILLED CHIKEN SALAD WITH THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING WHILE WATCHING THIS.
I love these, but like the GE Filter Flow, the dirty water continues to circulate through the filter as it drains and spins and defeating the purpose of spray rinsing.
This was a VERY reliable design. Sadly not long after this one they went to a plastic gearcase housing that led to problems with the bottom gearcase oil seal. What a mess. Oil all over the inside and a small puddle on the floor
Any washing machine manufactured after 2010 (with the hundreds of confusing idiot buttons) will only last you but a few years. There are tons of videos of washers from the 1970's still working. That has to tell you something. I am glad I just bought a 1999 Kenmore washer. I LOVE it.
Looks like westinghouse used a similar agitator GE later used. It spinned like a GE Washer and it agitated like how GE Filter Flos agitated. It stops spinning like a Norge would stop spinning
I still have one of these its got the weight to save lid plus it has the two agitators its has a 15 min wash for your norm loads ect plus its eighteen pounder but the trainy may need a overhall it has sat for a number of yrs but I rember when it ran great plus I rember when it got ready to go into the spin cycle the lid lock before it took off they sure dont make like they use to anymore thats for sure
A cousin of mine once had I think a 1968 Westinghouse washer-slower agitate speed, didn't spin but 340 RPM normal spin speed, it got unbalanced at the drop of a hat-easily, the agitator shaft top had a big glob of transmission grease on it-it stained the clothes with it each time it washed them, the pump didn't recirculate, the lint catcher was gone, the top flange back was rusted-it was just a bad one.
You put your load on the lid so you,ll know how munch water to use ect I have a bosch FL Ive had since 06 never had no problems does a good job plus the matching dryer
do u still have this washer ? is it normal that it turs so fast while still filled by water ? i have one almost the same, it is written 2 speed washer, i was changing the belt and i'm not sure if i installed it correct, when i tried it without clothes and started to turn with water only, the water almost gt out of the washer
It starts out with the tub indexing like a GE, but after a few strokes of the agitator it stops, and I'll bet if the tub would stop indexing the turnover would be much better.
Back in the 1960's when Westinghouse started making top load washers, the agitator fins were 3 3/4 inches deep. So the turnover was much better. But when the capacity wars started, Westinghouse reduced the agitator fins to 2 3/4 deep adversely affecting the turn over. The reason the tub indexed is because there was no brake in the transmission.
My Grandma had one of these for years. It was destroyed in a hurricane sadly. I'd love to get one of these myself. Anyone know where you can attain one now?
Actually Westinghouse didn't start building top load washers until the early 1960's. Before that the Westinghouse washer was a front loader known as the Westinghouse Laundromat. They continued to build the front loader as well as the top loader. Speed Queen, on the other hand had a lock on the lid back in the 1950's.
AFTER THE MACINE STOPS I START THE LAST RINSE AND ADD THE FABRIC SOFTNER- MY FAVORITE DETERGENT WAS LOW SUDS DASH - THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT TO GET MY CLOTHES SO CLEAN.
Willie Peck No, everything was circulating normally. But that indexing tub kinda bothers me. It gives the illusion the clothes aren't being pulled down to the bottom like they should.
i have one in use now ...or sort of..just broke the belt...does anyone know where or how to get replacement parts? Maybe someone has a parts manual? looks like i might need a clutch or transmission. Thanks in advance. for any help
My Mom had one like this her was boght in the 1970s it lasted till the 1990s. Us kids wern't alloud to do laundry she was very picky. I know she neaver overloaded it . This was a bit to much in the wash.
Wrong. This Westinghouse was built by Westinghouse Electric Corp. After Westinghouse sold the appliance line to White Sewing Machine Co., later called White Consolidated Industries, White also acquired Frigidaire from General Motors in 1979. White discontinued the 1-18 Roller-Matic and just took the Westinghouse machine and put a Frigidaire console on it and a strait vane agitator in it.
@@mchornets1995 It's really sad the way all of the old quality built appliances were acquired by other companies and basically ruined. The best example is what whirlpool did to KitchenAid!
@@imperiallebaron2391 it is sad but thats not it, they're using old stuff to put make with the new washers. I don't like it, old washers better than the new ones.
Did what to KitchenAid? Kitchenaid is still around and they still make refrigerators and other appliances. At least Whirlpool is still American and id rather them be owned by an American company than an Asian or European company. GE was bought by the Chinese company Haier. Frigidaire and Kelvinator are now owned by Electrolux, a Swedish company. The Westinghouse name is still around but they dont make appliances anymore, they primarily make TVs and other electronics now.