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I was called to a bendix washer today, and the lady said at the door..”you wont have seen one of these before”…oh yeah,.. I thought as I followed her into the kitchen…then I clapped eyes on the bendix that was banging on spin…”the man who looked after it for the last 40 years, died last year” she said.. I couldn’t believe it, the washer was older than me, and had a suspension leg that had worked loose, so I did the job and took a few pictures of the washer,..”do you think I need a new one” she asked and I told her that if she went in for a new washer, she wouldn’t be getting 45 yeras out of it!…and the thing looks brand new.
A 45 year old washer..thats a record for me.
I have some pictures but cannot seem to find an attach file button.
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Paul I would be interested in seeing the photos of the old Bendix, as they were the first washing machines I worked on 35years ago
Cheers
John
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I don’t think you can post a photo direct but if you upload it into the photo gallery section you can then include it with your message by clicking on Img, pasting in the URL then clicking on Close Tags.
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washtec,
You can always use a web hosting site like this one to add photo’s to any of your postings:
Hit the “Browse” button to find the photo on your hard drive, then hit “Host It”, then copy the “Thumbnail URL address” and paste it with your post onto UKW………..
…easy! 😀
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thanks for the great picture advise martin, I have uploaded one to image shack….John if you would like to see more I can email them to you.
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had to scrap a 45 year old machine about 2 years ago bearings and motor as good as the day ythey were made machine had no suspension and was bolted to the floor
all that scrapped it was a small peice of ali snapped off the filter tray causing it to leakDave
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washtec wrote:if you would like to see more I can email them to you
Would appreciate that too. It looks like its the LA series I think?
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Cheers Paul that takes me back do you know the model number of this machine because I think it is older than your customer thinks and if you’ve got any more please email them to me
Thanks mateJohn
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Martin wrote:It looks like its the LA series I think?
That’s just what the boss said. 😆 The Bendix LT was a washer/dryer, where that’s just a washer.
Electrofix wrote:bearings and motor as good as the day they were made
I’m amazed at the lack of grease put in bearings these days and believe that is one of the reasons for early failure.
It would be interesting to have a metalurgist compare the old and new bearings to see what other tricks are used to cause early failureRe: 45 year old bendix
I have sent some pictures to you, Martin and john, it is a gyromatic deluxe, but I can quite easily get the model number if you would like to know…By the way, some of you lads sound like you should be retired by now,…I feel positively young 😀
Out of curiosity, I telephoned the customer, and asked her for the model and serial number.
MODEL: GR
SERIAL No: 00251961I am assuming that the 1961 is the manufacture date.
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