washer suggestions

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washer suggestions

Postby cwgii » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:44 am

the washer crapped out.... do i have to disassemble??? pull the motor?? and what about the drier??
we were also given a new hot water heater. what do i need to do , to the old one for scraping??
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby Thogey » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:58 am

Pull the motors and the wires.

Pull the brass pressure releif thing and the brass/copper inlet/outlet couplers. Electric, pull the wire/gas there is a small amount of copper by the thermo-coupler.

The rest goes in the steel heap.
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby misteroman » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:41 pm

save a lot water tank then make a big furnace to melt certain items!!!!
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby Thogey » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:11 pm

The washer tubs make a really cool beach fireplace.
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby cwgii » Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:59 am

Thogey wrote:The washer tubs make a really cool beach fireplace.


that was the one thing i did want to keep out of it., at some of the bluegrass festival they have sold for 20$
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby CrazyTom » Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:12 pm

I just did a dead one from the neighbor a few weeks ago.

The motor is worth far more when removed. Same for the wire.

If there is a circuit board in the control panel pull that too.

The rest is considered sheet metal.
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby sparechange » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:14 am

Be sure to pull the agitator off and check under it. I have found a lot of coins there when I repaired machines at a laundromat.
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby uthminsta » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:48 am

Thogey wrote:Pull the motors and the wires.

CrazyTom wrote:The motor is worth far more when removed.

I know this thread is old, but I am in this situation right now. My dad is a bit of a scrapper, and just got a washer. It was tipped over in the back of his truck, and I pointed out the copper on the motor, said that's got to be worth more separate. But my question is, should I save the motor as a whole, or disassemble it and remove the copper wire, etc?
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Re: washer suggestions

Postby moparal7 » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:53 am

http://www.youtube.com/user/lmvelazquez ... ture=watch Aaron take a look at what this guy does. I guess it boils down to how much is your time worth.
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