I never heard of such a thing.....


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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."


We had the engine and transmission on a pump jack to water my cows when I
was a child.
I would go down and pour a quart or so of gas in it. Start it, and let it
pump until it went dry.
Twice a day every day as long as the cows were in the field.

Oren wrote:
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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

I have seen a few. When I was young (well after 1929) there were still
some in use out on the farm areas that did not have electricity yet.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

When I was a kid my neighbor had the motor and drive from one of them
and we tried unsuccessfully to adapt it to a gokart. The engine had a
kick starter and was a bugger to keep running but that is about all I
remember at this late date.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

I was at an estate sale once that featured one of these and as I was
looking at it, an old timer came over and told me when he was a kid,
every farm had one and on Monday morning you could hear them all going
(unless it was rainy). Evidently before rural electrification. -- H

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When I was a kid my neighbor had the motor and drive from one of them and
we tried unsuccessfully to adapt it to a gokart. The engine had a kick
starter and was a bugger to keep running but that is about all I remember
at this late date.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

When I was a kid in the late '40's, my Dad rigged one up on a scooter but we
could never keep the thing running, either. I don't how they were ever able
to get a load of clothes done washing.

Tom G.

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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."


Yes, and looking at those photos and the rollers at the top used to
squeeze water out of the just washed clotes reminded me where the
expression "Don't get your tit in a wringer" came from. G

My collection of arcane stuff happens to include a spark plug for one of
those Maytags. You'll note it comes apart for cleaning and has a copper
sealing gasket and dual outer electrodes.

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/temp/plug.jpg

"Maytag" is printed on the other side of the insulator.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

My collection of arcane stuff happens to include a spark plug for one of
those Maytags. You'll note it comes apart for cleaning and has a copper
sealing gasket and dual outer electrodes.

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/temp/plug.jpg

Looks like the insulator nose is cracked.

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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

My grandparents had just such a machine on their farm in the 40's. They had
it in a shed attached to the rear of their farm house and an exhaust pipe
leading outside. They didn't get electricity until the late 40s.

They also had gas powered clothes irons. Used white gas and pumped up
pressure.

http://www.antiquemystique.com/pages/4636_jpg.htm

http://www.patented-antiques.com/Bac...fuel_irons.htm

They also had irons that they put on the big wood stove to get them hot.
http://www.patented-antiques.com/Child_Small.htm

Obviously none of you ever attended a steam show, before gasoline
engines there were steam driven wringer washers

theres likely a show near you, they can be very interesting

PanHandler wrote:
My collection of arcane stuff happens to include a spark plug for one of
those Maytags. You'll note it comes apart for cleaning and has a copper
sealing gasket and dual outer electrodes.

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/temp/plug.jpg


Looks like the insulator nose is cracked.



My, what good eyes you have grandma!

You're right, it was cracked when I got it and a piece fell off the
first time I took the plug apart. It's secured with epoxy now.

Little chance I'll be needing to use that spark plug soon though.

BTW, for you youngsters, those plugs screwed into the engine's cylinder
head with NPT pipe threads. That's the way I remember all those early
spark plugs were. No wussy gaskets and fine easy to strip threads for them!

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

Before gasoline there were STEAM POWERED apliances like wringer
washers.

go to a local steam show, they are amazing

If anyone here is interested in old things, they should check out Pioneer
Village in Minden NE http://www.pioneervillage.org/ and The Mercer Museum in
Doylestown PA http://www.mercermuseum.org/mercermuseum/index.html

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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

I happen to know about the washing machines, but I was floored at
a restaurant in Guthrie where they have an excellent condition,
little used Maytag lawn mower proudly displayed!!!!

(top posted for your convenience)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)




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"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:26:23 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Yes, and looking at those photos and the rollers at the top used to
squeeze water out of the just washed clotes reminded me where the
expression "Don't get your tit in a wringer" came from. G

The machines in mid-50 were electric as I recall. The ringers would
bind-up if to many clothes were put in the ringer and had a quick
release or something at the top to SAVE my fingers when the family
members didn't want a tit in the ringer. I was tasked with putting the
clothes through the ringer. And the women firmly explained to me this
was not a toy. They were proud of an indoor ringer/washer.


Oren
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

Oren wrote:
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Oren-
"My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
excused from saving Universes."

We were using one well into the 40s until REA came through. It was a
single cyl. though and I had never seen or heard of a 2 cyl. Still a
lot of them on display at fairs and in collections.

Harry K