My "new" westinghouse wc-44sk

[BrianB]

Wow!!! I'm so super stoked right now! I went and picked up my WC-44SK yesterday and got her home and unwrapped and was so surprised at the overall condition. Somebody did a 95% job on the exterior. Paint is awesome, just a few scratches and chips. The they also decided to add some pretty bad decals on the sides and one on the front under the embossing.

I have to give props the artist that painted the embossing though, they did a phenominal job! The only thing I'm wating for now is to acquire the vending mech. and the key. The Ebay seller didn't want to risk it getting lost with the shipment so he mailed it seperately. I've never seen a lock like that before. You have to stick in what looks like a hex key about 2 inches into the keyhole to actuate it. Is this the original lock?

I also have to thank Johnie G for walking me through the Fed Ex Freight shipping process. Fed Ex did a great job shipping it with no damage. My Ebay seller shrinkwrapped and cardboard wrapped it and had the Fed Ex guys in Port Huron, MI. band it to the pallet front and back, super secure.

The only problem I ran into was with the silly agent in the city where the machine came from. She apparently has a severe case of C.R.S. (Can't Remember  '> ) She didn't exactly ship it the way I wanted (payment method) and I ended up having to fax a document to them to rectify the situation prior to picking it up. After I asked for the manager and asked them how painful their complaint process was, the gears seemd to turn a bit more easily!!. But, with that said, overall it was a very positive experience.

Congrats! I'm very excited for you!
Some of the old machines do have hex key locks.
Even though we saw the eBay pics...  Photos, photos, photos.

[BrianB]

I'll post some this evening.....I need to take a few more to document all angles!

[BrianB]

Just an update.....An unfortunate accident occured at some point in the move of this machine from Michigan to Indiana.

After work yesterday, I figured that I'd plug it in and let it cool down while I mowed/edged my lawn. Came back about an hour and a half later and no dice. Just as warm as it started. Started nosing around and found that the copper line coming out of the compressor was sheared about 6 inches from the compressor body. Somebody at some time had made a pretty shoddy repair after installing a Schrader Valve and it finnaly decided to give way. So.....I'll probably solder in a new and proper reducer union and pull a vacuum on it to make sure it holds an then fill 'er up with some refrigerant.

Just this once I was hoping to get a "turn-key" machine! But I do have a soft spot for hard cases.... '>

[BrianB]

Oops, sorry for the double post. Guess I just feel pretty strongly on this issue! '>

[johnieG]

Brian, I deleted the duplicate posting for you...Sorry to here about the line leak, but it's easy enough to fix, if it's a copper line, you can get a brazed on service "T" that is already "swagged" (has female ends on it ) that will slip right over the line, cut the line, clean the ends, slip on the "T" & braze it on, you may as well install a new filter/dryer on the suction line while you are at it. for copper & brass lines I've really gotten execelent results with a low temp. brazing rod called "Blockade" I can just use my Mapp/propane torch & it flows real nice & makes really nice "caps" ( bridges & fill the joints ) you'd swear it was just solder the way it flows!