Over the past few weeks I have been hearing MANY people talk about never seeing a "winged" Surgilator or not hearing the sounds of a belt drive in years. I have had my 76 WP for quite a few years and finally a few weeks ago got around to making and taking videos of it in action to send to a member. I just attempted doing it through upload picture but they are far too big to add that way. If anyone can give me any ideas on how to get them onto the site, By all means, let me know. I would love to share them...

Geoff

The above sounded kind of crass didn't it?? Sorry, My intention is to share them with all of Applianceville, not just one member LOL

Hi Geoff, what are the file sizes of the videos?

Oh please Robert, upload them for us!

Please e-mail me some too!

My e-mail address is camMURRAY22@aol.com.


Thanks,
Chris

Robert,

The file sizes for most of the videos range from 3MB up to 12MB with 2 being over 12MB. CamMURRAY, I will gladly send them to you, I just warn ahead that if you are on Dial-up, it's going to take a LOOOONG time to download them.

Regards,

Geoff :)

Just for starters, here is a pic of the inside :)

I have cable ! I would love it if you sent them to me ! EMAIL AT: jmirawm@aol.com

Hi Geoff, I work for a cable company, and I'm kinda embarrassed to say how fast my cable connection is. I have a corporate account, around 8 Mb per second download. It would be interesting to see how long it would take to download some of these. But I think there is a limit on the email size. I forget what that limit is. You may have to compress some of these files. Let us know if you work something out with Robert. In the mean time, you are welcome to try to send me some vids. Thanks, Matt

Hi Geoff,could you please send me some videos also,my e-mail is cola0767@aol.com thanks

Great-looking washer, and look, there's the tub-mounted filter!

I'd definitely like to see the videos--my email is westytoploader@yahoo.com

Geoff please send them to me too i just have been dying for washer videos!

Geoff, if you pick out one that is 3mb and send it to me I can post it. The larger ones will take too much bandwidth to post, so for those email would be the best bet.

is mattstar@zoominternet.net. The larger files will need to be compressed using winzip or other such compression tool. My ISP has a 10Meg upper limit on file sizes. I'll bet most ISPs have max file sizes.

I am not sure, but I think AOL max file size is 16mb. Thanks in advance geoff!! Tom

You can send all the videos to me, but please not all together on one message. I'm on a T3 at work. Addy is in my profile.

Oh my emalil addres be compwhiz128@yahoo.com

I have the optional extra fast dsl, please send the videos to jmstand@bellsouth.net.

Thanks,
Jackson

I never expected such an overwhelming resonse LOL. OK guys, I'm running at 10MB\sec Download and 1000KB\sec upload, so this will take some time to zip, (most already are) and send them out singly to everyone. I will try to have most of them out by Christmas (Merry Christmas to Applianceville, you've all been such good little boys and girls LOL ;). Robert, I will send one of the better 3 Meggers to you to post just let me know which address to send them to. Anyone else while I'm at it?? let me know so I can start the sending list. :)

Geoff M

appliancegarage@earthlink.net

how could I resist not getting on this bandwagon?

Thank you so much for this wonderful Christmas gift...I never imagined I had been that good of a boy this year !

Geoff I am also interested
Thank you,
Peter

While I am sorting everyones E-mail address and gathering everything to send, here's a picture of the mighty bohemoth.

The washer looks like an LFA-5800. Yes? No? LFA-something.

You are 100% correct!!! It is an LFA-5800.

Ohhh yes.. that bad boy is one of my Favorites! I miss seeing that DDSS get down and diry with a full load.
add me to the list.

Rich
Rjamis@nwinfo.net.

Neighbors had an LFA-7800. They ran into trouble with it having excessive vibration sometimes during spin. The local appliance dealer where they bought the machine (and where I worked during high school, but was no longer working there by this time) couldn't find anything wrong. I checked the machine a couple times myself, being that they were neighbors, and it didn't exhibit the trouble. So they ended up calling a dealer in a nearby town, who replaced bearings and all sorts of parts that I didn't think could possibly be bad. An accessory balance kit was also installed, a weighted ring clamped to the top of the basket . . a service kit that had apparently been released to deal with this exact problem. They didn't have any more trouble with it after that.

I have a pretty fast download speed at home (though I drool over y'all's 8MB and T3 circuits!:-), so I don't mind downloading from the site.

However it would be really appreciated if videos on the site were also available in Quicktime format or something else that was cross-platform. Not all of us use WindowsMediaViewer; at least two of us here (me & someone else) use Macintosh with Quicktime.

YYYAAAYYY!!!! Mine is agitatorjamie@yahoo.com

my email is:

steven_okpysh@adelphia.net

Are there gonna pics of that pretty console?

Thanks!

If you'd like them sure LOL :) I'll take pictures and post them before I head to my brothers house for the night. All of the vids are on my laptop so I'll bring that with me, that'll give me something to do since I have the house to myself.

Regards,

Geoff M

Plz email to me if you have not already compwhiz128@yahoo.com

isnt that the solid state?

That is EXACTLY what my 1978 belt driven Whirlpool is, an LFA 5800,same agitator, tub ring, lint filter, control panel, all! A duplicate of the washer you all were talking about!

I'm interested too. Please use this emailaddress: foraloysius@yahoo.com

I would love to see this please sent to
azsanti@aol.com

compwiz,

I think the solid state models are the digital ones like this:

The machine the pics above is the exact one my grandparents had in their rental house in palm desert! I so remember that control panel!

~Steven

I'm like a little kid on Christmas Eve waiting for this videos.
I probably won't be able to sleep tonight Geoff!

Hi Everyone,

Ok, the first vid has been sent to all who requested and gave me an E-mail address. This was not without some problems though. Some were returned to me because of various reasons, mostly being that the file size was too big for some of your mailboxes, if you DID NOT receive it, please do let me know and we'll see what we can do to remedy it.

apologies,
Geoff

As promised, first vid out by Christmas, and here are the control panel shots as requested

#2

I recieved the video and it is GREAT !!! thanks and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU GEOFF !

Geoff,thank you so much for the Wp Surgilator video.Nice even consistent turnover with that agitator.Nice long agitator strokes.Have a very Merry Christmas

Pat

Too cool! Agitates MUCH faster than my '82 Kenmore (also belt-driven...ironically enough)--now I want one! The turnover and water drama are impressive! It's also interesting to see the tub "rock" from side to side during wash--one of the reasons why I was always fascinated with BD Whirlpool & Kenmore washers.

Merry Christmas Geoff, and thanks!

--Austin

Geoff thank you again,.....love to hear the rythmic sloshing sounds of the old BD machines.I can actually hear that famous woo,woo,woo sound of the transmission.They were such good machines in their day :-)

Thanks Geoff,

Seems like yesterday I was playing with that machine as a kid, i made sure and saved them to my computer =)

~Steven

Geoff, I never received the video. Please send again. mattstar@zoominternet.net thanks

Looking at the videos,i had forgotten just how wide those BD baskets were compared to the DD machines of today.Much more room for circulation in the older machines.Those were the days.

I too would love to see this belt driven Whirlpool video, please e-mail it to me at whirlpool80@yahoo.com

Hi, if anyone that has received this video is reading this, could you please forward it to mattstar@zoominternet.net? I haven't gotten it yet. Thanks

mattstar@zoominternet.net

I forwarded both videos to ya !

could I have a copy of this video too. I am the one that had one of the last of the BD's (at least in my own mind :-) ) A 1985/86 Imperial 70 with the winged Super Surgilator (as it was labled). To hear the sound of the drain portion as the tub was almost completely drained. I can only hear it in my minds ear. Never could duplicate that sound (not without some severe stomach upset at least) ;-)
happy new year,
p
email address: pcronisadds@comcast.net

Please add me to the list:

lr9711@hotmail.com

I do apologize to all that HAVEN'T received. Some requested after the first batch was sent, so I will compile a new list of those who haven't received. Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy weekend. For those of you that have received it, Thank you all for the wonderful feedback. I enjoy sharing these videos with you all and there are more to come. There are 6 or 7 in all plus I have a vid of a Roto-Swirl in action, plus a Dual-Action. I will send another round out in the beginning of the week. I'm so glad you are all enjoying them.

Geoff

That is so cool Geoff,....can't wait to see the Rot-Swirl in action.

Pat

If you can't post it here, I would love to see it.

My email addy is bmceuen@aba.state.ar.us

Thanks much!

Thank you, Geoff

Jackson

Hi geoff, could you try sending the videos to mattstar49@yahoo.com? I'll see if yahoo works better than my own ISP. mattstar49@yahoo.com

Geoff,

If you would, could you send those videos over this way too? Love the see the belt drive in action. My e-mail address is agara1723@aol.com.

Thanks.
Andrew

Rounds 3 and 4 have been sent out to ALLLLLLL who have provided me with an Email address. Thanks again to all who have responed. Good news with this round, I got NO error messages from anyones ISP, so hopefully all went well this time. Andrew, you posted RIGHT after I sent the last batch so I will send you yours separately. I truly enjoy sharing these with you all. More to come in time. hope everyone had a WONDERFUL holiday. Enjoy :)

Geoff

Geoff, this time I got the videos. Thank you very much!! I loved them. Enjoy your holidays!!

Thanks Geoff,...hope your holiday was great :)

Thanks for the round 3 and 4 videos. My favorite thing about a belt-driven WP/KM is the way they sound. What a great birthday present(38, still a young pup). Thanks Again.

Jackson

I got rounds 3 &4 so thats what a wig wag is used for!

I got rounds 3 &4 so thats what a wig wag is used for!

I got the Whirlpool videos on my e-mail, but the Real Player couldn't play them, it asked for updates, but none could be found.

Gotta love the sound when it starts agitating! I first heard this in the Kenmore; when the water level was reached I heard the motor start up, a loud "clunk-bang" as the agitator engaged, then of course the wild "woo-woo-woo-woo" sound!

EXCELLENT videos Geoff! Makes me really appreciate my Belt-Drive!!!

--Austin

Tbolt, If you can't get them to work in Windows Media Player, or Real player, Use Quicktime, it works flawlessly with that player..

Geoff

The best part is whe (woo-woo-woo-woo) sound and watching the action.
Peter

If it's not too late, could I get a copy of the videos? My email address is dthompson@csonline.net.

Thanks! -- Doug