Thread Number: 11319
Push Button Kenmore Washer & Dryer set |
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Post# 203500 , Reply# 1   4/12/2007 at 21:11 (6,195 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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Sounds like 1959-60 Lady Kenmore. Totally pushbutton, no timer knob. |
Post# 203501 , Reply# 2   4/12/2007 at 21:11 (6,195 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 203502 , Reply# 3   4/12/2007 at 21:13 (6,195 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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I still would like to know how that was supposed to work. |
Post# 203509 , Reply# 4   4/12/2007 at 22:13 (6,194 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 203512 , Reply# 5   4/12/2007 at 22:17 (6,194 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 203519 , Reply# 6   4/12/2007 at 22:34 (6,194 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 203520 , Reply# 7   4/12/2007 at 22:35 (6,194 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 203522 , Reply# 8   4/12/2007 at 22:42 (6,194 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 203575 , Reply# 9   4/13/2007 at 05:45 (6,194 days old) by sheerlookhomes (U.K.)   |   | |
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Beautiful buttons on your '59 Lady Kenmore...any chance of a closer peek?? pretty please.. |
Post# 203637 , Reply# 10   4/13/2007 at 10:24 (6,194 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 203642 , Reply# 11   4/13/2007 at 10:37 (6,194 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 203800 , Reply# 13   4/13/2007 at 22:42 (6,193 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 203805 , Reply# 14   4/13/2007 at 23:13 (6,193 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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The pics in Post #203520 must be 1960 models; The one on the right (Model 80) was the machine I grew up with. It was in our household until I got rid of it for a Whirlpool circa 1985 or 86. I found an never-used yellow '59 LK behind the appliance store across the street from me (I was living in a warehouse apt. downtown) and immediately carted it home, along with matching dryer (which had been used). Unfortunately, I sold it to a young couple when I had to downsize a few years later. Also sold my mid-70's Frigidaire 1-18 at the same time. It was another great find behind the appliance store. And yes, I'm STILL KICKING MYSELF!! |
Post# 203806 , Reply# 15   4/13/2007 at 23:17 (6,193 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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IIRC, the right-side lever is for fabric softener dosage! This machine has a liquid fabric softener reservoir hidden in the console. The top of the console opens for access. I don't find a detail picture of the control, but I did find this one that shows the console top open, and the sticker to the right side is probably instructions for the dispenser.
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Post# 203809 , Reply# 17   4/13/2007 at 23:44 (6,193 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 203814 , Reply# 18   4/14/2007 at 00:22 (6,193 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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The machine was at John LeFever's warehouse in MD. There was an extension cord being moved among the machines to play with those that would at least power-up the controls if not otherwise mechanically working ... but I didn't see it done on this LK. If my picture files aren't mixed up, the last one is courtesy of Louis.
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Post# 203824 , Reply# 19   4/14/2007 at 01:05 (6,193 days old) by mixfinder ()   |   | |
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There was no knob to push or pull and interupt the wash cycle, so the cycle hold just turned the machine off wearever it was in the cycle. I resumed again as soon as you flipped the switch. Kelly |
Post# 203850 , Reply# 20   4/14/2007 at 06:13 (6,193 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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When our '60 Model 80 would trip it's unbalanced switch/buzzer, the instructions said to flip the cycle hold switch down, readjust the load, close the lid and flip the switch back up to resume. For some reason, when you flipped the switch back to the on position, the buzzer would just sound again and the machine wouldn't resume spinning. The repair man we used (his name was LeRoy---I'm sure he'd be surprised to know some little dinkus kid remembered his name 40+ years later!) bypassed something-or-other so that when you lifted the lid to correct an unbalance it automatically stopped the buzzer and started the motor again. Didn't have to touch the cycle hold toggle. On another note: Our '60 had the same cycle buttons as the '59 LK except the white SPECIALS button had a Rinse & Spin cycle and the pink SPECIALS button had a Washable Woolens cycle instead of the 'lights' button. The lights turned on at the beginning of the cycle and off at the end on our '60. It was nice to have the option of turning the lights on and using them as mood lighting in the laundry room for the few years I had my '59. Sigh. |
Post# 204102 , Reply# 22   4/15/2007 at 06:20 (6,192 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 204110 , Reply# 23   4/15/2007 at 07:25 (6,192 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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My school mate's Mom had the '59 LK rapid-advance timer model pictured above. Still remember when they moved to a new home in 1970 to check out the laundry room and was shocked to see it gone (replaced with a SQ)! Asked his Mom why she got rid of it (she probably wondered why an 11 year old boy would care?!) and she just replied matter-of-fact "the water pump went out and it was going to be 'too expensive' to fix so we bought a new one" :-((((((. That was a sad day for me...
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