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Thread Number: 1457
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| Post# 59171 , Reply# 1 3/5/2005 at 22:26 (6,984 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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Post# 59179 , Reply# 2 3/5/2005 at 23:22 (6,984 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 59187 , Reply# 4 3/5/2005 at 23:56 (6,984 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 59198 , Reply# 5 3/6/2005 at 03:31 (6,984 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Wow!!Just when you thought you seen it all....i have never seen Kenmore control panels like these.Funky to say the least. By the way Dick S how is the 56 kenmore doing. | ||
| Post# 59223 , Reply# 7 3/6/2005 at 10:30 (6,983 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
BELT DRIVE CITY!! | ||
| Post# 59238 , Reply# 8 3/6/2005 at 13:42 (6,983 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Hi Dick, I just checked out your collection. Very Nice. I love the Westinghouse front loader. Thanks for sharing with us. Terry | ||
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Post# 59282 , Reply# 10 3/6/2005 at 21:20 (6,983 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Dick, I love all those kenmores. Especially the unusual console models. I believe the whirly in photo 22 is actually early 1960s. The 1960 Kenmore you grew up with is the exact machine my best friend from high school's mom had. It lasted until fall 1973 or winter 1974 while away for my freshman college year. When I cam home for a visit, it had died and was replaced by another kenmore, all the ame features of my 1970 Kenmore, but that kinda jazzy console. BTW, my friend's mom kept referring to her 1960 washer as a Lady K, which I knew it wasn't. Was that the model down from the Lady K? Thanks for solving another adolescent/childhood washer puzzle. | ||
| Post# 59290 , Reply# 11 3/6/2005 at 21:53 (6,983 days old) by Maytaged () | ||
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1972 KENMORE Love the 72 control panel. Must have been pretty far up in the line with the triple dispenser and full console light. Was it a 800 series? What are the 3 rocker switches on the left? Extra rinse, Soak Selector, Temperature? Nice collection ! -ED | ||
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Post# 59302 , Reply# 13 3/7/2005 at 00:00 (6,983 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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That '68 Kenmore in pic #10 is very similar to my aunt's. Hers was fluorescent-lit, had a rotary speed selector instead of water level (Ex Low / Auto / Low), and levers for water level and temp override (Cold Wash & Rinse / Cold Rinse / Auto). Gold Super Roto Swirl, not Vari-Flex. Same alphabet console legend and timer. And she had an alphabet dryer up until the 1970s that was a match to the 1960 alphabet washer in pic #9. | ||
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Post# 59340 , Reply# 17 3/7/2005 at 12:13 (6,982 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Dick S---great collection! We had a 1960 Model 80 pair (w/suds saver) when I was growing up. It had the rocker-style cycle selector buttons, rather than the toggle-type of the Lady K. I loved two features about the dryer---the lint bag on top of the dryer and the 'scented air' feature, in which a little bottle of concentrated scent sat inside the console, attached to a little hose which then fed the scent down into the dryer drum. Oh, and the clothes dampening ball was fun, too. I also seem to remember a dryness level dial inside the console which allowed you to set the level of dryness for all the cycles. Our next door neighbor had the 'alphabet' machine. Also cool! | ||
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Post# 59341 , Reply# 18 3/7/2005 at 12:21 (6,982 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Dick S-- You're so right about the suds lock tendencies of the 1960's Kenmores. Ours would suds lock almost every cycle (we were Tide people, too). My trick was to let the machine just begin to spin, then let it drain a bit. I'd repeat this 2 or 3 times. I found that if the residual water in the clothes was spun out in doses, it wouldn't lock up. I'm surprised our motor didn't burn out more often! Hi, Scott; Yes, I believe we were having the discussion about the 1960 KM's recently. If the wind we're having in the SW corner of the state is headed your way, batten down the hatches! Gusts of 45 mph. | ||
| Post# 59401 , Reply# 19 3/8/2005 at 03:31 (6,982 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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Suds Lock was not confined to 60's KM machines, afflicted ALL KM/WP belt drive machines right up to the end. Don't know about the DD machines, anybody know? | ||
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Post# 59404 , Reply# 20 3/8/2005 at 03:44 (6,982 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 59412 , Reply# 21 3/8/2005 at 07:39 (6,982 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I had a KitchenAid TL washer for a year in 1989; no suds lock problem with it. I also had a Whirlpool large-tub washer for awhile in 1984 (belt drive with the winged Surgilator) and I don't recall many suds lock problems with that one, either. Perhaps they'd moved from a 1/3-hp motor to a 1/2-hp by that time----if that makes any difference.
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Post# 59431 , Reply# 22 3/8/2005 at 12:38 (6,981 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 59513 , Reply# 23 3/9/2005 at 03:27 (6,981 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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Suds Lock "Of course by that time, we weren't using high-sudsing detergents (vintage Tide)." Exactly | ||
| Post# 59539 , Reply# 24 3/9/2005 at 11:06 (6,980 days old) by rocky2 (Northwest Indiana) | ||
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Suds Lock Bear with my guy and gals, (remember I'm a newbie). What exactly is a suds lock? As much as I hung around the laundry room of the apartment building I grew up in, I don't ever recall anyone complaining or even mentioning suds lock. | ||
| Post# 59577 , Reply# 25 3/9/2005 at 19:48 (6,980 days old) by doityrselfguy () | ||
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I believe suds lock happens when the concentration of suds are so high that they create excess friction between a washer's inner and outer tub - greatly affecting its ability to spin properly. | ||
| Post# 59599 , Reply# 27 3/9/2005 at 22:39 (6,980 days old) by rocky2 (Northwest Indiana) | ||
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Suds Lock Thanks for the explanation guys. Greatly appreciated. | ||
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Post# 59607 , Reply# 28 3/9/2005 at 23:10 (6,980 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 59617 , Reply# 29 3/10/2005 at 00:21 (6,980 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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fractions I haven't looked in one in a while, but I'd say no more than an inch if memory serves | ||
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