Thread Number: 22509
The 1967 Kenmore full-sized portable I also brought home... |
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Post# 352550   5/28/2009 at 00:39 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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As you may have seen in the "Appliance Junkyard" thread, I "literally" rescued this machine from the dumpster and brought it home! When I was there a month ago it was sitting on the ground NEAR a large dumpster they were loading refrigerators into. I called them the day after I got home asking them to set this machine aside for me telling them I will be returning. When I was there last week one of the guys said "Oh, yeah, I had to pull that one out of the dumpster"! YIKES! |
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Post# 352552 , Reply# 1   5/28/2009 at 00:43 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 352559 , Reply# 2   5/28/2009 at 01:02 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Gordon and I drove back to LA and arrived very late Friday night. Then Saturday morning we started "exploring" this big little washer. We removed the top and checked the belt to see if it will move. I was able to move it by hand, eventually. After getting the belt moving I asked "Should we just plug it in"? Gordon was very reluctant.... but we did it anyway! The motor DID start and it seemed to turn OK but sounded like it was really working. Eventually it seemed to "loosen up" a bit. So at this point Gordon was geting enthused and said "let's put some water in it"... so we did! This little washer needs a lot of TLC and cleaning. It's missing the snubber and the "wigwag" on the tranmission. And THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is how it got it's name "The Mud Washer"! YUK! |
Post# 352563 , Reply# 3   5/28/2009 at 01:09 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 352564 , Reply# 4   5/28/2009 at 01:09 (5,418 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 352569 , Reply# 5   5/28/2009 at 01:20 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 352571 , Reply# 6   5/28/2009 at 01:26 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Actually it was kind of funny.... we disengaged the agitation to get the pump to drain the tub. At first I had the drain hose over the tub and when we turned it on again, it literally DRIBBLED MUD! What a total YUK! Eventually the flow increased and we were able to and we drained it and refilled it! Clean water, WHOO HOO! So then the NEXT step was to WASH SOME CLOTHES, right??? RIGHT! |
Post# 352575 , Reply# 7   5/28/2009 at 01:35 (5,418 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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OK... so we have determined this little washer DOES in fact work! The motor turns, the pump pumps, the agitator agitates........ ........... AND..... once we engaged the "spin" cam bar on the transmission, with some coaxing (helping the tub starting turning by hand), IT DID SPIN TOO! WOW! As I said, this washer needs a lot of TLC, but at least I know it DOES work! More to come as I go through this little "mud washer" in the coming months! |
Post# 352596 , Reply# 8   5/28/2009 at 05:49 (5,417 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()   |   | |
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WAY COOL! Is it supposed to have a snubber? And if so where does it go? |
Post# 352634 , Reply# 9   5/28/2009 at 08:49 (5,417 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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It does have a snubber - the tup ring is missing from the photo as we took it off to work on the machine, and though it is smaller than a 29-inch machine's tub ring, it is much the same overall. The snubber installs in the back right corner. This machine is essentially a 24-inch standard unit with a different pump and motor. The baseplate, tub, basket, etc. are standard off-the-shelf items from 24-inch standard machines. The pump and motor differ by being modified on the bottom for floor clearance reasons. I was worried that the motor would be bad and therefore difficult to replace, however it came through surprisingly well. The pump, a four port with the lower port discharging to the side instead of the bottom, is an odd-ball pump and is leaking a bit. Not sure if they are still available from WP, but I got one on ebay for Kevin this morning. |
Post# 352641 , Reply# 10   5/28/2009 at 09:19 (5,417 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 352646 , Reply# 11   5/28/2009 at 09:32 (5,417 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 352655 , Reply# 12   5/28/2009 at 10:11 (5,417 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Thank you for bringing that up Gordon, I neglected to mention it! So yes, if ANYONE out there in WasherLand happens to have any spare parts for one of these OR you might know where any are, PLEASE let me know! Revvinkevin@gmail.com As Gordon mentioned, I need the black timer dial/skirt/cycle indicator. Also if possible the timer, as the shaft where the timer knob attaches is bent. Unless anyone knows of a good way to straighten the timer shaft W/O damaging the timer itself. Thank you in advance to all! Kevin |
Post# 352667 , Reply# 14   5/28/2009 at 10:54 (5,417 days old) by soberleaf ()   |   | |
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i found in the garbage back in 1987! took it home, plugged it in, it worked perfectly for over 10 years! it looks like the exact model, same agitator at least! have fun with it! |
Post# 352771 , Reply# 16   5/28/2009 at 16:33 (5,417 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 352774 , Reply# 17   5/28/2009 at 16:40 (5,417 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Actually Peter no 24-inch machines that I'm aware of ever had Roto-Swirls in them, at least not from the mid-60s on. I can't speak for the earlier models though. The tubs/baskets in 24-inch machines are a little bit narrower and the straight vane fits better. A few 1978 & up models had DAs in them, but the vast majority of the 24-inch machines were straight vane. This one is legit with it. Gordon |
Post# 352847 , Reply# 18   5/28/2009 at 20:40 (5,417 days old) by harvestgold (Deland, Florida )   |   | |
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Kevin what a cool machine i am so glad i got to see it as those are really rare glad you got to save another John |
Post# 352876 , Reply# 19   5/28/2009 at 23:19 (5,417 days old) by toploader1984 ()   |   | |
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post some videos on youtube! :-) |
Post# 352885 , Reply# 20   5/28/2009 at 23:41 (5,417 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 352919 , Reply# 21   5/29/2009 at 01:00 (5,417 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)   |   | |
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Glad to see the Portable Kenmore! That str8 vane really moves things around, and that gold cap brings back so many memories. A video of this washer would be perfect. Have a good one, James |
Post# 353323 , Reply# 22   5/30/2009 at 11:13 (5,415 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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As Kevin said, I was a bit weirded-out using this machine in the mechanical state it was in. The timer was dangling there by the wires (my own doing) and the wig-wag wires were hanging loose, later capped-off by electrical tape, but I didn't trust it enough and was expecting a good shock eventually. I got that. I am not ashamed to admit that 110-volt electricity scares me a bit. It was really fun though getting the machine to come back to life (it protested a bit at first). I am pretty sure it is the most "rigged" machine I've ever used. Someone in the past has even spliced in a GE power cord. We are accumulating parts and I am considering a second trip to L.A. (could it be an encore visit to Phoenix too?) so hopefully the machine can make a more photogenic re-appearance on here soon. Gordon |
Post# 353332 , Reply# 23   5/30/2009 at 11:23 (5,415 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()   |   | |
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~Well, if anyone out there would like to send me their video camera, I would be happy to post a video on Youtube! (wink) My little digital camera lets me take videos....... |
Post# 353426 , Reply# 24   5/30/2009 at 19:31 (5,415 days old) by jonvance1990 ()   |   | |
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Does the machine make any woo-woo noise? |
Post# 353453 , Reply# 25   5/30/2009 at 21:19 (5,415 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Toggles: Your digi cam will do video, do you want to loan it to me? :-D My digtal SLR camera does not do video. :-( Jonathan: I believe it does make the "woo woo" sound, but I to was too excited about it working that I did not pay attention to it. On a sad note: I discovered this morning that I need a new wash basket, this one is badly rusted!! Boo hoo! More later! |