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Post# 397866   12/6/2009 at 16:07 (5,226 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Hey guys -

This one needs to go ASAP - FREE. If I don't get someone to commit to this in the next week I'll throw it on CL. Located in Waterloo, IA.

Mid 80's Whirlpool BD. Pretty good shape. My folks were using this for almost 2 years - they didn't have any issues with it. Large Capacity.

Shoot me an email: benny59@mchsi.com

Thanks!

Ben





Post# 397867 , Reply# 1   12/6/2009 at 16:08 (5,226 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Money shot

Post# 397882 , Reply# 2   12/6/2009 at 17:18 (5,226 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)        

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I have this same model washer. Great turn-over!

Rich


Post# 397897 , Reply# 3   12/6/2009 at 18:23 (5,226 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        
I Want it

Sent you an e-mail.

Post# 397904 , Reply# 4   12/6/2009 at 19:54 (5,226 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)        

I had that exact same model. I can't remember no if it was an 85 or 86 (I bought it new in 86 but it could have been sitting around). It was the BEST washer I ever owned. The gentle cycle was very easy on clothes. The super wash was great on large wash loads. I miss that machine.

Post# 397913 , Reply# 5   12/6/2009 at 20:37 (5,226 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

Exact match to the dryer we had. I saw this model on the showroom floor of a small retailer who had it for sale for more than two years. It was not until September of 1988 that somebody bought it. If we were ready for a new washer I would have snatched it up.

Have a good one,
James


Post# 397924 , Reply# 6   12/6/2009 at 22:01 (5,226 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)        

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I don't need it, but THANKS for the pics. That's the same model we had in the 1980s! I always thought SUPER SURGILATOR (sp?) was the coolest name. I see no fab dispenser, just like ours...had to use Downy ball. If I remember correctly, it was a "hat" type dispenser and was HUGE for the models that had a fab dispenser.

Post# 397928 , Reply# 7   12/6/2009 at 22:46 (5,226 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york)        

I had this exact model also. It was a cool washer.

Post# 397930 , Reply# 8   12/6/2009 at 22:59 (5,226 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        

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Jim, I'm glad this machine is being said. It looks really nice! Loved the snow white tub with that big winged Surgilator... that things is the god of all agitators!

Post# 398004 , Reply# 9   12/7/2009 at 11:42 (5,225 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Gernerous to a fault, even when it's not Christmas.

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You're amazing.

Listen, Buddy, I've only seen the Super Surge in action once, a long time age, washing a load of towels, and they seemed to be sloshing back and forth the way they would in one of the earlier Norge's. How would you describe the turnover/water currents produced by these bottom winged creatures? When you get a moment. Thanks,

Mike


Post# 398156 , Reply# 10   12/8/2009 at 00:12 (5,225 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX)        
Great machine!

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A buddy of mine has the same model with the fabric softener dispenser. He can wash 2 queen sized sheets, 2 pillow cases, and a queen sized thermal blanket in one load.

Post# 398237 , Reply# 11   12/8/2009 at 11:34 (5,224 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
That's a beautiful shot,

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with some, serious looking, let's-get-down-to-business equipment.

And the big load moves around freely? Wonder if there is a YouTube featuring this bottom winged beast.


Post# 398454 , Reply# 12   12/9/2009 at 01:38 (5,224 days old) by americansuds ()        

Maybe someone already answered this...the 'wing things' are for the handwash water level setting...the water only comes up just barely to the top of those things...so you can gently wash a sweater or gloves without thrashing them around. I just had one of these earlier this year and it had the manual so that is the only way i knew that...sad story following, details not necessary. Why am I up so late talking about agitators again? lol

Post# 398529 , Reply# 13   12/9/2009 at 11:51 (5,223 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
"Why am I up so late talking about agitators again? lol

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Because it's fun and I'm glad you stayed up. That agitator works just fine in the great big tub without the wings. I have one, so I always wondered why they added the wings. Didn't know Whirlpool had offered handwash water level. Thank you for explaining. You learn something new every day at Aworg.

Post# 398581 , Reply# 14   12/9/2009 at 14:46 (5,223 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

I had a Whirlpool with the same agitator, and it had some fierce agitation action. It could handle large loads with ease. I wish I still had it.


Post# 398634 , Reply# 15   12/9/2009 at 19:28 (5,223 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
So is the new guy from Iowa pulling my leg

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or are those wings for the handwash water level setting?

Post# 398637 , Reply# 16   12/9/2009 at 19:49 (5,223 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Agitator wings

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The wings were added to the top of the agitator and to bottom to improve turn over compared to previous LAA & LFA super cap models which used the same sugerlator that the ST CAP models did.The top fins added a little visible splash and the bottom wings greatly helped turnover starting with the LHA models in 1980.

Post# 398666 , Reply# 17   12/9/2009 at 22:07 (5,223 days old) by strongenough78 (California)        

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I've always wanted to see the action of the winged SS too. I wish I could have saved my mom's 76 Whirlpool she had. If this site was around back then I would have. Oil was coming up from the bottom of the agitator and one day it just stopped working. All it would do when you turned it on was hum. The only other problem it had was the hot water wouldn't shut off. I came home one day to find the garage flooded. It went through an entire cycle with the hot water still running. The machine still worked even after that for a short while. You just had to turn off the hot water faucet after it was done filling. It didn't seem to fill as high as it used to and the agitation didn't seem as fast. All things that seem to be simple to repair I found out after joining this site. I miss that machine! And in case you're wondering, it was avocado green and had the fabric softener cap.

Post# 398673 , Reply# 18   12/9/2009 at 22:35 (5,223 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        

I always refer to this model as "The one" before the DD's. NO indents on the cabinet front, one of the last BD machines.

Post# 398677 , Reply# 19   12/9/2009 at 22:49 (5,223 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Maybe Jason or one of our research whizzes

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will find a YouTube video of the SS in action. It would be a real treat to see the turnover. Seeing it only once, I now realize that the towels sloshing around were doing so because the user forgot to increase the water level after doing a lighter load, but that one image has haunted since, and thus fixed my under-estimation of its performance.

Post# 398684 , Reply# 20   12/9/2009 at 23:12 (5,223 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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I'm pretty sure the Double-Duty Surgilator was introduced on the LFA series.

Online parts diagrams show LFA7800, for example, having Double-Duty.

LAA and LDA both do not. My family had an LDA7800 which had a "regular" Surgilator. Neighbors had an LFA7800 that did have a Double-Duty.

LAA7800W4 Agitator

LDA7800W3 Agitator

LFA7800W0 Agitator


Post# 398722 , Reply# 21   12/10/2009 at 07:07 (5,223 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
Agitator Wings

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I don't believe the wings at the bottom of the agitator are for the handwash setting as this agitator was available in machines that didn't have the handwash setting.

Instead, the wings are to help direct the water currents back up towards the top of the wash basket.

Not sure how effective they actually were over the regular super surgilator agitator, but they look kida cool.

Malcolm


Post# 398840 , Reply# 22   12/10/2009 at 20:05 (5,222 days old) by whirly_imperial ()        
Double-Duty Action

I've read this site for several years, but never joined. This topic gave me push needed to sign up. I've got one of the last belt-drive whirlpools made (Serial number [C70125605] says 1987) that has the winged double-duty super surgilator in it. I've found it to have great wash action and decent turnover of a full load.

I made a short video showing it in action and uploaded it to youtube for anyone interested.


CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirly_imperial's LINK


Post# 398843 , Reply# 23   12/10/2009 at 20:37 (5,222 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Whirly_Imperial - nice video! Those sloshing waves look (and sound) so familiar! :D

UPDATE: The washer is still available. Due to the storm I'll hold off another week before posting to CL/Freecycle.

Ben


Post# 398861 , Reply# 24   12/10/2009 at 21:57 (5,222 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york)        

It would have been cool to see it wash without the FSD.

Post# 398866 , Reply# 25   12/10/2009 at 22:28 (5,222 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)        
Ohh yeah.....

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Thats just like ours(me and Chris) Thou, isn't our daily driver right now, but still have it,(in the "catch-all" room with the rest of the collection). Really miss this sounds of it doing its thing! but it will be used again sometime.
great video!

Rich


Post# 399059 , Reply# 26   12/11/2009 at 15:28 (5,221 days old) by supersurgilator (Indiana)        

Great vid!! I love seeing these machines in action, haven't seen one for quite awhile.

Ben, why don't you just keep this machine? I wish I was closer as I would love to have it.


Post# 399063 , Reply# 27   12/11/2009 at 15:45 (5,221 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Bruce - I started the year with zero machines in the garage. Now I have about 15 in there - waiting for either a tear down for a different home. :D I can't keep everything.

Even if someone here doesn't get it a family in need will.

Ben


Post# 399072 , Reply# 28   12/11/2009 at 16:09 (5,221 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
Even if someone here doesn't get it a family in need wil

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Hey Ben,

If a family in need is destine to get this machine, how will you go about determining who gets it?

I like the of giving a machine to a family in need, but if you run an ad in craigs list for instance, every metal scrapper will pretending they "need" it.

Thanks!
Kevin


Post# 399090 , Reply# 29   12/11/2009 at 17:33 (5,221 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
how will you go about determining who gets it?

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Several ways... You can go thru your church, trusted friends or even a school counselor. I had a spare dryer and asked my son's advisor at his elementary school. She actually knew a family in need. Worked out well.

RCD


Post# 399113 , Reply# 30   12/11/2009 at 20:26 (5,221 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)        

How much would it cost to ship this to East Coast? MA?
I had one of these for 10 years and really miss it. I'd probably replace my frontloader with this? How much you asking for it?


Post# 399115 , Reply# 31   12/11/2009 at 21:25 (5,221 days old) by jonvance1990 ()        

That looks like the same one a friend of my Moms has, but the tub isn't the same.

Post# 399162 , Reply# 32   12/12/2009 at 01:23 (5,221 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX)        
Fabric softener dispenser

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The washer is defiantly awesome and the fabric softener dispenser is still available through Repair Clinic.



CLICK HERE TO GO TO washoholic's LINK


Post# 399170 , Reply# 33   12/12/2009 at 02:57 (5,221 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Fabric Softener:

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Oy. I had one of those on a Whirly and while I appreciated the convenience, I did not appreciate the lack of means with which to clean it. It snaps on in place of your original agitator cap and then won't come off easily. In addition, the design is such that you can't get into the softener chamber readily for cleaning. Big contrast to the idiot-simple Maytag design that lifts out for cleaning.

Post# 399214 , Reply# 34   12/12/2009 at 10:37 (5,220 days old) by whirly_imperial ()        

I'm not sure about other Whirlpool models, but this one has the dispenser that simply sits on top of the agitator cap. It has a note on it to "Rinse after every use". I've done just that and never had a problem with gunge or slime.

Post# 399230 , Reply# 35   12/12/2009 at 13:14 (5,220 days old) by supersurgilator (Indiana)        

Not sure if any of you remember this vid that Jason posted awhile ago of a Whirlpool with wings.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO supersurgilator's LINK


Post# 399519 , Reply# 36   12/13/2009 at 22:32 (5,219 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Bruce that's so cool and amazing

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I ask Jason to find an SS video, and YOU find JASON'S flick. Wonderful ! The turnover sure is impressive.

Whirly, welcome to the club, and thanks for the video. You'll fit right in here, marvelously. You do what they call a Bobload-- a really full tub of clothes or dishes, named in honor of our famous member Bob who invented seeing how much you could max out a load and still achieve effective cleaning.

Understand, now why you all love the winged beauty.


Post# 919428 , Reply# 37   2/5/2017 at 10:47 (2,608 days old) by Joem (New jersey)        
Imperial

I wish I still had mine. Back in the mid 70s

Post# 919452 , Reply# 38   2/5/2017 at 12:36 (2,608 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I have a similar washer, unchecked, in storage. Interested? Make ya a heluva deal on it.



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