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Thread Number: 38074
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Post# 565659 , Reply# 1 12/28/2011 at 23:14 (4,494 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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1968 Whirlpool! | ||
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Post# 565661 , Reply# 2 12/28/2011 at 23:15 (4,494 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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1968 Whirlpool!!! | ||
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Post# 565663 , Reply# 3 12/28/2011 at 23:16 (4,494 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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1968 Whirlpool! | ||
| Post# 565679 , Reply# 4 12/29/2011 at 01:17 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Both my 60's Whirlpools had it. Here is my 1966 Imperial Mark XII. 
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| Post# 565680 , Reply# 5 12/29/2011 at 01:19 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Filter is mounted just below drain hose outlet. 
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| Post# 565682 , Reply# 6 12/29/2011 at 01:23 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Picture of the hoses coming out of it, at the top 
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| Post# 565684 , Reply# 7 12/29/2011 at 01:28 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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My Blue Whirlpool had one, and I took it out. 
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| Post# 565685 , Reply# 8 12/29/2011 at 01:30 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Notice its not there! 
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| Post# 565687 , Reply# 9 12/29/2011 at 01:32 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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The self cleaning filter is the round thing in black 
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| Post# 565704 , Reply# 10 12/29/2011 at 02:15 (4,493 days old) by qualin (Canada) | ||
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So, when the magic clean filter light comes on, what does it mean? Just curious. | ||
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Post# 565719 , Reply# 11 12/29/2011 at 06:19 (4,493 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The light comes on during agitation because that is when it is filtering. | ||
| Post# 565838 , Reply# 12 12/29/2011 at 19:13 (4,493 days old) by 1966_mustang () | ||
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These are nice photos.. So what causes the water to flow throught the filter while it is washing? | ||
| Post# 565840 , Reply# 13 12/29/2011 at 19:15 (4,493 days old) by 1966_mustang () | ||
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on the underside of this last one is that the motor that came with the washer? Or did you swap it out? | ||
| Post# 565841 , Reply# 14 12/29/2011 at 19:19 (4,493 days old) by 1966_mustang () | ||
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You said you took it out, why??.. I see where there is something with a Pulley and something that is flat with a diaphram in the box...Is that the drain pump you took out? Does the self cleaning come with 2 pumps? a filter pump and a drain pump? | ||
| Post# 565876 , Reply# 15 12/29/2011 at 22:15 (4,493 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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Well 1966_mustang, sure would be nice if I knew your name! The below link should sum up some of the questions on the Blue whirlpool. CLICK HERE TO GO TO supremewhirlpol's LINK | ||
| Post# 565895 , Reply# 17 12/30/2011 at 01:53 (4,492 days old) by 1966_mustang () | ||
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Where can you get parts for an old machine like this? I am still searching for a machine similar to this, but wondering if I can get parts for it. If so where? | ||
| Post# 565924 , Reply# 18 12/30/2011 at 08:37 (4,492 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Wow, a 3-Speed belt drive!? I didn't know those were made! | ||
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Post# 565933 , Reply# 19 12/30/2011 at 10:31 (4,492 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Dave -
Three speed belt-drives were made for at least 10 years, from 1964 in the '64 Lady K to the 1972 hold-over Lady K which was made into early 1974 when the revised 1974 Lady came out with large capacity but only 2 speeds. There were a few other non-Lady K models which were 3-speed during this time as well. Whirlpool machines may have been produced sooner and later as well, but I am not as familiar with their 3-speed models. Gordon | ||
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Post# 565936 , Reply# 20 12/30/2011 at 10:50 (4,492 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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JOHN MISSED HIS PAP-SMEAR ????? Hi Melvin as I said before I think that it is really cool what you are trying to do and if I was your instructor I would give you a A for idea and effort. But the final performance grading of the blue WP washer would be a failing grade as it has not washed a load yet without attention and is very likely only to run a short while before breakdowns occur.
I am enjoying watching you adapt the GE combo to a variable drive motor and I am sorry that you need me to kiss your ass along the way. but I don't do that for anyone else so don't feel left out. LOL. But I will be very impressed when this new project can complete a full wash-dry program on its own and do it better than the original machine did. I will await the video and hope you have a Happy New Years John. | ||
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Post# 565966 , Reply# 22 12/30/2011 at 14:59 (4,492 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR) |
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tempers tempers | ||
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Post# 566008 , Reply# 23 12/30/2011 at 19:13 (4,492 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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THREE PHASE MOTOR DRIVE WASHERS | ||
| Post# 566020 , Reply# 25 12/30/2011 at 21:06 (4,492 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Melvin, | ||
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Post# 566181 , Reply# 27 12/31/2011 at 19:48 (4,491 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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PERSONAL ATTACTS
Hi Bud I apreacte your trying to be the peace maker here, but i am mearly responding to an unprovocked personal attact by someone that I considered a friend. I recently spoke with Melvin and have given him appliances and have always been interested in what he was building and I have made no personal attacts.
Melvin you know that I often modify appliances and we have talked about this and in fact do so on a daily bassis to improve thier energy effecenty and performace. My LKM TL washer that I built 25 years ago I modified to spin at 720 RPMs and the machine was my daily driver for more than 20 years. My only regreat in this matter is that I bothered responding at all, but if this continues Melvin when you dissapear from this site this time it may not be by your choise, the last person who started this type of nonsence [ remember Bob of Hollywood ]dissapeared. | ||
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Post# 566450 , Reply# 29 1/2/2012 at 10:28 (4,489 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Inflammatory Posts and Personal Attacks Melvin I do not make the rules here or enforce them, see the rules.
I donot and have not made personal attacks against you or anyone else on this site.
I will continue to make comments, assessments, offer history and experiences about any major appliances that I wish to comment on, that is what this site is for, so if you don't want to hear what I think don't post it.
I have enjoyed speaking to you and exchanging ideas, but I would be cautious about what you wright about other people on line. Hopefully soon you will graduate from college and if a perspective employer saw some of your comments about others it might give them reasons to question hiring you.
Good Luck to you and everyone here and HAPPY NEW YEARS | ||
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Post# 566721 , Reply# 30 1/3/2012 at 17:11 (4,488 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Well, years ago, overwhelmed at what I would have thought of the complexities & having quite a load of complexities, myself, "Melvin's Modifications", here is the way I would probably feel: (see below)
But it's "Supreme Whirlpol's" washer--or washer-S and I respect his right to use 'em for whatever he wants in his experiments, even if it IS something other than 'washing w/ 'em'...! And when I have the opportunity, I enjoy watching his videos on 'em & if I were ever as electrically & mechanically inclined (and HYDRO-LICALLY inclined) then I would certainly love to have some of his "spec sheets" on whta he has done! So kudos to you, Melvin 'Whirlpol Supreme'! And Keep Up The Good Work!!!! -- Dave 
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Post# 566789 , Reply# 31 1/3/2012 at 20:47 (4,488 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Self-Cleaning Effective?
So dare I ask at this point -- how effective are these lint filters? I have them in my Sears Kenmores and Whirlpool -- the light goes on when it's in use but I'm never sure how effective they are. I think the ones in the Sears models is the canister with the "marbles" in it. Unsure what the '66 Whirlpool is...
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Post# 566808 , Reply# 32 1/3/2012 at 21:39 (4,488 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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Todd,
If your drain hose empties into a sink you can tell how well it's working. Usually the first burst of water through the drain hose will produce a "wet lump" of lint. The smaller pieces will continue to eject for a few seconds more.
My 66 LK washer has the marble filled filter and it seems to work this way. Patrick | ||
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Post# 566854 , Reply# 33 1/4/2012 at 08:13 (4,487 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WHIRLPOOL & KENMORE SELF-CLEANING LINT FILTERS Yes back to the real topic at hand, LOL
WP first introduced these on the 1958 LKM washer and gave Sears an exclusive use of these until WP used a similar filter on thier 1964 Imperial Mark 12 washer. These real pump driven filtering systems continued into the early 1980s on many models and by the late 1960s - the 1970s they were installed on the great majority of the KM machines sold and probably more than 1/2 the WP models sold.
These filters were highly effective and in my opinion were by far the best lint filters ever used on a home washer. The amount of lint captured and disposed of automatically puts to shame the tiny amount of lint most other washer lint filters catch and then make you clean them your self.
We have had a WP built washer in this house with this feature since about 1967 and I always love demonstrating the effectiveness of it by taking the rinse drain hose [ my washer has the suds-saver so the filter did not flush when the suds water is saved as that would end up saving the lint with the water that is going to get reused ] out of the drain stand pipe and holding the SS lint filter from my LKM combo under the hose as it begins to drain and as Patrick stated it is amazing how much lint comes flushing out. | ||
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Post# 566864 , Reply# 34 1/4/2012 at 09:46 (4,487 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Pump driven filters
Actually, suds-saver models of mid 1980s belt-drives had the older pump driven filters all the way to the end of the belt-drives. This was necessary because the pump used with the passive disc filter is not capable of reversing flow, therefore it can't be used in a suds model. Thus, the disc filter can't be used in a suds machine either, so the old pump flushable filters were used for these into 1987.
The non-suds machines did use the pump flushed filters into 1982. For Kenmore, WP had a number of different designs of this filter. The first was the infamous canister looking filter with the marbles/beads in it. Next I believe was the inverted cone looking mesh based filter, which was designed to improve on the clog-prone nature of the marbles filter. The cone filter gave way to the tub mounted filter, which seems to be the least troublesome of all the filters. The cone filter was later replaced by a modified WP flat cabinet mounted filter for replacement applications which is claimed to be much better and less likely yet to clog or crack. John is exactly correct though - these filters no matter the various design, are all very capable of removing nice goops of lint. Gordon | ||
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Post# 567023 , Reply# 35 1/4/2012 at 21:02 (4,487 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Patrick, Combo52, and Gordon, thanks for the responses. I feel so much better about my Kenmore/Whirlpool lint removal! I do prefer the Norge/Wards and GE lint filter pan way of lint removal, because I can really see it and feel that lovely wet lump of lint so was always suspicious of the "self-cleaning filter" and the supposed lint I could not see. I don't have a sink to drain in so don't know what's coming out of that drain hose...
Thanks again! | ||
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