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Thread Number: 38710
Whirlpool DD agitator fabric softener dispenser |
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Post# 574157 2/8/2012 at 00:30 (4,454 days old) by Kenmore71  (Minneapolis, MN) |
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| Post# 574408 , Reply# 1 2/8/2012 at 13:24 (4,454 days old) by limitededition () | ||
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all are the same if it fits in the agitator it will fit in that agitator all are the same | ||
| Post# 574437 , Reply# 2 2/8/2012 at 14:41 (4,453 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
"all are the same" Are not the same. There are a couple of major types, some clip on the top and some sit inside the agitator and drain through the center. The top on this agitator comes off so have a look at these 2 parts and determine which it takes. The model of the machine would help.
Top mount: http://www.appliancepartspros.com/Appliance-Parts/whirlpool-dispenser-item-number-ap3019975.aspx
The second one is used on Kenmores and some Whirlpools. I ran into this issue with my DD Kenmore and people telling me that all the DD dispensers were the same, which isn't true. The second model just clips onto the top of the agi and drains around the bottom where it meets. You agi looks like it takes the top one, but a model number would verify.
-Tim
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Post# 574456 , Reply# 3 2/8/2012 at 15:54 (4,453 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 574458 , Reply# 4 2/8/2012 at 15:55 (4,453 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 574465 , Reply# 5 2/8/2012 at 16:52 (4,453 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 574479 , Reply# 6 2/8/2012 at 18:39 (4,453 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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After Reading | ||
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Post# 574485 , Reply# 7 2/8/2012 at 19:07 (4,453 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Catalog to the rescue!
I checked my WP parts catalog. It's from 1992, but since this was a long-running agitator, I figured it was worth a shot.
It shows many agitator versions with their piece by piece assembly. On at least four are the 3355758 cap. Over the caps shows a 63580 softener dispenser, which looks strickingly like the internal one that Tim pointed out. So, I would buy with confidence on the Internal. Check ebay - they may be even cheaper there? Part 63580. Gordon | ||
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Post# 574515 , Reply# 8 2/8/2012 at 21:00 (4,453 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 574540 , Reply# 10 2/8/2012 at 22:39 (4,453 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WP DD Fabric Snoftner Dispenser | ||
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Post# 574547 , Reply# 11 2/8/2012 at 22:51 (4,453 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Thanks, Tim, Rick, Gordon & John! I just replaced the neutral drain mechanism, clutch & drive coupler in this machine. I'm planning on "gifting" it to my brother and sister-in-law to replace a failing 2001 Norge-tag and thought it would be nice to add a fabric softener dispenser. Nothing says Valentine's day like a rebuilt DD!!!
Now, if only I could find one of those Maytag cellophane wrappers with the big red bow from the 1960s! Here she is all cleaned up after 8 years of a "hard labor" in a condo building: 
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Post# 574548 , Reply# 12 2/8/2012 at 22:51 (4,453 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 574549 , Reply# 13 2/8/2012 at 22:52 (4,453 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 574610 , Reply# 14 2/9/2012 at 08:01 (4,453 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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HEAVY DUTY WASHER AND DRYERS Their is usually no difference, and we can thank Westinghouse and Frigidaire for this nonsense as both of these companies started this in the early to mid 1960s. WH started calling their machines HD and Frigidaire called their 1963 line the Sturdy Washer. And the rest is history, even MT came out with little stickers in the mid 1970s that we applied to the machines on the sales floor because they were getting beating up buy the other makes that said HD. Some customers would tell us if these are so good and they are so expensive why aren't they HD like the less expensive WPs.
I even had one lady who was interested in the A207 but started it is just my husband and I that I wash for, I don't want a HD machine. I sold her the washer and promised that hers would be a regular model knowing that none of the MT washers in the warehouse actually had these stupid stickers on them. We also had a few complaints that when people did get their new machines that their machine did not say HD, so we had to tell them that MT forgot the sticker and send them a sticker.
Back to the original question, most manufacturers justify the Heavy Duty label buy telling you that the same machines are used commercially, which is largely true. | ||
| Post# 574740 , Reply# 15 2/9/2012 at 18:18 (4,452 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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Commercial Whirlpool | ||
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