Thread Number: 42439
LADY KENMORE COMBO TUB LINT REMOVAL |
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Post# 624388 , Reply# 1   9/12/2012 at 09:38 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624390 , Reply# 2   9/12/2012 at 09:39 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624391 , Reply# 3   9/12/2012 at 09:40 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624393 , Reply# 4   9/12/2012 at 09:40 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624394 , Reply# 5   9/12/2012 at 09:41 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624395 , Reply# 6   9/12/2012 at 09:42 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624397 , Reply# 7   9/12/2012 at 09:43 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624399 , Reply# 8   9/12/2012 at 09:45 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624400 , Reply# 9   9/12/2012 at 09:46 (4,242 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.)   |   | |
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Post# 624427 , Reply# 11   9/12/2012 at 11:04 (4,242 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 624479 , Reply# 13   9/12/2012 at 14:43 (4,242 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 624520 , Reply# 15   9/12/2012 at 17:35 (4,242 days old) by Magic_Clean (Florida)   |   | |
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a user perspective, what can you do to minimize / reduce this accumulation? Too bad they didn't have a "clean" washer cycle! L.P. |
Post# 624541 , Reply# 16   9/12/2012 at 20:10 (4,242 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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My brother Jeff and I had at least two dozen of these apart for the same type of cleaning over the years. I never noticed any difference between the gas and electric machines when it comes to lint buildup. But as Tom mentioned the machine that you have probably could have benefited from softer water or more detergent so minerals would not build up for the lint to stick on.
The porcelain parts of these combos usually fared pretty well, so the overall condition is what we usually would see under all the lint and mineral build up. These machines were easy to over-suds so many users used way too little detergent rather than trying to find and use the proper low sudsing detergents, so we did see some pretty nasty machines.
I have one of the last LKM combos in our collection that was made in the fall of 1971, I got it in late 1977 from a guy that hulled away old appliances for Sears. It is very badly mineraled up as he said that the customer only used Arm&hammer powered detergent. One of these days I will get around to restoring it and converting it to gas for my home laundry room. But I know it is going to need a lot of cleaning. |
Post# 624576 , Reply# 17   9/12/2012 at 23:39 (4,242 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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Fantastic Pictures! Thanks! Can't wait to see it all put back together and running. It looks new after your cleaning! Brent |
Post# 624601 , Reply# 18   9/13/2012 at 03:26 (4,241 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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What a heck of a lot of lint that is. Nice job- as usual!
I don't remember how linted up mine was since it was 25 years ago I had it apart, but I think it was close. But the outer tub was rusted to hell with very large holes around the sump. Thats why it got thrown out. I hauled it off the dump pile. I had to cut ss plates and siliconed them to the tub to seal up the holes, it has never leaked but she is a cantankerous machine!! John and I have been trying to get her going ever since, and in 25 years she's only been able to do 15 loads, she keeps breaking down. Can't wait to see your finished project!! jon |