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Post# 656744   1/29/2013 at 10:50 (4,102 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656745 , Reply# 1   1/29/2013 at 10:51 (4,102 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656758 , Reply# 2   1/29/2013 at 11:48 (4,102 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 656764 , Reply# 3   1/29/2013 at 12:37 (4,102 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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That is a sensor dry LK model. Also I think it has no actual timer. |
Post# 656766 , Reply# 4   1/29/2013 at 12:48 (4,102 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656812 , Reply# 5   1/29/2013 at 15:24 (4,102 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 656814 , Reply# 6   1/29/2013 at 15:29 (4,102 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 656871 , Reply# 7   1/29/2013 at 19:03 (4,102 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 656879 , Reply# 8   1/29/2013 at 21:01 (4,102 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Congratulations Mark on your cool dryer find, when this dryer came out in 1966 it was without a dough the best dryer ever built for home use anywhere in the world.
This dryer has two heating elements and I would suggest taking it out of its housing and examine it for faults. As Dave suggested its non heating condition could be a bad Hi limit thermostat or it could also be a bad motor centrifugal Sw., bad heat relay, push-button sw, or even a bad electronic control that is not energizing the heater relay coil. There is also an operating thermostat that controls only the larger 4100 watt heater. The smaller 1500 watt element often failed on this dryer design but the dryer would go on working at about 75% drying speed, Keep us Posted on your progress, John. |
Post# 656973 , Reply# 9   1/30/2013 at 10:22 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Home, in the garage, it'll be the weekend before it's indoors and tested. So far, the door striker is broken, the hinges on the lint filter chrome door are missing, there's no bottle for air freshener in its place, but overall looks good for a 47 year old dryer. The Craigslist gentleman said it was in his mid-60's home when he moved in 2 yrs ago, worked fine until a month ago. He had his own dryer from his previous home waiting in the furnace room, he installed it instead of repairs to this. He said it won't heat so I need a new element, but I think he just looked at the accompanying paperwmrk without real understanding. I will check all aspects before buying anything. I got a huge handful of lint out the exhaust.
Picture--I have never seen moisture elements like these. Except for cleaning with a damp rag, I 've never repainted the innards of a drum.???? |
Post# 656975 , Reply# 10   1/30/2013 at 10:26 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656976 , Reply# 11   1/30/2013 at 10:29 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656977 , Reply# 12   1/30/2013 at 10:32 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656979 , Reply# 13   1/30/2013 at 10:37 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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There's 8 positions on the dial, from damp to extra dry, instructions say start on 5 and see how you like it, then the dial rarely needs to be reset ever???? With a large and small element, I'm guessing it starts on both at 5600watts, lowers to 4100 watts partway thru and then near the end uses only the small 1500 watts? It's still in the garage, I'm getting ahead of myself here with repairs. |
Post# 656980 , Reply# 14   1/30/2013 at 10:40 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 656983 , Reply# 15   1/30/2013 at 10:48 (4,101 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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not much to decide. The manual says AIR gives about 18 minutes.
Not much else to say until it's in the basement and plugged in. I could say I now need a 66 Lady K washer, hopefully in white. I've seen them in threads here, two rows of piano key buttons totalling maybe 10 or 12 options, damn! Thanks for any advice and guidance, this'll be fun. My basement windows are always lit up since I leave on 1 lighted control washer and 2 lighted control dryers all the time. This will make 4 once it's downstairs. |
Post# 656985 , Reply# 16   1/30/2013 at 11:10 (4,101 days old) by lesto (Atlanta)   |   | |
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I have this exact dryer in my basement waiting for me to have a gas line installed in my laundry room. |
Post# 656986 , Reply# 17   1/30/2013 at 11:13 (4,101 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Yes, this was the absolute top-of-the-line in 1966 for Kenmore.
The 1966 Lady Kenmore pair was something of a status symbol, because it was so obviously deluxe even if you didn't know a damn thing about laundry appliances. It was easy for someone visiting your house to miss the fact that you'd just shelled out a bunch of money for, say, Maytag 806s, but even the most ignorant Gladys Kravitz type could see that LKs were something special. Due to the fabulous styling of LKs over the years, this one-upping continued to be possible until the later 1970s, when Sears' beancounters got all the stylists by the cojones and squeezed until every last bit of individuality was gone from different Kenmore model series. There was a time when you didn't need Gordon to tell Kenmores apart, LOL. |