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Thread Number: 46034
1 day off, 2 washers, 4 dryers & a dishwasher - OY! |
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Post# 672827 4/15/2013 at 02:01 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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My work schedule has been crazy for the last month and today was my first day off after working 2 weeks straight. Ugh!
Anyway, a coworker / friend is dealing with cleaning up, sorting through and getting rid of stuff in her parents house and large yard. Ya see her dad was a pack-rat and never got rid of anything.
I was talking to her about a week ago and tells me "The scrap metal guy came by and hauled off a some washers & dryers and a bunch of other stuff..." After I express interest she says "I just wanted them gone....." and "I didn't know you'd want them." Then Friday she calls and tells me she has another washer and a couple dryers and asks if I want them. "Well duh!"
This morning I head over and she has 2 washers, 3 dryers and a dishwasher sitting there waiting for me.
DISCLAIMER: These have been sitting outside, though under a portable garage type of thing, for years apparently. They were covered with A LOT of dust / dirt and have seen better days.
First up this '77 Maytag CA 408. It looks like this poor thing has been ridden hard and put away wet. There is a lot of rust on the lower left side of the cabinet, however the right side is OK. It needs a thorough cleaning inside and out. I like the shaded "coppertone" but I'm probably going to strip it for parts.
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Post# 672828 , Reply# 1 4/15/2013 at 02:04 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 672829 , Reply# 2 4/15/2013 at 02:05 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 672830 , Reply# 3 4/15/2013 at 02:05 (4,026 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 672831 , Reply# 4 4/15/2013 at 02:08 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 672832 , Reply# 5 4/15/2013 at 02:11 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 672833 , Reply# 6 4/15/2013 at 02:14 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 672834 , Reply# 7 4/15/2013 at 02:16 (4,026 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 672835 , Reply# 8 4/15/2013 at 02:17 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Patience my dear Phil, patience! | ||
| Post# 672836 , Reply# 9 4/15/2013 at 02:22 (4,026 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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Post# 672837 , Reply# 10 4/15/2013 at 02:23 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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And now the BEST for last!
OK this one DID NOT come from my friends house... it was on Craigs List and I bought it this afternoon.
Can anyone nail down the year? I'm guessing 1963?
Looks to be a nicer/upper end model WP electric dryer. I'm guessing the control panel lights up, but I need to replace the power cord before I can test it. Came out of the "grandmothers" house (who apparently died).
It's VERY cool! 
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Post# 672838 , Reply# 11 4/15/2013 at 02:24 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 672839 , Reply# 12 4/15/2013 at 02:26 (4,026 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 672840 , Reply# 13 4/15/2013 at 03:08 (4,026 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 672857 , Reply# 14 4/15/2013 at 06:40 (4,025 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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What an excellent dryer find......really nice....I too hope it lights up....most of the ones I have seen with the windowed door had the ultraviolet light inside, which allowed the blue glow to be seen as the clothes tumbled, curious though, the door handle looks like it's on backwards...this would also appear to be a belt driven blower, yes/no?
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Post# 672862 , Reply# 15 4/15/2013 at 07:00 (4,025 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Martin, you're right on both counts. It is a nice dryer. The KM is perhaps the first match-all dryer. Friends had it. Soft heat, solid bulkhead, no auto dry. | ||
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Post# 672867 , Reply# 16 4/15/2013 at 07:34 (4,025 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WOW Kevin You Had A Busy Weekend The Amana washer should have been from around the 4th week of 94.
The KM gas dryer would have been built the 25th week of 88.
The KM match-all electric dryer is from the 45th week of 1968, this is not the first of the Match-All dryers, Sears had a few models starting around 1964 or 5 that had extruded aluminum control panels and still were the older dryer design with a belt driven blower. Maybe Gordon can give us the exact dates these Match-All dryers started.
That poor D&M built KM portable DW was built February of 1975, it is funny that the only D&M DWs that ever show up in decent shape all all unused, LOL. Kevin you could take the pump and motor out of this one and send it to Robert so he would not have to part out the more deluxe one that he got the other month. Then someone else from the club could get Roberts portable and live out their DW fantasy [ nightmare ] , LOL.
And yes Kevin you saved the coolest for last, the J in the model # means that this is a 1962 design, but it looks like it actually was built in early 1964, WP like KM often carried production over a few years even after the 1963 K models were already being built.
Thanks for posting all the pictures of your fun weekend Kevin and it is especially nice that you posted all the model # plates. I really should post more of the appliances I see everyday, I guess I really need a young man with a camera to follow me around and post all the appliances we see everyday. | ||
| Post# 672868 , Reply# 17 4/15/2013 at 07:46 (4,025 days old) by mitch (Atlanta) | ||
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Lighted controls Nice haul! That older Whirlpool dryer looks exactly like one we had when I was growing up. IIRC, there are two C-7 bulbs behind the white RCA Whirlpool logo on the panel. Have fun!! Mitch | ||
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Post# 672869 , Reply# 18 4/15/2013 at 07:52 (4,025 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Finds! | ||
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Post# 672898 , Reply# 19 4/15/2013 at 11:40 (4,025 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Wow Kevin, what a haul!! It does make you wonder what they already sent to the scrapper (and hope it was mostly modern stuff...)
That Whirlpool dryer is a real beauty! I have an ad in an old McCalls magazine that boasted it was 'a very good dryer'. Love the glass door - all dryers should have them. LOL One of these days, I have a door from a similar dryer that I hope to install on a rebuilt 'Ing-Pool Mark XIII Sterling Supreme' that is still stiing in several hundred pieces in the garage... That Kenmore dishwasher is nice too - I had forgotten that Kenmore still had dishwashers with just one wash arm like this. | ||
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Post# 672909 , Reply# 21 4/15/2013 at 12:44 (4,025 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 672914 , Reply# 22 4/15/2013 at 13:04 (4,025 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Human Nature
Love to know what was lost in the toss. See if your work friend has "Washer Memory."
Bliss in the kitchen with Aunt Margaret's gas version of the mod-sixties Whirlpool. If the blowers are the same, the sounds are mesmerizing, alluring enough to keep it in the bedroom. Only dryer that ever won my heart. Intrigued also by the Amana fill. Could this be the Amana tweak of the Speed Queen fill, like Hotpoint's tweak of GE's recirculation? | ||
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Post# 672929 , Reply# 23 4/15/2013 at 13:48 (4,025 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Match All-Kenmore dryers
These "All American" models seem to have been quite popular.
I never paid attention to when they first started, but I do remember the ones that John mentions with the metal consoles and hidden timers. They had a somewhat "Jetsons" looking console. In the catalogs, these machines are usually either in the front or the end of the laundry section, same page with the accessories, hoses, parts, etc, and for a while, the one or two 18lb. washers, and the 24-inch machines --- in other words where all the specialty non-paired equipment was shown. Occasionally these dryers would have a page to themselves. Furthest back that I seem to remember this particular style dryer is 1967 or 1968. I'd have to get the catalogs out and look to see what year models they belonged to. As a kid, I never understood these dryers because they had those sloped panels with the integrated filters, that seemed to match nothing else, along with the non indented Whirlpool style top. I remember the first one I saw, as I studied it intensely for a few minutes trying to sum-up if it was truly a Kenmore because the console was so odd. I used to think there was one or two of these dryer models, but I've noticed quite a number now, with varying colors of the console, varying doors (plug and full-width) and some with timed only cycles and others with automatic and timed both. There was at least five or six models between 1968 and 1972, and they lasted long enough to get 1972's plastic door handles. The final version of this match-all dryer, with a console that matched no washer, was a 1973 model I think, but it had a more upright console. It had the integrated filter handle and a concealed timer knob/dial, but it looked more "mainstream" like most washers. The final match-all, the 1975 model that has been discussed on another current thread, used a common console that some washers shared, and was a nice mish-mash of features not found on any other KM dryer in the exact mix. Gordon | ||
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Post# 672935 , Reply# 24 4/15/2013 at 14:06 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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AFERIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 672936 , Reply# 25 4/15/2013 at 14:07 (4,025 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 My sister had one of those match-all dryers at her house in Berkeley. As I recall, it did have the auto-dry option. I can remember once when I was there the timer didn't move off of "More Dry" because the dial was set on the cusp of the "Off" setting (as in More More Dry) and didn't advance.
That dryer was paired up with a Whirlpool washer of similar vintage. It was a cheaper model with controls grouped on a box. | ||
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Post# 672994 , Reply# 26 4/15/2013 at 19:02 (4,025 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Wow, Kevin! Great job saving the Whirlpool!  | ||
| Post# 672995 , Reply# 27 4/15/2013 at 19:04 (4,025 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 673071 , Reply# 28 4/15/2013 at 22:05 (4,025 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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Wow! All that and the Potscrubber II as well! The Whirlpool dryer is really nice. You're going to have a fun week! | ||
| Post# 673089 , Reply# 29 4/15/2013 at 23:37 (4,025 days old) by badgerdx () | ||
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That WP is SNAZZY! Love it. Gordon, Why was the KM model called a Match-All? It doesn't seem to match anything... | ||
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Post# 673129 , Reply# 30 4/16/2013 at 07:17 (4,024 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Kenmore Match-All Dryers Were called this because they could be paired with Any Washer model, brand or even a wringer washer. This was clever marking by Sears to sell clothes dryers to resistant 1st time dryer buyers. One often heard excuses like [ I will probably buy a dryer when the washer breaks so they will both match ].
It is funny how many consumers want two completely different function appliances to match. I had a couple that I was working for a few years ago and they were going to replace their old WP DD TL washer and had decided to get a new SQ FL washer from us to sit in an unfinished basement. The women was arguing to get a new dryer as well [ which I would have been perfectly willing to sell them ] but they also were already debating the expensive SQ FL washer purchase, so to her complaints that they will not match the husband said, well the water heater and the furnace don't match either honey, anyway they now have a SQFL washer and a 20+ YO 29" WP Gas dryer and all four appliances seem to be getting along well, LOL.
Gordon the KM Match-All dryers diffidently were around here in large numbers by 1964-5, I rebuilt and sold lots of both gas and electric ones, and these had the belt driven blowers. | ||
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Post# 673134 , Reply# 31 4/16/2013 at 07:30 (4,024 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Since nobody else will say it... | ||
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Post# 673135 , Reply# 32 4/16/2013 at 08:01 (4,024 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Nice WP dryer | ||
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Post# 673186 , Reply# 33 4/16/2013 at 13:18 (4,024 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Thank you all! This is the era of Whirlpool I like a lot! Normally I would (almost) never buy a dryer without having the matching washer, but this is the exception. This dryer is VERY cool!
WOW David, what an AWESOME drawing! Love the Jetsons "car"! You are SO talented!
I'll post more photos if / when the control panel lights up!
Kevin
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Post# 673229 , Reply# 34 4/16/2013 at 16:18 (4,024 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 673240 , Reply# 35 4/16/2013 at 17:38 (4,024 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 673249 , Reply# 36 4/16/2013 at 18:35 (4,024 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WP Dryer This WP dryer is fairly simple electrically, it has a thermostatic auto dry at either hi or low heat determined by which timer cycle is used. It also has a WnW cycle that is just timed and uses Hi Heat, the small knob to the left is just a heat on or off control. this dryer has just a one level single heater element. Only about two WP dryers ever had a modulated heating system, this is a system that WP used on their TOL dryers for just one or two years and then it was only on KM dryers there after till it disappeared around 1970. | ||
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Post# 673642 , Reply# 37 4/18/2013 at 00:56 (4,023 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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UPDATE on the Kenmore dishwasher
Today I wheeled it over to the utility sink (filled it manually), plugged it in and gave it a whirl.
It works GREAT, sounds perfect, has no leaks, nothing.
The wood(?) top is in like new condition!
The hoses on the pull out connector are soft and supple.
The interior is PERFECT like it's either had A: Very little use, or B: never been used at all!
it has one cycle with 2 washes and 4 rinses.
It's ugly on the outside, but it's a shining star on the inside! (for a D&M that is - LOL)
Kevin | ||
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Post# 673694 , Reply# 38 4/18/2013 at 09:06 (4,022 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Kevin -
Nate is well practiced at re-painting appliances that have been outside and are "earthy" (re: the evil Kenmore). We all may as well simply plan on it that this dishwasher will eventually reside in Tucson, that is if you don't want it yourself. VERY cool though that underneath a ragedy shell, is a GEM! Gordon | ||
| Post# 673948 , Reply# 39 4/19/2013 at 11:31 (4,021 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Nate, your dishwasher is ready! 
Oh, ish, Gregory!
A single wash-arm machine? Like, having to put all plates in the bottom rack? Now, seriously, how do you expect someone like me to live like that? Remember, my motto is that you need modern gadgets to keep both hands free, so that you can keep a grip on your cigarette and martini. ;-) Seriously, it would be a good part donor. The top's nice, but you really need at least the two-level wash to get satisfactory results from these machines. That was a trip down memory lane, though--my neighbors across the field had this as a built-in, and when it was eventually replaced, they let me drag it home to play with, much to my parents' chagrin. It was the first dishwasher that was truly mine! The D&Ms spray up a storm, so it's not like the wash arm has trouble hitting the ceiling of the tank with a wall of water from those big holes in the wash arm. Yes, I've lived through repainting; it's not bad if you prep correctly and are patient enough to sand/tack-rag thoroughly and build coats. The most "factory original" finish I ever had the pleasure of re-creating (on the Evil Kenmore, in fact) was with white appliance epoxy; it felt much like a nice, new cabinet, and was viciously tough. However, the epoxy is not very forgiving if you make a mistake, and you definitely want to put up an enclosure with plastic sheets, because whatever the overspray settles on (even from falling out of the air), it sticks to--passionately. | ||
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