It's pouring here, which means chore time, and the dead bug gunk stuck in the bottom of the Lady K Dial was ....... well, I'd had enough. But how to get the dial off?  It won't pull, it won't turn without everything turning, and old guys NEVER want to break anything, so what should I do, call FEMA? 

The Great Spirit of rain & wind came unto me. With the dial in the locked position,  if you turn it counterclockwise, wow, easy as winding a watch.  Then just two little phillip's heads, and boom  -- off !

I'll spare you the crud and just show the pretty after shot.

With the agitator out and the Mark XII nearby stewing because I broke part of his fill valve, I decided to test the power of the two famous agitators: the Surgilator and the Super Roto Swirl.  Up front admission of bias toward Sergi. Here he is. The opposing and alternating curves confuse the water and equalize the chaos, and make the water furious.

The S Roto's curves all move in the same direction with the ends of the fins sticking straight out. I stuck my hands down and under  several times with both agitators and had to admit that the suction of the currents was stronger with S Roto but quicker with Sergio, leaving him a bit gentler on clothing.  Used his cap for both tests.

There was a rubber gasket over the attaching part, which I had removed for last year's cold water installation, but forgot to this year, squeezing too tight and breaking  part of the valve.  Miraculously, with pressing a few of the cycle buttons, the valve still works, gushing out the broken side only if I select Cold Water Wash Cycle. How I love Whirlpool's genius.

The rubber gasket I should have taken off so I could see what I was doing, the crushed hot fill valve, the sediment filtering screen, and you can even see the piece of the valve stuck in the quick connect.  When I was doing this the other day, I got so excited and was  moving so fast,  I wasn't careful.  Haste indeed makes waste, but as e. e. cummings famously said: "Nobody loses all the time." ;'D  

This one's for you, Wonderful Paul Turquoisedude.

One might say, "You don't know your  own strength."  Others have encouraged me to get inside a Unimatic mechanism or the drying components of a GE 66 Combo. 

In what Universe would that go smoothly? LOL

And he fits in nicely. Fun on a rainy day. Hope you had some, too.  Thanks for tuning in.

You're exactly right on both counts: the nubbies are for scrubbing collars, cuffs, stains, etc. And you could use it while the agitator was in motion or not. And you could pull an item out and do it, or do it as you loaded. The cap was also available on the conventionals or wringers.  Guessing many here might have tried it once or twice just for the novelty and to actually USE every available gadget on any washer which we all like to do, but whether or not non-washer people ever did it is up for grabs. 

For me, it looks and feels appealing and have tickled my inner wrists a time or two and let the nubs massage my hands, but I honestly can't remember if I ever used it on a stain, which doesn't mean I didn't, (smile).

They're rubber nubs, firm but flexible.  Have heard that with time they can get hard,  then brittle. I make sure mine get a nice dosing of washing liquors & rinse water to keep them supple.  

This  one on the Visimatic is a highly prized  gift from John Coldspot66 that saved the Rotoflex from being headless.