Thread Number: 57009  /  Tag: Vintage Dryers
what is this whirlpool dryer and is it worth getting?(known issues inside)
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Post# 792990   11/9/2014 at 20:31 (3,427 days old) by Lamont ()        

Found this on cl...what is it and is it worth the fifty bucks?
I did find a good amount of rust on the lint screen, but the drum looked mint as did the vent exit. The door was a little hard to open and seemed to stick at just open and three quarters open.

If it runs is it worth getting as a daily driver?




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Post# 792994 , Reply# 1   11/9/2014 at 20:42 (3,427 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        

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Can't beat the price! I say go for it -- you can still probably find a lint screen somewhere...

Post# 793005 , Reply# 2   11/9/2014 at 21:31 (3,427 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)        

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I would say buy it these dryers are gems and very good in drying clothes

Post# 793468 , Reply# 3   11/12/2014 at 15:02 (3,424 days old) by lamont ()        

Well, I did not get that one, but another one, exactly like it, with NO rust anywhere.

It's sitting in my kitchen right now waiting for me to go and get the correct fitting to fit my gasline.



Post# 793529 , Reply# 4   11/12/2014 at 20:18 (3,424 days old) by Lamont ()        

Mmmmmmm no door switch goodness.

Post# 793551 , Reply# 5   11/12/2014 at 22:29 (3,424 days old) by lamont ()        

Well, it DID work. After running a full length automatic cycle perfectly, I reload it, push start...Hmm..No heat. Pull off kick panel and what do I see but broken ignitor parts inside the burner tube. How in the name of whirlpool did it crack a complete ignitor off at the base?

Sooo, off to APwagner tomorrow and see if they have one in stock....


Post# 793584 , Reply# 6   11/13/2014 at 05:21 (3,424 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        
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Those igniters are delicate after years of use. If that dryer had sat in one exact spot, the igniter may have been fine for decades. But once it's old, and then the dryer gets moved around and jostled, they often crumble immediately. New ones are reasonably priced and will last for years.

Post# 793626 , Reply# 7   11/13/2014 at 09:15 (3,423 days old) by lamont ()        

That's what I figured. I was not really "gentle" getting it up to my 2nd story walkup..Wife has a bad back and my Dolly's stairclimbers SUCK.

Other than that, it's pretty clean inside, not much buildup of lint and it DID dry a load ran through my BLackstone wringer in about 40 min...



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