Thread Number: 11060
I Love Whirlpool Belt Drive Washers |
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Post# 200007 , Reply# 1   3/28/2007 at 19:55 (6,210 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 200072 , Reply# 6   3/29/2007 at 00:24 (6,210 days old) by liamwa ()   |   | |
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spinmon. Yes I've seen that vid, took me back, so many memories. Love those Whirlies Thanks! |
Post# 200086 , Reply# 7   3/29/2007 at 06:44 (6,209 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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YES there are a bunch of us Whirlpudlians and Kenmoreians in here. For sound, you can't beat it. I love the "woo woo woo woo" when it agitates and "Grrrrind-click-clunk-zzzzzzzzzzzzzz" when it spins. |
Post# 200136 , Reply# 8   3/29/2007 at 10:56 (6,209 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)   |   | |
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Nothing like that classic belt-drive sound! Curious to know: When did Whirlpool start making those belt-drive models and what did older Whirlies sound like?--Laundry Shark |
Post# 200154 , Reply# 10   3/29/2007 at 13:56 (6,209 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Post# 200177 , Reply# 11   3/29/2007 at 15:31 (6,209 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)   |   | |
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Would love to either find or receive a Windows Media file of those classic Maytag washer sounds.--Laundry Shark |
Post# 200197 , Reply# 13   3/29/2007 at 17:42 (6,209 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Have restored severalWP/KM belt drive machines. They are one of my favourites. I do agree, they are somewhat hard to service. Even an adjustment requires removing the rear panel and tipping the machine forward. Each one I have worked on seems to have a unique personality of it's own. They may sound close, but not exactly the same. Of course, most I have worked on were from the 1950's and early 1960's. I did work on one from the early 1970's and one from the mid 1980's. Both of those were ner TOL models, but had corners cut in the manufacturing, and were not of the same quality of the older models. Here is a pixs of the "guts" of my 1956 Kenmore. |
Post# 200198 , Reply# 14   3/29/2007 at 17:45 (6,209 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 200504 , Reply# 17   3/31/2007 at 11:52 (6,207 days old) by liamwa ()   |   | |
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BTW rickr. What does "ner TOL" mean? I'm not yet familiar with washer lingo and short form abbreviations. Maybe someone could post a key for me. Thanks Liam |
Post# 200518 , Reply# 18   3/31/2007 at 13:23 (6,207 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 200643 , Reply# 20   4/1/2007 at 12:49 (6,206 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))   |   | |
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hearing all this about the servicability of these machines, I am a little intimidated thinking about digging into my first antique - the frogeye I picked up 2 months ago that seems to have a frozen transmission. where is the best place to pick up a replacement tranny? repairclinic seems to have no idea what the machine is, even with the model number. |
Post# 203122 , Reply# 21   4/11/2007 at 15:26 (6,196 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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gosh, that BD WP looks pretty miserable to assemble. What Whirlpool should've done is adopt the true Dependable Care orbital system......actually.........maybe they will! I understand why they cannot right away. They're all tooled up for DD machines. It IS possible for them to retool in the future and build orbital machines, Maytag style, and spread those across the company. But, as cool as that may be, I don't see it happening. |