Our New 2nd Hand Whirlpool F/L

Well guys, its always good to get a new washer, but when u get it for free, well, makes it all the better.
The story goes..
Now all of my friends know i am hooked on laundry and washers and such, they think its quirky and quite funny (but not in a negative way). Well one of my good friend's parents were throwing away their 7 year old whirlpool front loader, apparently the bearings had seized and they would rather invest in a newer model than fix the old one. My friend was supposed to take it to the rubbish dump for them but asked me if i wanted it instead (so long as i could fix it). I said yes, not really knowing what the hell i was doing since i have no mechanical leanings really. I found out which part i needed (bearing thing on the back, i don't know what its called so will be known as 'deeley' from now on). The original deeley needed to come out, but was rusted in so took me and my bestest buddy Paul quite some time to hammer it out. I gave up on it until Paul called me up saying he had got the part out, i was back home in less than 10 seconds (quite a feat when i was 20k's away hehe). We fitted the new part easily (4 bolts) and out went the old Hitachi for a bit and in came the Whirlpool (otherwise known as Lucky).

Shes a great machine. She has a proper timer, none of this electronic selector stuff, you have to click it all the way round till you get to where u need to be (does anybody else love clicking timers round or is it just me?). It has a temp dial, a spin dial (max spin 1000rpm, awesomeness) and 4 option buttons (rinse hold, rapid, half load and eco) and a start button.
Cycle times are quick too- i did some tea towels on 95*- took and hour and 15 mins or something like that- seemed much quicker than my other whirlpool f/l did.
Rinse water levels are halfway up the door on every rinse unless you select Half Load- i love having properly rinsed clothes!
The programs go from 1 to 10 with letters for rinse and spin, intensive spin, gentle spin and drain. From memory the numbers go:

Cotton
1- Max 95* with Prewash
2. Max 95*
3. Max 60*- Short
Synthetic
4. Max 60* with prewash
5. Max 60*
6. Max 50*- Short
Delicates
7. Max 40* with prewash
8. Max 40*
9. Wool max 40*
10. Silk max 30*
A- Rinse and Spin
B- Intensive Spin
C- Gentle Spin
D- Drain

Here is a few pics of ma beauty. The happiest bloke around at this moment :)

Matt


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Post# 246936 11/7/2007 at 09:51 (6,006 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes Well guys, its always good to get a new washer, but when u get it for free, well, makes it all the better. The story goes.. Now all of my friends know i am hooked on laundry and washers and such, they think its quirky and quite funny (but not in a negative way). Well one of my good friend's parents were throwing away their 7 year old whirlpool front loader, apparently the bearings had seized and they would rather invest in a newer model than fix the old one. My friend was supposed to take it to the rubbish dump for them but asked me if i wanted it instead (so long as i could fix it). I said yes, not really knowing what the hell i was doing since i have no mechanical leanings really. I found out which part i needed (bearing thing on the back, i don't know what its called so will be known as 'deeley' from now on). The original deeley needed to come out, but was rusted in so took me and my bestest buddy Paul quite some time to hammer it out. I gave up on it until Paul called me up saying he had got the part out, i was back home in less than 10 seconds (quite a feat when i was 20k's away hehe). We fitted the new part easily (4 bolts) and out went the old Hitachi for a bit and in came the Whirlpool (otherwise known as Lucky). Shes a great machine. She has a proper timer, none of this electronic selector stuff, you have to click it all the way round till you get to where u need to be (does anybody else love clicking timers round or is it just me?). It has a temp dial, a spin dial (max spin 1000rpm, awesomeness) and 4 option buttons (rinse hold, rapid, half load and eco) and a start button. Cycle times are quick too- i did some tea towels on 95- took and hour and 15 mins or something like that- seemed much quicker than my other whirlpool f/l did. Rinse water levels are halfway up the door on every rinse unless you select Half Load- i love having properly rinsed clothes! The programs go from 1 to 10 with letters for rinse and spin, intensive spin, gentle spin and drain. From memory the numbers go: Cotton 1- Max 95 with Prewash 2. Max 95* 3. Max 60- Short Synthetic 4. Max 60 with prewash 5. Max 60* 6. Max 50- Short Delicates 7. Max 40 with prewash 8. Max 40* 9. Wool max 40* 10. Silk max 30* A- Rinse and Spin B- Intensive Spin C- Gentle Spin D- Drain Here is a few pics of ma beauty. The happiest bloke around at this moment :) Matt

Post# 246937 , Reply# 1 11/7/2007 at 09:53 (6,006 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes timer shot, sorry for poor quality the little screen up the top moves along with the timer to show you what its doing (solid block- washing, dashed line- rinsing, circled line- spinning)

Post# 246938 , Reply# 2 11/7/2007 at 09:54 (6,006 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes temp and spin dials

Post# 246940 , Reply# 3 11/7/2007 at 09:58 (6,006 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes Option buttons: Rinse Hold- self explanatory Rapid- Shortens wash- cuts out a rinse and goes straight into final spin without pre interim spins (straight to 1000 baby!) Half Load- Cuts down water level on rinses. Eco- Makes wash longer and turns temps down (60 becomes 40, 50 becomes 30 etc) On/Off- hmmm, wonder what this could be.

Post# 246941 , Reply# 4 11/7/2007 at 09:59 (6,006 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes powder drawer program guide.

Post# 246942 , Reply# 5 11/7/2007 at 10:00 (6,006 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes and finally the poor hitachi, left out of the fun hehe, he will go to a good home i shall see to it.

Post# 246946 , Reply# 6 11/7/2007 at 10:24 (6,006 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Awesomeness! Congrats matt! Im real pleased for you! Can't wait to see these half way up the door rinses too:p Darren

Post# 247259 , Reply# 7 11/8/2007 at 23:45 (6,004 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)
Checkrate/Likes i'm in the process of making some videos so will be uploaded tomorrow hopefully :)