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Post# 273923 4/5/2008 at 17:26 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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So as some of you remember I needed to find a belt-drive Whirlpool or Kenmore for parts for my 1957 Lady Kenmore. Well this little gem showed up on Craigslist and I grabbed it for $25. He's not even gonna make it to the basement, he's gonna get raped for parts right outside here on the side of the garage. But he will make for a beautiful lady. Oh and I found another washer beauty at the Estate Sales today! While its a bit newer for my tastes, it was in near mint condition and it will be fun to play with for a little bit. I'm going back to the sale tomorrow to pick it up! Yay, I'll post pictures when I get him home. But first he's the parts machine... 
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Post# 273924 , Reply# 1 4/5/2008 at 17:26 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 273925 , Reply# 2 4/5/2008 at 17:27 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 273926 , Reply# 3 4/5/2008 at 17:27 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 273927 , Reply# 4 4/5/2008 at 17:29 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 273928 , Reply# 5 4/5/2008 at 17:30 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 273929 , Reply# 6 4/5/2008 at 17:31 (5,862 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 273931 , Reply# 7 4/5/2008 at 17:58 (5,862 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Cool washer! Too bad it's going for parts... I really hope your restoration goes well, as I'm sure it will. | ||
| Post# 273933 , Reply# 8 4/5/2008 at 18:49 (5,862 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
There's that Silver Flute Again | ||
| Post# 273942 , Reply# 9 4/5/2008 at 20:30 (5,862 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Nice old WP you found Robert. Hope the centre post is ok in this machine, so you are able to revive your beautiful Lady K. This machine looks pretty clean, but lots of parts can be saved from this old machine for later use, so it's not a bad thing to part it out. I know that I will be saving more parts from the next older belt drive that I find to salvage. The timer included, since you showed us how to perform timer repairs. | ||
| Post# 273949 , Reply# 10 4/5/2008 at 21:32 (5,862 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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Very Nice Find Robert!!! Looks to be a great parts candidate. Can't wait to hear about your other find. I am sure it is in just as nice shape! Thanks for sharing! Brent | ||
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Post# 273967 , Reply# 12 4/6/2008 at 05:45 (5,861 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 273971 , Reply# 13 4/6/2008 at 06:14 (5,861 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Lawdy, there were a lot of those Supreme 80's around Atlanta back in the late sixties.A great workhorse, I sure it will make a good donor. Now, on to the intrigue of the one you haven't shown yet------- | ||
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Post# 273980 , Reply# 14 4/6/2008 at 07:06 (5,861 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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The Lady Awaits.. | ||
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Post# 273988 , Reply# 15 4/6/2008 at 07:44 (5,861 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Hmm, is that some sort of a date on the transmission...because I would have thought this slightly later than 1966..I have a distinct memory of my grandmother getting the matching dryer when I was 4 or so...she got rid of her 1948 Kenmore washer for a Maytag (black agitator, standard capacity) about the same time.... The gas dryer had the big drop-down door, no push-to-start switch. In its mid-life, my grandfather had to file the ignitor every year or so...one year he bought the service contract in order to get a new ignitor module installed :). Both washer and dryer lasted until the house was demolished in 1994. | ||
| Post# 274009 , Reply# 16 4/6/2008 at 10:37 (5,861 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington) | ||
GORGEOUS! | ||
| Post# 274011 , Reply# 17 4/6/2008 at 10:55 (5,861 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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WP You should at least do a load in the WP before you mutilate him for parts. I'm sure I'll have me a few parts KM/WP's to keep my 800 going. | ||
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Post# 274018 , Reply# 18 4/6/2008 at 11:36 (5,861 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 274020 , Reply# 20 4/6/2008 at 12:08 (5,861 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Robert | ||
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Post# 274026 , Reply# 21 4/6/2008 at 13:32 (5,861 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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plotzing over a Whirlpool?????? Who's plotzing? Its a parts machine. So anyway hmmph, here is the other find yesterday at the Sales, its just gonna be a play toy for a little bit and then I will find and good home for it, it works really well, except for a big leak at the water fill vacuum breaker, which took a ten minutes to fix (after a quick trip to the hardware store). 
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Post# 274027 , Reply# 22 4/6/2008 at 13:33 (5,861 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 274029 , Reply# 23 4/6/2008 at 13:58 (5,861 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 274034 , Reply# 24 4/6/2008 at 14:47 (5,861 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 274036 , Reply# 25 4/6/2008 at 15:18 (5,861 days old) by hoover1060 () | ||
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WOW, a window lid 1-18! Thats very cool Robert, congrats on that! | ||
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Post# 274049 , Reply# 26 4/6/2008 at 17:36 (5,861 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 274063 , Reply# 27 4/6/2008 at 20:13 (5,861 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 274068 , Reply# 28 4/6/2008 at 20:38 (5,861 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
The 1-18's just don't do it for ya, huh, Darlin' | ||
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Post# 274070 , Reply# 29 4/6/2008 at 20:43 (5,861 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Finally your wash will be | ||
| Post# 274076 , Reply# 30 4/6/2008 at 20:54 (5,861 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Hi Jon, | ||
| Post# 274078 , Reply# 31 4/6/2008 at 20:58 (5,861 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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It was the mice, of course, in your, warm heated Bendicies. | ||
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Post# 274102 , Reply# 32 4/7/2008 at 00:16 (5,860 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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| Post# 274119 , Reply# 33 4/7/2008 at 07:09 (5,860 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston) | ||
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OMG! Boston Craigslist had the matching Supreme 80 dryer last week- gas! Bobby in Boston | ||
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Post# 274198 , Reply# 34 4/7/2008 at 21:10 (5,860 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 274200 , Reply# 35 4/7/2008 at 21:14 (5,860 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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More waiting for the Lady...
and wouldn't you know it the center post is in 100 times worse shape that it ever was in my '57 Lady Kenmore! Oy!! Well to look on the bright side I got a good motor out of this machine and just in time because recently the motor in my '52 Whirlpool has become very loud. But unfotunately the search continues for a good baseplate with a centerpost that isn't completely rotted away! Talk about a poor design, why oh why couldn't they have used stainless steel for the centerpost, i mean its in a hard place to dry out and its underwater during the entire wash and rinse cycle. ***hand on back of forehead*** 
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Post# 274208 , Reply# 36 4/7/2008 at 21:39 (5,860 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Bad Luck Robert! | ||
| Post# 274214 , Reply# 37 4/7/2008 at 22:10 (5,860 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Anybody have an abandon standard capacity??
Too bad Robert! That is a poor design, no doubt, however they all lasted for decades with this design even so. Here is a "before" pixs of my 56 Kenmore tub. I just cleaned this one up and POR15ed it a couple times.It's odd that this KM post is not that bad, considering what the machine went though.(sat in the junkyard with an acid leaking car battery on the console) I guess that you may be better off looking for one that may have sat for years unused. It seems that what must rust the centrepost is when the machine is in use, rather than sitting outside unused as my KM did. 
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| Post# 274221 , Reply# 38 4/7/2008 at 22:42 (5,860 days old) by hooverwheelaway () | ||
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***hand on back of forehead*** Where's the back of your forehead? :-D *ducks and runs* Seriously, though... Sorry this turned out to be a bust for you... You'll find one! | ||
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Post# 274225 , Reply# 39 4/7/2008 at 23:39 (5,859 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Save the panel...you never know. | ||
| Post# 274318 , Reply# 41 4/8/2008 at 19:43 (5,859 days old) by danelto (State College, PA) | ||
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Condolences Robert: Sorry for all the work you went through only to have the center post not work out. Would you be willing to make a deal on the console? Dan | ||
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Post# 274324 , Reply# 42 4/8/2008 at 20:17 (5,859 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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OK, that sucks...
And not in a good way. I am sorry, Robert. Been following the saga for some time now. You'll find a clean center post someday. I just know it. One thing I do wonder, could it be that Whirlpool had not anticipated something or other in one of the cleaning products which came along years after these machines were designed? I am thinking, look what Shout! does to the faceplate of so many consoles or the bellows on earlier thumpers. Be great if you found someone who had only used soap and was allergic to bleach or whatever. | ||
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