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Post# 310696 10/21/2008 at 14:22 (5,664 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I had some trouble with the new Whirlpool tub-cover seal so I had to pull the basket out of the machine to retrieve the old seal and replace it. While I had the tub out, I thought you might like to see the last of the belt-drive washer's lint filters. simply a comb-type filter snapped onto the bottom of the basket, just like the direct-drive machines would have a few years later... Just look at that shiny tub!! 
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Post# 310698 , Reply# 1 10/21/2008 at 14:23 (5,664 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 310699 , Reply# 2 10/21/2008 at 14:34 (5,664 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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That would be a  | ||
| Post# 310704 , Reply# 3 10/21/2008 at 14:38 (5,664 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
With that cute little dog, lets see what the line filter cat
Here's what the Book of Whirlpool says: The surging action created by the agitator pumping vanes during the wash and deep rinse pulls water over the Magic Clean lint filter, at the bottom of the inner basket. 240 TINY FINGERS around the edges of the filter "comb" the lint from the water and hold it until the washer drains. Lint is then spun away from the filter and washed out of the system, etc Your pic is identical to the filter in my LSP9245BWO, which I believe was made in 1994 or 5. Can you tell from the number? What a fine afternoon tea-time chuckle you and the pooch have provided. Just don't let him spin too long ;'D | ||
| Post# 310727 , Reply# 4 10/21/2008 at 16:19 (5,664 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Newton! | ||
| Post# 310732 , Reply# 5 10/21/2008 at 16:28 (5,664 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 310733 , Reply# 6 10/21/2008 at 16:35 (5,664 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Thanks for showing the pic of the lint filter | ||
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Post# 310738 , Reply# 7 10/21/2008 at 17:36 (5,664 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Gansky - I have always been very skeptical of that filter, but was recently pleasantly surprised. It was new in 1981 or so, and available in select 1981 Kenmore models, then widely available in 1982 and I think in all the final 1983 belt-drive models that were made thru 1986. Whirlpool made more waterfall models during that time than Kenmore did, but a great many of their machines had this filter as well. Once this filter went into production, the older self cleaners were gone except when used in suds models. The filter is nice when you need to put a basket on a cement floor because it acts like a soft buffer, but in regular service some of the snap tabs that hold it onto the basket can break, and it comes off, or vibrates. If a machine with some mileage on it is run dry with a loose filter, it can be really really noisy. I'm not sold on the holes in the bottom of the basket that go with the filter, at least not when used in machines that don't have it. Whirlpool didn't keep solid tubs for the filter-less models or for those that had a waterfall filter, so the agitator's little vanes underneath, combined with the holes in the basket, IMHO, seem to cause the centerpost gaskets to leak sooner than they otherwise would due to extra current and flow in the region. Why was I surprised about this filter? This past summer we had some dry periods, following last summer's extreme drought, so I decided to use my "toy" washers I'd re-done in the garage to do my laundry, and pipe the drain water onto the grass using a long 4" wide hose that I have. Whenever I do that, there is usually a handful of lint in the grass from the self-cleaning filters, which are usually the cabinet mounted cone filters or the later tub mounted variety. One of the machines this year was a 1986 built machine with the tub mounted filter, and surprisingly, the lawn held nearly as much coagulated lint as I saw at other times in the day from "better" filters. I have used a machine with this filter since 1986 and never had a lint issue, but I always thought it was less effective as compared to the others. Maybe not? It certainly is less complicated and less costly. This filter seems to be always paired with the high-capacity two and three port pumps vs. the old two and four port models. They pump water probably four times as fast as the earlier pumps (you may have noticed that already in your machine). I'm wondering why this is unless the quick draining action helps to rid the filter of it's build up? My machines with the tub size like yours can be emtpy in about 15 seconds from full! | ||
| Post# 310765 , Reply# 8 10/21/2008 at 19:49 (5,664 days old) by a440 () | ||
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Newton is too cute! And he likes washers! I think instead of making this tub a planter, make Newton a bed with it! Great pictures! Brent | ||
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Post# 310771 , Reply# 9 10/21/2008 at 20:01 (5,664 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 310783 , Reply# 10 10/21/2008 at 20:58 (5,664 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Newton | ||
| Post# 310795 , Reply# 11 10/21/2008 at 21:43 (5,664 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Newton is just to cute!!! He doesn't look overly happy there though!!! I think he deserves a treat for this poster shot!! | ||
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Post# 310828 , Reply# 12 10/21/2008 at 23:47 (5,664 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 310832 , Reply# 13 10/22/2008 at 00:10 (5,664 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Newton | ||
| Post# 311098 , Reply# 14 10/23/2008 at 02:42 (5,663 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Greg, was this about the "last" of the really big tub belt drives, about 26 gallons to fill it? arthur P.S. Newton looks very nice. alr2903 | ||
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Post# 311114 , Reply# 15 10/23/2008 at 08:53 (5,663 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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