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Post# 389695   10/31/2009 at 09:58 (5,284 days old) by syndets2000 (Nanjemoy, MD)        

I am looking for some pics of the dryers noted - ours showed up somewhere in that time frame, it was a pretty basic one, with a temp knob, ( low, med, & high..) & a funny clear plastical timer knob, with a red pointer on it- ( the knob would come off the shaft pretty easily, as I would always remove it ) As I recall, the dryer itself had a very rhythmic vibration kind of noise, till a belt broke in it, & when it was fixed, it was a VERY quiet dryer- ( Blower belt..?)
Thanks! Robert




Post# 389698 , Reply# 1   10/31/2009 at 10:14 (5,284 days old) by westingman123 ()        
lighted console?

 Ours was loaded with chrome and had a lighted console. Loved that set. The washer had the chrome lint filter with glass in the middle, you could watch the water swirl through. I will find one, someday...

Post# 389703 , Reply# 2   10/31/2009 at 10:52 (5,284 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC)        
something like?...

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this? Ours is an Imperial. I think this type of dial 'theme' was used for several years; maybe one of our experts will help clarify for you :)

Post# 389719 , Reply# 3   10/31/2009 at 11:59 (5,284 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
Blower should be heard

 In a WP dryer with the belt-driven blower, the fan is well heard. Listen carefully; when you turn the dryer on, it starts quietly, but during the first 3 to 5 seconds, you'll hear the blower wind up like a "baritone" siren, then keep that pitch. Shut the dryer off, then it dies like a siren. Better yet, take out the lint filter, then you can hear it better, and feel the air force. Then you can tell if the fan works.

Post# 389746 , Reply# 4   10/31/2009 at 14:18 (5,284 days old) by westingman123 ()        
That is SOOO close

Ours didn't have the push buttons, though. Two selectors like the speed selector. The timer is identical, I think.

Post# 389793 , Reply# 5   10/31/2009 at 18:17 (5,284 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island)        

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I can't be certain from the picture, but I believe in the early '60's we had the matching washer to that dryer. It was the Whirlpool Mark X.

Ron

Post# 389958 , Reply# 6   11/1/2009 at 08:13 (5,283 days old) by syndets2000 (Nanjemoy, MD)        
the picture-

 That picture is close, but the model we had was pretty basic, & the timer knob was clear plastic, with just the red pointer on it- so I think ours was an earlier version of that picture- the noise it made was so loud, even with a full box of detergent on the lint trap door would not keep it from vibrating & rumbling!

Post# 389985 , Reply# 7   11/1/2009 at 11:55 (5,283 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
Rumbling

 I think that rumbling sound is due to worn bearings. I've known a few old belt and pulley dryers that made excessive rumbling noise.


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