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Thread Number: 30540
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| Post# 461977 9/7/2010 at 19:40 (4,971 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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| Post# 461980 , Reply# 1 9/7/2010 at 19:50 (4,971 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Screen Capture | ||
| Post# 462045 , Reply# 2 9/7/2010 at 23:18 (4,971 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. ) | ||
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| Post# 462063 , Reply# 3 9/8/2010 at 00:29 (4,970 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Too Cute | ||
| Post# 462076 , Reply# 4 9/8/2010 at 07:06 (4,970 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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This Kenmore still has the "D" shaped opening, sometime before 1980? alr2903 | ||
Post# 462090 , Reply# 5 9/8/2010 at 08:53 (4,970 days old) by KenmoreGuy64  (Charlotte, NC) |
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That is a pre-1974 portable washer. They were a 24-inch washer in a shorter cabinet. Standard baseplate and suspension rods. These were replaced by modified versions with better suspensions, smaller tubs, and faster spins someewhere around 1974. The 1974 catalogs introduced the new machines as being newly redesigned, better for rolling around, more stable on the floor, etc.
I would guess that this washer carries a 1967 model number - it looks just like the one that Kevin and I rigged to run last summer which we had taken out of Arizona. His was a '67 which was built a year or two later. This machine has a lid striker spin switch but a metal lid handle, so I'd say it was made around 1971. Neat little set. Look at the washer's lid - it saw some splashing! Gordon | ||
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Post# 462094 , Reply# 6 9/8/2010 at 09:58 (4,970 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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Nice set! | ||
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Post# 462134 , Reply# 7 9/8/2010 at 13:06 (4,970 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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| Post# 462139 , Reply# 8 9/8/2010 at 14:14 (4,970 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
Thanks Malcolm for posting...
Gordon yes you and kevin must had a good time with that washer... My aunt had one in white she would let me pull it up to the sink and let me watch & wash in it she had seven kids that machine was going seven days a week lol. As years rolled buy i was highly disappointed when they changed the design to that small 8 pound basket. Gordon here is the machine you guys was working with. I hope someone get's it. Darren k. 
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| Post# 462141 , Reply# 9 9/8/2010 at 14:17 (4,970 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Post# 462174 , Reply# 10 9/8/2010 at 16:01 (4,970 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 462175 , Reply# 11 9/8/2010 at 16:05 (4,970 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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I'm going for them (are you surprised? LOL) | ||
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Post# 462421 , Reply# 12 9/9/2010 at 13:55 (4,969 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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OK, It's official! | ||
| Post# 462423 , Reply# 13 9/9/2010 at 14:16 (4,969 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Kevin | ||
| Post# 462435 , Reply# 14 9/9/2010 at 15:56 (4,969 days old) by bellalaundry (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Darren mentions | ||
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Post# 462481 , Reply# 15 9/9/2010 at 19:28 (4,969 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WP BUILT COMPACT WASHER TUB SIZE
The original 24" washer with the three suspension rod system had a 16 gallon tub and was considered an eight pound capacity machine. They started making the new smaller machine in 1972 and stopped making the larger machine in 1974 as a portable but was continued as a full height stationary machine till about 1982 when all 24" stationary machines went to the DD design. The newer portables after 1972 were just under 11 gallon machines with a 1 1/2 cubic foot tubs, I never saw a WP claim for load capacity but it would have to be around 5 or 6 pounds at best. Salesmen were often fond of making all sorts of claims about capacity but try to find it in print in any official WP literature.
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| Post# 462483 , Reply# 16 9/9/2010 at 19:41 (4,969 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Post# 462488 , Reply# 17 9/9/2010 at 20:24 (4,969 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Owner's Manual For My Harvest Gold Whirlpool
Convertible makes no clams regarding load size by weight, rather gives various combinations for the max amount of items a one should wash at once.
Broken down by cycles and fiber content, largest one can do linens wise say is one queen sheet and perhaps few pillow slips. There is a line on the agitator and one assumes this indicates max load level. Have also learned best to load by simply dropping things into the tub, rather than wrapping round, especially the center post. Doing this prevents air pockets and seems to give better turnover. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK | ||
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Post# 462492 , Reply# 18 9/9/2010 at 21:21 (4,969 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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I forgot why you didn't take the pair you and gordon fou Darren, first, it was the washer only, no dryer. Next, even though the washer did work, it was only because we made everything happen manually. The timer shaft was bent, the wig-wag was missing and the wires were just hanging there, exposed. I moved the cam bars manually and as Gordon mentioned, the GE power cord was added (by me) so we could actually plug it in. Not to mention the paint was also very badly oxidized! But beyond this, that poor little washer was basically a basket case! Once I removed the agitator I discovered the wash basket had a HUGE amount of rust at the base, so much so that when I was trying to remove the basket, it was flexing back and forth at that rust point (NOT a good thing)! Once I finally got it out, the entire spin tube (also VERY badly rusted) came out WITH the wash basket! That is NOT supposed to happen! So unfortunately it was too far gone to salvage, EVEN for Gordon... and THAT is saying A LOT! That is too bad too, because even though it was in such poor condition, I really liked that little washer! I can't wait to have this "new" one here! Here is the original thread for the "mud washer". Kevin CLICK HERE TO GO TO RevvinKevin's LINK | ||
| Post# 463393 , Reply# 19 9/14/2010 at 13:47 (4,964 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Any Update? | ||
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Post# 463476 , Reply# 20 9/14/2010 at 20:27 (4,964 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WP COMPACT TL WASHER CAPACITY
Hi Darren please tell us where any literature from WP or KM claims that this is a 12 lb capacity machine. When this tub size was first used by WP in the mid 1950s they stated it would wash 8 lbs of cotton clothes. I know many manufactures did get into a capacity race in the 1960s and did make exaggerated claims for thier machines, but I never saw anyone of authority make that claim about the 16 gallon WP compact BD washer.
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Post# 463515 , Reply# 21 9/15/2010 at 00:29 (4,963 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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I am curious as to whether you picked these up this weekend? | ||
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