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Post# 468190   10/9/2010 at 15:08 (4,919 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Got these today at an auction, anyone interested, if not im going to use them! |
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Post# 468191 , Reply# 1   10/9/2010 at 15:09 (4,919 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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inside looks almost new, will post more pics later. |
Post# 468192 , Reply# 2   10/9/2010 at 15:11 (4,919 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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I believe thats what this is called. |
Post# 468197 , Reply# 3   10/9/2010 at 15:49 (4,919 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Hans, that is what I consider one of the two most flexible Kenmore models ever offered. Friends of my parents had this set. The 2nd verson I'm thinking of (and Gordon correct me if I'm wrong and confused), but I seem to remember a neighbor who had a model with a speed selector knob like the one above, but it wasn't alphabet washing like above. It had 5 black pushbuttons for the 5 w/r temp combinations. I thought these were the only WP produced products to offer speed selections independent of the cycles. I had no knowledge WP offered the mark 12 with the independent wash & spin speed butons until I saw one around summer 1974 or 1975. another name for roto-flex was the spankelator, spank your laundry clean. I love Soft heat dryers. Although I've only used them for average laundry, I'm not sur just how gentle and delicate they were for real sheer, delicate fabrics requiring low heat drying.
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Post# 468221 , Reply# 4   10/9/2010 at 18:32 (4,919 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Hans -
These may be the machines you've been looking for. Something "a little different" kind of thing. Very cool! Bob - I won't correct you on that. I am still discovering models from the 60s that I was unaware of. This machine, at least I think, is already the second in a family of similar looking and funtioning models, the first having blue hues on the panel and knobs vs. the gold. The only machine that comes to my mind (surely there are others?) with a separate selectable speed switch is the alternate 1966 Lady K. One 66 Lady is the one many of us are familiar with - having the first of the piano key set-ups. The other had a timer and three separate knobs where the piano keys would be. This model had automatic temperature controls and separately selectable wash and spin speeds. The catalog billed it as the most flexible washer in the world. That was a phenominally expensive model too - something like 40-bucks more than the standard Lady, and it did not have the flushed detergent dispenser. At nearly 300 dollars in 1966/67, that was a pricey beast! I am nowhere near as familiar with the less-common 60s models as I am 70s and 80s, so I am sure there are others with speed switches, but they were rare regardless. Gordon |
Post# 468223 , Reply# 5   10/9/2010 at 19:32 (4,919 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc)   |   | |
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Post# 468228 , Reply# 6   10/9/2010 at 19:50 (4,919 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 468230 , Reply# 7   10/9/2010 at 19:57 (4,919 days old) by washernoob ()   |   | |
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That is a beautiful set indeed. Someone will enjoy them for sure! Does that agitator have no base to it? Strange. Never seen one like that! |
Post# 468250 , Reply# 8   10/9/2010 at 22:21 (4,919 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 468251 , Reply# 9   10/9/2010 at 22:28 (4,919 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 468254 , Reply# 10   10/9/2010 at 23:01 (4,919 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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There apparently was several versions of it. My aunt's had a gold poly Super Rotoswirl with scrubber cap. Exact same console -- fluorescent alphabet A thru H infinite water level temp Auto/Cold Wash/Cold Rinse rotary speed Auto/Slo-Slo/ExSlo-Slo timed bleach & softener IIRC, Normal cycle dropped to slow agitate at the 4 min mark (coincided with bleach dispense). I think for one increment, back to full speed for the final 2 mins. Or am I remembering that wrong? |
Post# 468256 , Reply# 11   10/9/2010 at 23:30 (4,919 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 468262 , Reply# 12   10/9/2010 at 23:55 (4,919 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Ralph I think you're the only one wqith a bad experience with a Warge!!!
Glenn, I thihnk you may be remembering incorrectly. I do not know of any Kenmore that shifted from Normal to Gentle agitation speed on normal or Perm Press/ W'n'W cycle after 19670 or 1961. Every Kenmore I used from 1962 on did not do theat shift, only Whirlpools. |
Post# 468265 , Reply# 13   10/10/2010 at 00:11 (4,919 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 468391 , Reply# 15   10/10/2010 at 15:44 (4,918 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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I get them cleaned up I will post more pics! |
Post# 468411 , Reply# 16   10/10/2010 at 18:38 (4,918 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 468630 , Reply# 18   10/11/2010 at 20:57 (4,917 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Jim, well I'll be darn. I can still learn someting new after all these years. I had no idea. Like I said above, never knew a Kenmo would do that shifting down & up on normal cycles for bleach. Yes the Lady Kenmore/Alphabet washing guide was hjow I learned to set proper wsah/rinse temps and wash/spin speed guidelines. Did you eve use the speed control knob to modify anything other than the auto setting? On the cold water lever option, was your parents just auto and cold water wash or was it auto, cold rinse (but kept hot or warm wash water temps selected by letter), and a 3rd setting for all cold water wash/rinse? Some models had auto or all cold water washing and some had the addition where it was cold rinse but letter-temperature set wash temps.
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Post# 468922 , Reply# 20   10/12/2010 at 22:07 (4,916 days old) by kenmore700bill (Lodi NJ)   |   | |
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SEARs9000, Great explanation, my aunt who lived in the same house as us had this model, and did the same as you they took out the Roto Flex and put in Roto swirl, she got mad because when zippers hit the bottom of the white porcelan tub they scratched the porcelan tub beneath the Roto Flex fins. She was constantly taking the Roto-Flex off and cleaning the white with a little comet and a sponge. Another thing that sticks out in my mind when se doing the C ao D Perma-press wash she felt if she was washing with cold water why would she have to cool down 2 times so she bypassed this once the timer got there.
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Post# 468948 , Reply# 21   10/12/2010 at 22:57 (4,916 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 469112 , Reply# 22   10/13/2010 at 21:58 (4,915 days old) by kenmore700bill (Lodi NJ)   |   | |
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Bob,
The speed control knobs on my aunts machine were center for auto which gave you your regular speeds for normal wash and spin speed, Permanant press Normal wash slow speed and Delicate which was Slo wash and spin. If you turned the knob to the right once it gave you slow wash slow spin and if you turned to the left of the AUTO setting you had the third speed Ex Slow wash Slow spin. The machine only had 3 settings on the speed control. iIt wa a 3 speed machine. that is the reason she would bypass the cooldown and go to the final drain before the spin. She also washed with High water level all the time. Another weird thing was and I picked up this habit is the only time the lid on the washer was closed was when it was doing a load of clothes otherwise the lid stayed open. This makes sense to me today as it made everything dry out and no rust anywhere. I will say when this maching died it looked like showroom condition. She and my mom also got into purchasing the Sears Maintenance agreements for about 14 years then decided to drop it. In those days the tech would be called in to do a tuneup, check belt grease snubber etc. once a year. That Machine never had any parts replaced and she probably could have bought a couple of washers if you totaled up the maintenance agreement for Washer, Dryer, and Dishwasher. If I only knew then what I know know both her washer and dryer and my moms would still be around. You cant beat the old Belt Driven Machines. |
Post# 469488 , Reply# 23   10/15/2010 at 13:46 (4,913 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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