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Thread Number: 31200
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Post# 471034 10/23/2010 at 21:11 (4,926 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 471035 , Reply# 1 10/23/2010 at 21:12 (4,926 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Super-Roto-Money-Shot | ||
| Post# 471036 , Reply# 2 10/23/2010 at 21:13 (4,926 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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Saw that on craigslist too. Didn't know it was really anything special, so I didn't post it here! Glad you got it! It does look very nice! Congratulations! :D | ||
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Post# 471038 , Reply# 3 10/23/2010 at 21:14 (4,926 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 471040 , Reply# 4 10/23/2010 at 21:15 (4,926 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 471048 , Reply# 5 10/23/2010 at 21:37 (4,926 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 471051 , Reply# 6 10/23/2010 at 21:52 (4,926 days old) by kenmore700bill (Lodi NJ) | ||
Gan,
The lid open is a true statement. All my childhood life my mom always kept lid open and I kept that same habit the only time the lid is closed is when the machine is operational.She said the machine needs to dry out. Today at my home in No Jersey I have my Washer in laundry room in the basement and lid is open. At my summer home I have the Maytag top and bottom I believe is A1000 Electronic Controls and there too the only time that lid is closed is when the machine is operating. We all thought my mom was just showing off her 1969 Kenmore700 when in fact she was preserving it she did in fact get 20 years out of it with no service other than Sears coming in once a year for the free maintenance check they did because she had maintenance agreement. When she gave up that machine for new one still looked like it was on the showroom floor. I do miss that washer if I knew then what I know now i would still have that machine. Best of luck on repairing the washer. Bill "kenmore700" | ||
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Post# 471064 , Reply# 7 10/23/2010 at 22:22 (4,926 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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I live with a '72 70. | ||
| Post# 471120 , Reply# 8 10/24/2010 at 07:17 (4,926 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Yes...and something else!! Always leave your oven door open after baking...or you will get condensation and a prematurely rusted out oven! | ||
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Post# 471130 , Reply# 9 10/24/2010 at 08:59 (4,926 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 471133 , Reply# 10 10/24/2010 at 09:19 (4,926 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Wet Kenmore! | ||
| Post# 471146 , Reply# 11 10/24/2010 at 11:55 (4,926 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Awesome Console | ||
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Post# 471172 , Reply# 12 10/24/2010 at 13:50 (4,926 days old) by Toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 471173 , Reply# 13 10/24/2010 at 14:22 (4,926 days old) by spinmon (st. charles mo ) | ||
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rig it Wouldn't it be possible to clean/rough-up & J-B Weld the heck out of the tub/post? Some other rust-stop/epoxy ''repair''? If a replacement tub/post is $$/hard to come by,I would think a rigged repair would allow limited enjoyment,if not not daily driver use,of you nice woo-woo acquisition. | ||
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Post# 471219 , Reply# 14 10/24/2010 at 20:26 (4,925 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The rust under the basket isn't as scary as it might have looked in the photograph, some of that was scaly rust-colored schmeg. Wire brushing and POR 15 should make that perfectly usable and WP-KM baskets aren't THAT rare yet. I will pull the tub and see how terrible the rust is. Everything else runs perfectly and cosmetically it looks great, I'm not going to count it out quite yet.
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| Post# 471221 , Reply# 15 10/24/2010 at 20:30 (4,925 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Great find, and I love those chrome knobs. I am guessing this is an 800 model. Too bad about the rust situation. I hope the rust can be removed without too much hardship, and that it will not forbid the washer from being used. Good luck James | ||
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Post# 471223 , Reply# 16 10/24/2010 at 20:32 (4,925 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Yum, a H/W setting! | ||
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Post# 471226 , Reply# 17 10/24/2010 at 20:42 (4,925 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Love the jewelled knobs.... | ||
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Post# 471246 , Reply# 18 10/24/2010 at 22:46 (4,925 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 471247 , Reply# 19 10/24/2010 at 23:00 (4,925 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Greg -
I noticed the same thing that Ben did - the agitator shaft splines are fantastic. Usually they are rusted due to bad spin tube and bearing seals. NICE! The biggest issue I see here is the rust directly at the centerpost gasket. When that gets into the vacinity of the sidewalls of the tub seal area itself, it often breaks or cracks the sealing area of the tub lip due to the expansion, and makes a new gasket impossible to seal. Small breaks or chips don't usually seem to cause much problem when used with sealer, but I've had tubs come apart in chunks in this area. You may know this already, but handle that area with care and hopefully it will come out unscathed. Gordon | ||
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Post# 471248 , Reply# 20 10/24/2010 at 23:08 (4,925 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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As well as those machines are built, I would wager that lack of post-washday air circulation around the centerpost was Whirlpool's biggest design flaw. They just should have used stainless steel, but that would have added to the cost of the machine.
Unfortunately they don't look like this for long, after a few weeks of washing they start to get coated and just a bit of rust starts to form within a year. They certainly can be restored though, I've done it with sanding and POR paint. I've seen them split right in half when spinning though, even after restoration. 
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