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1972 Lady Kenmore questions .. |
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Post# 483307 , Reply# 1   12/21/2010 at 23:56 (4,846 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Hello and welcome to AW. If it leaks during drain-out only, check the drain hose from the pump to the back of the cabinet, the plastic connector (elbow) at the back of the cabinet, the hose from that connector to the drain and all the connections and clamps. While the machine is agitating, it's pumping the tub water through the filter and back into the tub. If the filter or it's connections where leaking, it would leak all the time, not just while draining. Yes check the inlet (mixing) valve. On that Lady Kenmore, if you to not have any of the cycle buttons pressed, it defaults to a HOT wash fill. You should be able to get Hot, Warm or Cold fill depending on which cycle button is pressed (but I'm sure you know that). I THINK the filter is servicable, depending on which one it is (there were many designs), but don't quote me on that as I've never had one apart. If you want to replace the filter, there are / should be replacements available, just check an appliance parts website like Sears Parts Direct. But as long as the drain flow volume is good and it's not leaking, there's probably no reason to replace it. Here is a little video I just shot on opening the top. Best of luck and post photos of it when you get a chance please. Kevin |
Post# 483377 , Reply# 3   12/22/2010 at 07:01 (4,845 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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The original cone shaped milky-white filter did have a tendency to split at the bottom and leak, and it would leak more during drain as the housing is under pressure when the machine is draining as the filter is back flushing the lint out the drain hose. As Matt mentioned the replacement filter is completely different, Sears had so many problems with leaks and floods with the original design they had the engineers @ WP adapt the old WP Magic-Clean filter from the mid 1960s to fit the plumbing of the later KM washers.
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Post# 484366 , Reply# 5   12/26/2010 at 14:20 (4,841 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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The matching dryer is super-easy to service. I've repaired and serviced quite a few of them lately.
If it utters a quick chirp when started, it could be the motor spinning against a worn belt. A more constant squeal is usually a bad idler pulley. The drum support rollers can also make a lower pitched squealing noise, but they also will frequently go "thump-thump-thump-thump-thump) especially when they are cold and the rubber is hard. You can replace these parts individually or you can just get the rebuild kit. The rebuild kit is cheaper than buying the parts separately and replacing them all at once is not much more work at all. Installing the rebuild kit only takes me about 20 minutes, but it's pretty simple so take your time. The link is to an example of the rebuild kit. Shop around, you may be able to find a better price. It's a common part. Have fun, Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO Volvoguy87's LINK |
Post# 484389 , Reply# 7   12/26/2010 at 15:42 (4,841 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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The '72 LK seems to be a perennial favorite on this site.
The replacement lint filter is Whirlpool part number 358790. Check around online at parts houses...they were available from Sears for quite some time, even though machines that used them were reengineered by 1975 to use the tub mounted selt-cleaning filter. As John said, the replacement filter looks entirely different, but it is designed to be an easy, one-for-one replacement for the old cone shaped filters. I have bought several on ebay in the last year or so, and there are three there now. Search by the part number and you'll find 'em. A couple are Gemline, but I think one is Genuine Whirlpool/FSP. I was glad to see Kevin's video. Funny that I had to teach him how to open the top of a WP/Kenmore not all that long ago.... Happy Holidays! Gordon |
Post# 484542 , Reply# 9   12/27/2010 at 11:12 (4,840 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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If the dryer is truly a 1966 model, it should have a direct drive blower and a rebuild kit is available almost anywhere that offers a decent selection of Whirlpool parts. These are still very current parts.
If you have a late-build 1965 machine with a belt-driven blower, you will need different parts. The blower belts are still around, but your tech. guy should probably check the dryer before you go very far. As to dryingin the basement - my mom did that every chance she could get. It was cheap, and almost like line drying. Gordon |
Post# 486157 , Reply# 13   1/3/2011 at 18:53 (4,833 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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All washers put a lot of lint out the drain hose with the waste water. The back flush self-cleaning filters put out about twice as much lint. Unless your house has really bad plumbing its best to let the lint go down the drain with the waste water [ the lint actually helps clean the inside of the pipes ]. The lint that washers put out is very small as it has worked its way through the little holes in the basket, it will not clog normal drain lines and if you have a septic tank its good for the bacterial action as 90% of lint is cotton and biodegradable.
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Post# 486204 , Reply# 14   1/3/2011 at 20:47 (4,833 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 486312 , Reply# 17   1/4/2011 at 11:56 (4,832 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 486414 , Reply# 19   1/4/2011 at 19:16 (4,832 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 487137 , Reply# 20   1/7/2011 at 20:58 (4,829 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 487258 , Reply# 22   1/8/2011 at 09:45 (4,828 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I read some of the information on thier site and consider it pure bull___t, 90% of lint is cotton and it is heaver that water so it would normally sink to the bottom of the septic tank and rot along with all the other toilet paper, food waste and other s__t. The little bit of synthetic lint that might float out into the drain fields could never block hundreds of feet drain tubes as the lint is very pores and water would just flow through it. Maybe if you had business that washed thousands of synthetic rugs a year you might have some thing to worry about.
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Post# 487268 , Reply# 23   1/8/2011 at 10:53 (4,828 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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unfortunately for me my basment drains into a sewage ejection system, and the lint must be caught, jammed it once, never again!....too messy to describe......but having several machines draining into a tub, those little lint filters get expensive after a while....solution, went to 5Below, and for about 5 bucks, got a desktop storage box, made of a metal frame and screen.....sits in the corner of the sink, and all the hoses are directed into this first......a simple backflush with a garden hose cleans it, about once a month for me, I have four machines pumping into this, your mileage may vary, I can take a pic if needed
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Post# 487291 , Reply# 24   1/8/2011 at 13:10 (4,828 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I have replaced too many of these for customers in the past, when not available, I just used some pvc plastic pipe to replace the filter, no one has ever noticed the difference, these filters are the only ones that really function, compared to todays self cleaning ones IMO.....but take it out, with proper washing techniques, you won't have a lint problem!....I rarely use the lint filters in my Filter flos...
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