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Post# 516192 5/7/2011 at 12:44 (4,731 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 516193 , Reply# 1 5/7/2011 at 12:46 (4,731 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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under the hood | ||
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Post# 516194 , Reply# 2 5/7/2011 at 12:48 (4,731 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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VIN Tag | ||
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Post# 516198 , Reply# 3 5/7/2011 at 13:12 (4,731 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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NEAT washer Kenny.
It was made in the 49th week of 1974 in St. Joe Michigan. Odd that I was just looking at a 1974 catalog today and noticed that the new for '74 portables came with gold agitators. I also noticed they had plastic lids that year. It looks like this 'little bugger' has had an easy life. Very very cool.... Gordon | ||
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Post# 516204 , Reply# 4 5/7/2011 at 13:41 (4,731 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Plastic lid My friend Debbie got a Kenmore portable in '75 when she got her first apartment. However, hers was white and it had a metal lid, with the same handle as regular machines had. Were the plastic lids just for '74, or were they on less expensive models? | ||
| Post# 516208 , Reply# 5 5/7/2011 at 14:09 (4,731 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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24"BDs my '77 24"BD has a metal lid,it is a plain jane single valve"portable"version with dishwasher style sink hook up-i think the folding plastic lids came on versions meant to accomodate having a dryer mounted above using a stack kit. Fun little washers,tached the spin on mine-795rpm. | ||
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Post# 516209 , Reply# 6 5/7/2011 at 14:11 (4,731 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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My grandparents bought my mom this washer and the matching dryer when she moved into her first apartment! She told me that she loved having her own washer and dryer and when she married my dad, she gave them to my aunt who had the washer until I was about 6 or 7 and she had the dryer until I was 12! My aunt used that tiny little dryer with a full sized Whirlpool DD washer for 5 or 6 years, it lived through the beginning of her marriage and the birth of her first child! I miss that set!
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Post# 516247 , Reply# 7 5/7/2011 at 16:45 (4,731 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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portable? | ||
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Post# 516286 , Reply# 8 5/7/2011 at 20:29 (4,730 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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COMPACT BD KM WASHER  Kenny your washer was designed for permanent installion, which is why it has the bi-fold lid and a dual inlet valve. They also made a 208-240 volt and gas dryer that matched your washer. Often these models were not even in the catolgs or retail stores most were sold through the builder sales division directly to builders and contractors. Neat washer we worked on hundreds of these over the years. I fact I just scraped one of the first 24" WP BD stacks this afternoon, it was from 1983 and still in good working condition.
I seldom bother posting these classic machines as no one really seems to want to get off thier a.. and get them even if I give them away, I also scraped a 1985 KM BD and a 1967 WP BD machine today { I did save you the rear feet Gordon]. | ||
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Post# 516318 , Reply# 9 5/8/2011 at 04:13 (4,730 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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You're right about the dryer, the store had the matching dryer with it, but they kept it, because it was the 220V model. Lots of lake cottages in their area.
I know what ya mean about vintage machines, I have a freebie FF listed. Decent machine, no takers. But a week after I scrap it, someone will be lamenting about how they can't find old washers anywhere! | ||
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Post# 516581 , Reply# 10 5/9/2011 at 12:01 (4,729 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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| Post# 516596 , Reply# 11 5/9/2011 at 13:35 (4,729 days old) by MaytagA710 () | ||
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Awesome washer! It's time I looked for a portable/compact washer. Could you get a video of it up on Youtube sometime? | ||
| Post# 516632 , Reply# 13 5/9/2011 at 16:59 (4,728 days old) by variflexpghpa (Pittsburgh, PA) | ||
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Hi Speed Spin Also had that same harvest gold set in my vacation home condo in FL. 220vt dryer on metal stand, with fold top washer underneath. I definitely remember the washer having a higher spin speed then the regular issue WP/KM | ||
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Post# 516634 , Reply# 14 5/9/2011 at 17:09 (4,728 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Post# 516663 , Reply# 15 5/9/2011 at 19:10 (4,728 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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BD COMPACT WASHER SPIN SPEED These started out with a 950 RPM spin speed when these came out in 1972. The speed was reduced to 860 RPMs around 1977 due to problems with an axuallarly basket mounted bearing that road on the outside of the centerpost. This extra bearing would often size so a rework kit was used that eliminated the basket mounted bearing and we pound an extra top bearing in the main centerpost and replace the top centerpost seal. When the factory eliminated the the extra bearing they reduced the top spin speed by making the spin clutch pulley a little larger. | ||
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Post# 516677 , Reply# 16 5/9/2011 at 20:14 (4,728 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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These are GE, or actually Frigidaire stacked portables.......should one stay away from these models?......seems like a smaller capacity than the Kenmore, but nice wash action with the indexing tub and lint filter, not the best, but functionable...
CLICK HERE TO GO TO yogitunes's LINK on Philadelphia Craigslist | ||
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Post# 516905 , Reply# 17 5/10/2011 at 19:16 (4,727 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE 24" STACK WASHER PAIR | ||
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