Rare Kenmore BD Pair in Atlanta

Lawrence -

THANKS for thinking of me on these. This pair is very similar to the BD 1986 machines that I bought, except my washer is a 29" machine.

The washer being advertised is indeed a Direct Drive. There are several clues of this. The rear without the little service panel access is the first clue. The clear plastic "saucer" on the timer dial pointer is another. The 24" DD's lid is much deeper than the BD's, as it takes up most all of the top except the edge indent. Finally, the black section in the off portion in between Pre-Wash and Cotton-Sturdy was not ever present in a BD.

This is a 70-series Heavy Duty Plus machine, meaning it has a Dual-Action agitator and self-cleaning filter. Similar models with the straight vane agitator, and either a manual filter or no filter at all were 60-series machines. The washer is paired with a large capacity dryer, an 80-series with solid state sensor in fact. Seems like an unlikely combination to me, as the standard flat-back dryers were usually paired with the 2.4/2.5 cu ft. DDs.

When I bought my 86s, I avoided the DD offerings like the plague, but we seem to find a number of these DD mid-80s washers, so Sears must have sold a good number of them!

Gordon


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Post# 521410 5/30/2011 at 06:48 (4,708 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes 29-inch dryer with auto-dry paired up with a 24" washer for the low price of $70. Gordon - these are in Lawrenceville, which is on your side of NE Atlant... Lawrence CLICK HERE TO GO TO pulltostart's LINK on Atlanta Craigslist

Post# 521411 , Reply# 1 5/30/2011 at 06:49 (4,708 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes Washer console

Post# 521412 , Reply# 2 5/30/2011 at 06:50 (4,708 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes Dryer console

Post# 521415 , Reply# 3 5/30/2011 at 07:11 (4,708 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes Looking at the back of the washer, I think that's an early DD. Still a nice set.

Post# 521419 , Reply# 4 5/30/2011 at 08:15 (4,708 days old) by cphifer5115 (Jackson, TN)
Checkrate/Likes yeah that's a DD washer.

Post# 521421 , Reply# 5 5/30/2011 at 08:29 (4,708 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)
Checkrate/Likes i have a 24" DD from 1984 that is really close to that one,only difference i noticed is mine says"60 series"right above "heavy duty"

Post# 521524 , Reply# 6 5/30/2011 at 18:22 (4,708 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)
Checkrate/Likes Lawrence - THANKS for thinking of me on these. This pair is very similar to the BD 1986 machines that I bought, except my washer is a 29" machine. The washer being advertised is indeed a Direct Drive. There are several clues of this. The rear without the little service panel access is the first clue. The clear plastic "saucer" on the timer dial pointer is another. The 24" DD's lid is much deeper than the BD's, as it takes up most all of the top except the edge indent. Finally, the black section in the off portion in between Pre-Wash and Cotton-Sturdy was not ever present in a BD. This is a 70-series Heavy Duty Plus machine, meaning it has a Dual-Action agitator and self-cleaning filter. Similar models with the straight vane agitator, and either a manual filter or no filter at all were 60-series machines. The washer is paired with a large capacity dryer, an 80-series with solid state sensor in fact. Seems like an unlikely combination to me, as the standard flat-back dryers were usually paired with the 2.4/2.5 cu ft. DDs. When I bought my 86s, I avoided the DD offerings like the plague, but we seem to find a number of these DD mid-80s washers, so Sears must have sold a good number of them! Gordon

Post# 521527 , Reply# 7 5/30/2011 at 18:36 (4,708 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)
Checkrate/Likes *Another thought...* That pair is a bargain if they are offered for $50 for the pair. The dryer, to me anyway, is worth that alone. Even if it needs a maintenance kit, it will be good for years to come and has essentially a free washer! Gordon

Post# 521589 , Reply# 8 5/31/2011 at 08:26 (4,707 days old) by gmmcnair (Portland, OR)
Checkrate/Likes *Well...that's actually a good deal...* ....the DD washers are easy enough to fix and those were good dryers. Back in 1981 my grandmother paired one of the large dryers with the belt drive standard capacity washers. She loved that combination because the extra space allowed for quick drying and very few wrinkles. She still has the dryer to this day and it runs without issue. The new washer is an 18 year old Maytag which has yet to have a service call.

Post# 521597 , Reply# 9 5/31/2011 at 09:10 (4,707 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)
Checkrate/Likes Mike - I was going to say the EXACT same thing about the big dryer with a standard washer. I have two large Kenmores in service, one in the house and one in the garage. I swap in various washers in the garage to go with the dryer. Last time I had two standard capacity Kenmores to go with it I noticed the exact same thing and had even better success with the wash than usual. Gordon