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Post# 643808   12/3/2012 at 20:06 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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The shop techs called me on the cell and said there was a dryer for me to work on. "Can't you work on it? I do have a route..." said I. Well, the owner had just dropped it off and they thought it was more up my alley. Really? Hmmmm.

This beauty greeted me as I walked in. The shop guys figured that since it's been a rough month or two for me with running a route with the nerve pain from the fall off my roof and worrying about the upcoming surgery so I could use some fun. (They are right. I've been a very grumpy bear lately...)

Just what the doctor ordered...





Post# 643809 , Reply# 1   12/3/2012 at 20:08 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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The owner wanted it gone thru and checked out. Opening the door had a surprise waiting for me.

Post# 643812 , Reply# 2   12/3/2012 at 20:11 (4,132 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
It's beautiful

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and perfect, just like you'll be after the surgery. Good Luck, Andy. What good care someone took of this fine Lady.


Post# 643813 , Reply# 3   12/3/2012 at 20:11 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
SHINY!!!

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The drum and bulkheads were minty! Almost out of the box minty. Took it apart for the inspection and found next to nothing inside. Trust me, I've seen MUCH worse inside a dryer.

Post# 643815 , Reply# 4   12/3/2012 at 20:16 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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All I could find was a broken door strike and a cracked belt. The rollers and motor were silent and the idler was almost as good. (I replaced it as well).

Now came the fun. The shop had closed and I stayed after to have a little quality time with the Lady. Time to treat her as one of my own. Delinting and lubing done, I had a little fun polishing her up. The customer may never know how far I went but it was good, clean fun that the doctor had ordered for me.

BTW, look at the condition of the original light lens!


Post# 643818 , Reply# 5   12/3/2012 at 20:20 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
The drum. Aahhhh, the drum!

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Here's the drum while it was out. FLAWLESS! The interior had that silky (almost silk on glass sexy) smooth feel. The baffles were new looking, too. This Lady was low mileage and loved!

Post# 643819 , Reply# 6   12/3/2012 at 20:22 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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Here's a close up of the sensor which usually has the letters on it worn completely off.

Post# 643820 , Reply# 7   12/3/2012 at 20:24 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Had a look at the Lady's backside, too...

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Again, not much to worry about.

Post# 643823 , Reply# 8   12/3/2012 at 20:25 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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Now the Lady's backside is clean. LOL!

Post# 643824 , Reply# 9   12/3/2012 at 20:25 (4,132 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Aiiiiiiiiiii!

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That's the dryer I looked for for so long, in vain....

I had the washer, but the dryer would NOT surface - this was long before the Internet, let along AW.org. Finally, I turned to a Whirly pair just to have a matched set.

That's a beauty!

P.S.: The '66 keyboard Lady K's and the '65 800s are the only non-'Tag sets I would consider.


Post# 643825 , Reply# 10   12/3/2012 at 20:26 (4,132 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
1966 LKM Dryer

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Although this one is more likely 1967-8 as I see several design updates that WP had all ready incorporated in this new style dryer, can anyone name the two major changes that this dryer has since the first of these new dryers?

 

Andy this one is certainly a low mileage dryer, you can see it still has the original rear rollers, idler pulley and motor, did it also have the original belt? You can see the heater area ran a little hot, I would check the heater element as this dryer may have lost the 1500 booster element for the Soft-Heat system, this heater was a little fragile in this style SH dryer.

 

Andy let us know how it turns out, and don't let the upcoming surgery get to you it is one of those things that you have to do in life sometimes, Good Luck.


Post# 643826 , Reply# 11   12/3/2012 at 20:28 (4,132 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        
Nice dryer

Nice dryer! What year is it? 1966 - 70 era I suppose. Just curious: Is there supposed to be a lens over the drum light? Maybe it is there but is hard to see in the pictures.

Post# 643827 , Reply# 12   12/3/2012 at 20:29 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
All put back together.

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Replaced the drum light. The console light was missing. The dryer ran fine. Silent, too. Didn't even have that knock of the drum weld hitting the rollers. Sensor was right on the money.

Post# 643829 , Reply# 13   12/3/2012 at 20:30 (4,132 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
that thing

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is minty fresh!



Post# 643831 , Reply# 14   12/3/2012 at 20:32 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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The light indeed has a lens. The lens is about as clear as crystal! The element checked out fine, John. The temps were on the money, too. Maybe a restricted vent at some point in her life? The belt was indeed the OEM. Here's the Tag...


Post# 643844 , Reply# 15   12/3/2012 at 20:41 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
The best for last. In many ways...

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I called the owner to give him the good news. As most of you figured, it belonged to his elderly mother. He said she takes care of everything like this. Suddenly, the thought hit me. I was almost frightened to ask but did. "Does she have the matching washer?" BINGO! Yes, she does and he said it looks even better than the dryer. She runs small loads thru it and only 2-3 loads every week or two. She runs a clean rinse thru it and towel dries the interior of the tub and dispenser when done washing. HOLY COW!

SO, before you ask, YES he has my number with the promise of calling me when she's done with them and NO!!!  you guys cannot have her number! This set will match my Coppertone Lady K's that I showed off at Kevin's wash in.

 

I'll leave you with this. This Lady is truly "Sear's Best"!

 

RCD

 


Post# 643849 , Reply# 16   12/3/2012 at 20:53 (4,132 days old) by AutoWasherFreak ()        

What a beauty!


Post# 643851 , Reply# 17   12/3/2012 at 20:58 (4,132 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Holy Crap Drew...

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WOW !!!

That is one beautiful Dryer. Hope you are doing well.

Keep us posted on the Washer. Hope your Pain subsides soon and your back to finding the Vintage Beauties that you always do.


Post# 643852 , Reply# 18   12/3/2012 at 21:05 (4,132 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
1968

My Mom had a Sears like this and she bought it in 1968. Does this have the "Air Freshener" option next the lint screen? I remember that there was a connection for this little bottle on concentrated liquid sent. It attached to a hose on top, next to the lint screen, and it added "freshener" to the dryer cycle. I also remember that after the first bottle it came with ran out, my Mom never replaced it.

Post# 643856 , Reply# 19   12/3/2012 at 21:14 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Air Freshener

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Thanks for reminding me. This Lady does have the freshener option. In fact, the bottle's still there and the freshener inside is still viable. When the dryer was running, you could smell the scent coming out the exhaust. Why is it that, in the bottle, the smell is almost over powering but coming out the exhaust smells not really bad?

 

RCD


Post# 643880 , Reply# 20   12/3/2012 at 21:53 (4,132 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
That's the concentrate!

A little goes a LONG way. I don't know how much it dilutes it, if at all. It just may be the scent from the liquid that's strong enough to air through the dryer. I remember how strong that smell was it you held that bottle to you nose. Overpowering! But it left a nice scent through the dryer. Don't ask me why I was huffing dryer scent when I was in 7th grade! HA!

Post# 643889 , Reply# 21   12/3/2012 at 22:15 (4,132 days old) by applianceguy47 ()        

Kind of like a surprise with residual benefits.

This had to take your mind off your current situation.

Remember, rooves are not there for falling off of.
If that were the case, more people would be doing it. You just know that a certain percentage of the population would.



Post# 643911 , Reply# 22   12/3/2012 at 23:01 (4,132 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass)        
design changes

The original version of that dryer had a plastic lint grill that was held on by screws and the sensor bands were on the drum itself like the earlier ones.Also the first dryers of this design had snap rings like the maytag has to hold the drum rollers in place instead of the plastic tri-rings still used today.The later dryers also had a plastic removable drumlite lens(they fell off).Is that what you meant John?

Post# 643912 , Reply# 23   12/3/2012 at 23:03 (4,132 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
There's a reason it's "Fiddler On The Roof"

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You never heard of the Fiddler falling 10ft off the roof and breaking his femur and compressing L3-L4 in the movie. Lets just say I didn't hold back on letting the neighborhood in general know how I felt. My Grandfather the Navy lifer would have been proud...

Sciatic pain is a unwelcome companion.

No, the surgery is bariatric in nature. I'm tired of carrying an extra me around and want to become half the person I used to be. Scary! This dryer was the therapy I needed. Glad I could share the dryer.

RCD




This post was last edited 12/04/2012 at 02:58
Post# 643914 , Reply# 24   12/3/2012 at 23:17 (4,132 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass)        
Lady K Dryer

That is a beautiful dryer.I sold a few of those back in the day.I gave a tune up to the first version of that dryer 2 weeks ago for a 90 year old woman who had this house that looked like it hadnt been touched in 60 years.Looked just like the house in the Three Stooges comedy,Spook Louder.

Post# 643945 , Reply# 25   12/4/2012 at 07:14 (4,132 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Early Design changes in the new style WP built dryers

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Yay Mark K wins the prize * , as you spotted the two changes I was thinking of and the additional change from metal clip rings to the triangular nylon plastic rings that locate the rear drum rollers.

 

This dryer that Andy is working on was built the 39th week of 1967 and it is amazing when you think that essentially the same dryer is being built today 45 years later. Not only has this got to be the most produced dryer ever it is certainly in the experience of many the best dryer design ever in terms of efficiency, speed, reliability and simple easy repair ability. I wounder if Leslie could find out how many of this style dryer WP has built, must be over a hundred million which is roughly how many DD washers were produced.

 

* prize yet to be determined, let me know if you ever need something, John.


Post# 643952 , Reply# 26   12/4/2012 at 07:42 (4,132 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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I have this dryer - mine was never used but this one is a very close second. One of my favorites now, when I first had it shipped from Long Island, NY, my intention was to sell it. No more. It's a wonderful dryer.

Best wishes on your surgery, RCD!!


Post# 644065 , Reply# 27   12/4/2012 at 16:58 (4,131 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon)        

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Beautiful dryer Andy. I had a WP we bought new in 1971. After 10 years I opened it up and it was very clean inside. Like the one you just opened. They were truly good dryers in those days. Good luck with the surgery. Good for you taking the step. I have a couple of friends who have also done this with no regrets. Much healthier and both have kept most of the weight off. Dano

Post# 644134 , Reply# 28   12/4/2012 at 22:33 (4,131 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

You don't find many dryers this pristine at the age of 45 years old. The matching washer must also be a gem. This design was the best, and Whirlpool was very wise not to make changes to it.

Good luck with your sugery Andy.

James


Post# 644327 , Reply# 29   12/5/2012 at 19:04 (4,130 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass)        
Prize

Who is Mark K?One other change was the center of the rear drum panel was changed to include these two little tits.Bendixmark aka Mark Ellis.Don Pardo tell him what hes won!

Post# 644331 , Reply# 30   12/5/2012 at 19:16 (4,130 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Prize

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Sorry about that Mark Ellis, I don't know where the K came from.


Post# 644360 , Reply# 31   12/5/2012 at 20:58 (4,130 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
The two little tits... More than a mouthful... Oh never mind

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Those were for a shoe rack, yes? Also, were those door cables that always broke and let the door fall down changed to this door hinge design? I can't remember the years that they used the nylon covered door cables...

RCD


Post# 644432 , Reply# 32   12/6/2012 at 06:18 (4,130 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
RCD:

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Yes, the little indentations were the rear supports for the shoe rack, so that you could dry sneakers, etc., without tumbling and the blam, blam, blam noise we're all familiar with. Sears thought of everything on the Lady K's.

Speaking of those door cables, are they still available or NLA? My aunt's 1965 Kenmore 800 needs a set, and I want that machine taken care of, since the plan is for it to come live with me someday, and a matching washer found. The dryer was purchased new by my grandmother - her first and only dryer. She bought the pair, but the washer was replaced in the late '80s or early '90s. I'd like to reconstitute the set in her memory.


Post# 644497 , Reply# 33   12/6/2012 at 10:14 (4,129 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Door cables...

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I don't know the status as of NLA or not but thankfully I have a decent stash.

Speaking of shoe racks, when did Whirlpool/Kenmore first introduce the shoe rack?

RCD


Post# 644546 , Reply# 34   12/6/2012 at 13:43 (4,129 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Pretty Lady. Elegant in white.

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Did this dryer also have timed cycles?

 

Also, do you know if the beautiful finish is some kind of paint or is that some kind of baked-on finish. I have a couple of dryer drums where the paint is actually peeling off and I was wondering if one could repaint it.


Post# 644575 , Reply# 35   12/6/2012 at 16:58 (4,129 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Andy that is one of the best dryers ever

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I have the electronic KA version John was kind enough to decide I needed it years ago. Its gas and runs smooth. In these WP's I have never seen a wrinkled load come out of them. And the ones with itellidry never shrink anything.

I have no idea how she kept that so nice all these years. Its amazing how appliances the same age can end up at opposite ends of the spectrum!

Hope your back is healing, lower back can be nasty! Since I have been using the teeter hang ups I am amazed at the return of flexibility. I remember throwing my back out many moons ago and 3 weeks after I still couldn't step or down off a curb in Boston without major major pain! Thats when I started back yoga and have never quit since.






Post# 644582 , Reply# 36   12/6/2012 at 17:27 (4,129 days old) by whirlaway (Hampton Virginia)        
Door Cables!

One broke on my old frogeye and the next time I used it the other one broke.Went to the Sears parts store and got a new set for like 3.95,that was in around 1996.They were plastic covered and still on it.Very easy to change took about 10min.

Post# 644586 , Reply# 37   12/6/2012 at 18:05 (4,129 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
As I recall

When we had this dryer you had the choice of auto dry using the sensor OR timed drying.


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