|
Thread Number: 44751
Bought these this morning... |
[Down to Last] |  |
| Post# 656722 1/29/2013 at 09:06 (4,097 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
I've has my eye on this set which had been hanging around craigslist for a few weeks now. This morning the seller made a serious price drop which made them to good to ignore. not to mention he was willing to deliver them to me at no cost.
Very basic BOL Kenmore set, with no water or dryness level adjustments. Just a clean set of daily drivers. I plan on giving them a thorough going over and then flipping them. These cost less than the sales tax would have been on a new HE pair or the interest charged on the credit card. Not to mention the cost of an extended warranty. 
| ||
|
Post# 656733 , Reply# 1 1/29/2013 at 09:46 (4,097 days old) by wiskybill  (Canton, Ohio) |
||
|
Good catch, Alex. They look pretty clean. | ||
| Post# 656739 , Reply# 2 1/29/2013 at 10:27 (4,097 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
Dissapointed | ||
| Post# 656768 , Reply# 3 1/29/2013 at 12:55 (4,097 days old) by jmurray01 () | ||
|
Those look very good, I'd love to have a pair like that to use on a daily basis. Unfortunately I have no room to collect dryers or washers, just vacuums! | ||
|
Post# 656769 , Reply# 4 1/29/2013 at 12:59 (4,097 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
||
 | ||
| Post# 656964 , Reply# 5 1/30/2013 at 09:23 (4,096 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
I thought I had an issue when I first plugged in the washer. Turned the dial to fill and nothing happened. Check all connections and power and still nothing. Come to find out the dial was 180 degrees out of sync. Turned it to the off position, which is the whole lower half of the timer dial, and it came to life. So I disassembled the timer knob and found the skirt was installed incorrectly. Got it lined up and worked as it should, aligning with the marks on the dial. It also looks like the previous owner damaged the timer knob, as there was some glue on the underside indicating a repair. So I ordered a redesigned knob that has metal threads instead of the plastic threads on the original.
Prices varied widely for a new one. Anywhere from $27, down to 6.49 on Amazon with free shipping. Should be here in a few days. Other than this issue with the knob, it's been working pretty good. Washing Machine Timer Knob for Whirlpool, Sears, Kenmore #3362624 
| ||
| Post# 656965 , Reply# 6 1/30/2013 at 09:25 (4,096 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
|
Post# 656967 , Reply# 7 1/30/2013 at 09:45 (4,096 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
||
A good, no-nonsense washer for sure. I had a similar one but with water temp and level selectors. Still had the straight vane agitator. I don't remember where I found it but it was minty-clean and worked perfectly. I used it as a second washer for a couple of years and was constantly shocked at how much that small-looking machine could handle. Even purposely overloaded, it performed admirably.
Those KM & WP knobs were a bit of a weak spot, I still see ads for washers that state the knob is indeed broken but the machine works just fine with a pair of pliers. I used to grab good knobs from machines in the discard piles to have on hand. | ||
|
Post# 657111 , Reply# 8 1/30/2013 at 21:30 (4,096 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
||
dryer | ||
| Post# 657867 , Reply# 9 2/3/2013 at 15:14 (4,092 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
| Post# 657868 , Reply# 10 2/3/2013 at 15:16 (4,092 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
|
Post# 657872 , Reply# 11 2/3/2013 at 15:23 (4,092 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
||
 | ||
| Post# 657873 , Reply# 12 2/3/2013 at 15:37 (4,092 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
| Post# 657874 , Reply# 13 2/3/2013 at 15:39 (4,092 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
|
Post# 657875 , Reply# 14 2/3/2013 at 15:44 (4,092 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
||
 | ||
| Post# 657877 , Reply# 15 2/3/2013 at 16:17 (4,092 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
|
i have that washer in my lineup-mine made in 1995 | ||
|
Post# 657951 , Reply# 16 2/3/2013 at 22:46 (4,092 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
||
 | ||
| Post# 657953 , Reply# 17 2/3/2013 at 23:31 (4,092 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
I had a set  | ||
| Post# 658198 , Reply# 18 2/5/2013 at 11:56 (4,090 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
Water level revisited
I reset the water level back to where it originally came up after getting some weird results. Although I raised the water level to just below the top of the agitator, the surface water just had an eerie stillness to it. Flat and devoid of any vortecies. The lint kind of floated on top and never got sucked down into the mix, leaving a kind of scum slurry on the surface. Before, the water surface would break and roll the lint back down into the wash tub. I guess this agitator doesn't have the rollover force to create a choppy surface, even though you could clearly see the clothes rolling over just under the surface.
The moment the washer went into drain, all that stuff floating on the surface would drain down and just deposit on top of the clothes. A main reason I don't care for neutral drains. There is no spray rinse between the wash and final rinse so all that lint would reappear in the deep rinse cycle. 
| ||
|
Post# 658231 , Reply# 19 2/5/2013 at 14:56 (4,090 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
||
|
| ||
| Post# 658258 , Reply# 20 2/5/2013 at 16:31 (4,090 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
I shot some video of the wash, drain and rinse actions.
Wash Cycle: This post was last edited 02/05/2013 at 18:55 | ||
| Post# 658316 , Reply# 21 2/5/2013 at 18:59 (4,090 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
| Post# 658317 , Reply# 22 2/5/2013 at 19:03 (4,090 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
| Post# 658319 , Reply# 23 2/5/2013 at 19:18 (4,090 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
| ||
| Post# 658321 , Reply# 24 2/5/2013 at 19:21 (4,090 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
|
Part numbers that "Supremewhirlpool" posted in thread #406188
Looks like lots of options available. Part numbers are as follows: 2-piece Straight vane agitator: p/n:63749-WHITE ASSY.:63750-WHITE P/N:3362647-GRAY ASSY.:3362650-GRAY FSP:WC-2 Flex vane: P/N:3348593-BG ASSY.:334859I-BG FSP:WC-1 P/N:64209-WHITE ASSY.:64214-WHITE P/N:3348372-GRAY ASSY.:3348373-GRAY 
| ||
|
Post# 658512 , Reply# 26 2/6/2013 at 16:44 (4,089 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
||
|
| ||
| Forum Index: |
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
