What year is this Whirlpool disposer?

I can't quite read the serial# on your disposer but it was made in Findley Ohio in either 1972 or 3. I bought this exact disposer in 1975 and it worked very well for over ten years and when the bearing and seal started to fail I purchased a complete new motor assembly for it and used it for another 5 or 6 years.

WP started building this disposer in the late 1950s and never changed it much and discontinued them around 1977-79. They were fairly good performers but were only average in durability [ I sold and installed hundreds of these in the 1970s ]. WP never updated these from there all pot-metal construction so like many other earlier disposers they would only last so long. The other weak area was only one main bearing in the motor.

The batch model was unique in that it did not have a reset button, instead if you really jammed it and it tripped the overload as soon as it reset to would try to restart in the opposite direction which would sometimes work, otherwise you get out the 2 foot long pry bar that we always kept under the sink.

WP like MT, KA, WH and GE could not compete with ISE and quit making disposers.

The reason I bought the WP disposer in the first place was that I wanted a batch-feed disposer and because of the height of where my drain line goes into the wall the WP was the only BF that would work.

I replaced it 1994 with a custom made MT BF disposer a model FB-5, I knew that MT had announced that they too were getting out of building disposers, and again I wanted a BF that was short enough to use in my kitchen. So I bought a MT FB-10 and the MT shorty model FC-5 and interchanged the top housing so I had a short BF disposer. This disposer is still working fine today and in fact it is the only Maytag appliance I have in any of my three current homes, and that is out of almost 50 major appliances.

John L.


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Post# 735720 2/16/2014 at 20:03 (3,745 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )
Checkrate/Likes I have been looking for a Whirlpool disposer for years and have never seen one. I did have a Whirlpool through the sink disposer which was terrible it was loud with that universal motor that spun at 12,000 Rpm. I knew they made them at one time the induction motor ones but never seen one ever that was for sale until a few weeks ago. Which is odd considering how big Whirlpool is.On the other had It took me years until I found a old new in the box ISE which I did last year.It was a 1969 model 77 with a Cast Nickel flywheel and grind ring. Here is some pics of that Whirlpool disposer it did have a brosure that was talking about Whirlpools new 18 pound washer with the Super Surgilator agitator but that was it.

Post# 735722 , Reply# 1 2/16/2014 at 20:04 (3,745 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )
Checkrate/Likes Here is the grind chamber which is a very odd but great design..

Post# 735748 , Reply# 2 2/16/2014 at 23:27 (3,744 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes *WP Batch Feed Disposer* I can't quite read the serial# on your disposer but it was made in Findley Ohio in either 1972 or 3. I bought this exact disposer in 1975 and it worked very well for over ten years and when the bearing and seal started to fail I purchased a complete new motor assembly for it and used it for another 5 or 6 years. WP started building this disposer in the late 1950s and never changed it much and discontinued them around 1977-79. They were fairly good performers but were only average in durability [ I sold and installed hundreds of these in the 1970s ]. WP never updated these from there all pot-metal construction so like many other earlier disposers they would only last so long. The other weak area was only one main bearing in the motor. The batch model was unique in that it did not have a reset button, instead if you really jammed it and it tripped the overload as soon as it reset to would try to restart in the opposite direction which would sometimes work, otherwise you get out the 2 foot long pry bar that we always kept under the sink. WP like MT, KA, WH and GE could not compete with ISE and quit making disposers. The reason I bought the WP disposer in the first place was that I wanted a batch-feed disposer and because of the height of where my drain line goes into the wall the WP was the only BF that would work. I replaced it 1994 with a custom made MT BF disposer a model FB-5, I knew that MT had announced that they too were getting out of building disposers, and again I wanted a BF that was short enough to use in my kitchen. So I bought a MT FB-10 and the MT shorty model FC-5 and interchanged the top housing so I had a short BF disposer. This disposer is still working fine today and in fact it is the only Maytag appliance I have in any of my three current homes, and that is out of almost 50 major appliances. John L.

Post# 735775 , Reply# 3 2/17/2014 at 05:23 (3,744 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)
Checkrate/Likes That looks like a SIMPLE but strong shredding system in that WP disposer.A fixed hammer and the center "rind flipper"Do the rivits hold undercutters under the shred wheel?Think this is a better machine bar none than the JUNKY disposers made today.And with the replaceable motor-the machine could be fixed rather than scrapped.And another look at the "money shot" of the shred chamber the shredding wheel appears to be serrated-this would act like undercutters-anything going by the shredding wheel gets shredded again before discharged out.With serrated wheel machines you have to make sure the disposer is through shredding the load before turning it off and the water-otherwise you could get a BAD jam!Explains the 2 ft crowbar.