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Thread Number: 58461
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
70's Super SURGILATOR Agitator |
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| Post# 809827 2/17/2015 at 15:37 (3,737 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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Does anyone have a pics of Whirlpool's SURGILATOR agitator that was used in their 27 gallon 'Gigantimus Capacitus' washbasket? Agitator outside the tub, that is. | ||
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| Post# 809851 , Reply# 1 2/17/2015 at 18:36 (3,737 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 809855 , Reply# 2 2/17/2015 at 19:26 (3,737 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 I think he's referring to the super-sized bakelite version that was in the first-released 18-lb machine in 1967. There are a couple Picture of the Day clips that have come up in rotation in the past. PotDs aren't supposed to be posted outside of the rotation. I have both saved, so here's just a clipping showing the larger- and standard-sized Surgilators. 
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| Post# 809862 , Reply# 4 2/17/2015 at 20:30 (3,737 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Here are a few pics of the agitator. I have started to part out the machine as it had a bad outer tub. I already have the motor in another washer. | ||
| Post# 809869 , Reply# 5 2/17/2015 at 21:13 (3,737 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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AWESOME And that really sucks, too bad you weren't able switch and install a Kenmore 27 gallon outer tub to save it...thanks Phil. If I may, can I ask for one more shot...here is and an example view with a Double-Duty Super SURGILATOR Agitator that I really like to see.
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| Post# 809882 , Reply# 6 2/17/2015 at 22:34 (3,736 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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I don't have a machine like that. Here's a Whirlpool with electronic controls that I saw with this agitator. Sorry for the poor pictures. | ||
| Post# 809885 , Reply# 7 2/17/2015 at 23:20 (3,736 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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Oh, I'm sorry Phil, you misunderstood me...I just used the pic of the Double-Duty Super SURGILATOR agitator as an example to illustrate the kind of pose to photograph your Mark 18 Super SURGILATOR agitator...same vertical (top-to-bottom) view of the agitator...sorry about that. | ||
| Post# 809910 , Reply# 8 2/18/2015 at 07:31 (3,736 days old) by cycluxe (Allentown) | ||
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Memories! Phil, my mother had the same cloverleaf Surgilator in her enormous early-'80s Whirlpool. | ||
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Post# 809911 , Reply# 9 2/18/2015 at 07:34 (3,736 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Agitators For WP Built Super Capacity Washers Both WP and KM started out with extra large fined Bakelite agitators in their frist SC BD washers, KM had a huge straight vane and WP used a bigger version of there regular Surgilator that Glen posted above.
In 1969 when WP made the change to the much more durable Polypropylene plastic for agitators the new Surgilator for WPs SCWs was just like the regular Surgilator only taller, and for the KM SCWs they made a taller super Roto-Swril in either gold or white PP.
After this time both regular and SCWs used the same agitators for a number of years till Sears introduced the Dual-Action Agitator around 1976 and WP introduced the Double Duty Surgilator a couple years later for WPs SCWs.
In my hi-bread [ extra fast spinning ] 1971 LKM I used the taller white PP Surgilator agitator and it worked very well for many years.
With the orignal Bakelite agitators there was some speculation that the huge agitators put too much load on the transmissions, there were certainly problems with cracked and broken Bakelite agitators in these washers and WP-KM soon only supplied the newer PP agitators as replacements.
We have at the museum a fully restored orignal KM 518 SCW, it has my Stainless Steel center post outer sleeve upgrade and still has the orignal Bakelite three vane agitator.
IMEO these were the largest capacity TL washers ever built for home through the early 80s, however a SC DD WP built washer with a Dual Action agitator will easily wash as large a load as these early SCBD washers did, all these WP built washers had Norge, GE and Frigidaire 1-18s beat in capacity for sure and I will not even mention those little washers from Newton Iowa, LOL. | ||
| Post# 809914 , Reply# 10 2/18/2015 at 08:47 (3,736 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
1970 surgilator agitor and the last surgilator agitator before washers became direct drive washers around 1989 1990
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| Post# 809962 , Reply# 11 2/18/2015 at 15:21 (3,736 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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Are there any other club members that currently own the (27 gallons) Whirlpool BD washers? I haven't found any videos of the washers anywhere...and there aren't ANY photos of the '74 to '81 super SURGILATOR---outside the tub that is...there are no results of the agitator in Google. | ||
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Post# 809969 , Reply# 12 2/18/2015 at 16:19 (3,736 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 810081 , Reply# 14 2/19/2015 at 12:17 (3,735 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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Rex, is it larger (taller-in-length) or design of the agitator? Could you post pics of the washer? | ||
| Post# 810082 , Reply# 15 2/19/2015 at 12:22 (3,735 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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Kenny, does your have the taller agitator and what Imperial is this one? | ||
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Post# 810101 , Reply# 16 2/19/2015 at 16:03 (3,735 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 810165 , Reply# 18 2/20/2015 at 00:47 (3,734 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 810169 , Reply# 19 2/20/2015 at 01:21 (3,734 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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OK, here are a few more pics of it. I hope this will help!
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| Post# 810179 , Reply# 21 2/20/2015 at 03:45 (3,734 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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It's okay Rex. | ||
| Post# 810193 , Reply# 22 2/20/2015 at 05:16 (3,734 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Well, the Super Surgilator in the smaller tubs is quite similar. I haven't tried to switch them but other than the cap and color, the one in my 1972 Inglis washer looks like the one in the 1976 Whirlpool with the deeper tub.
See the Whirlpool agitator in the two first pictures and the Inglis in the 3 last ones: | ||
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Post# 810206 , Reply# 23 2/20/2015 at 07:20 (3,734 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Agitators For WP Built Super Capacity Washers Only the black Bakelite agitators were larger in fin area, after WP switched production to Polypropylene around 1969 the fin area was the SAME only the post was taller.see my post above, and around 1976 WP started using the SAME agitator in ALL its BD washers except the fast spinning portable-compact models, this lasted till around 1980 when the Double-Duty-Surgilator came out. | ||
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Post# 810269 , Reply# 24 2/20/2015 at 15:16 (3,734 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 1225992 , Reply# 26 3/5/2025 at 19:35 by Agiflow (Toms River) | ||
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Does ANYONE have a spare 18 lb. Super Surgilator or Penta Vane agitator they would be willing to sell ? I would really love to have one from my jumbo capacity. Kenmore. | ||
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Post# 1226055 , Reply# 27 3/6/2025 at 21:43 by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Not cheap, but | ||
| Post# 1226115 , Reply# 28 3/7/2025 at 21:24 by Agiflow (Toms River) | ||
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Unfortunately I didn't see any on there. I did see a surgilator cap but no agitators | ||
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