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Thread Number: 60796
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Belt Drive or Direct Drive? |
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Post# 834264 7/28/2015 at 20:55 (3,194 days old) by Chetlaham  (United States) |
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Looks like its from the 80s, but can not tell if its BD or a DD model. Is there any way to find out?
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Post# 834267 , Reply# 1 7/28/2015 at 21:00 (3,194 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 834289 , Reply# 2 7/28/2015 at 22:59 (3,194 days old) by Murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US) | ||
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| Post# 834297 , Reply# 3 7/29/2015 at 00:59 (3,193 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
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I would definitely lean towards that being a belt drive machine. The size of the washer lid on the top with that wide of a skirt around it leads me to think that. The direct drive machines lids take up more of the top of the machine. | ||
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Post# 834326 , Reply# 4 7/29/2015 at 06:08 (3,193 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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That's a belt drive! I got this machine brand new a few weeks ago. Everything is so shiny!!! Great machine.
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| Post# 834339 , Reply# 5 7/29/2015 at 09:07 (3,193 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
What?? | ||
| Post# 834461 , Reply# 6 7/30/2015 at 00:24 (3,192 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Jamie that is a wonderful find! I know I am silly in saying....but I loved the way these machines smelled when new while running a few loads back to back. Where in the world did you find such a great machine! Congratulations! You will have fun with this one.
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| Post# 834472 , Reply# 7 7/30/2015 at 02:05 (3,192 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
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Jamie, That's a great looking machine! Where in the world did you find such a great find? For a machine that is that age to be in that condition is highly unusual. How did you get so lucky? | ||
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Post# 835112 , Reply# 8 8/4/2015 at 19:11 (3,187 days old) by Chetlaham (United States) |
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Jamie, wait, where and how! | ||
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Post# 835118 , Reply# 9 8/4/2015 at 20:22 (3,187 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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New Belt Drive
One of the engineers I worked with (he recently retired) bought it from work (Whirlpool) for his wife. She refused to use it because it didn't have a dual action agitator and so the machine sat in his garage until... Well... I guess it was actually mid-May... He offered the machine to me as he was otherwise going to recycle it. I jumped on the opportunity naturally! Until I get proper plumbing run in the basement for the collection, it will sit in front of the cement double sink next to my daily driver. There are certainly some awesome perks working in Fabric Care at Whirlpool when you're a washer collector!
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Post# 835129 , Reply# 10 8/5/2015 at 00:48 (3,186 days old) by Chetlaham (United States) |
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