Thread Number: 74299
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
No more belt drives? |
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Post# 980967 , Reply# 1   2/2/2018 at 10:30 (2,246 days old) by brainardcooper (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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I agree. Hardly ever see them. Just today's POD. That would be my "Dream" Machine. Would love to find one exactly like that with the Manual Lint Filter! |
Post# 980968 , Reply# 2   2/2/2018 at 10:33 (2,246 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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GE FFs were built almost a decade longer and MT DC machines almost 20 years longer, yes time takes its toll the odds of finding many good BD machine is getting smaller and smaller, that said we just picked up a good KM BD from 1982 if you want to come get it, it does have an outer tub leak but runs well otherwise.
John L. |
Post# 981007 , Reply# 3   2/2/2018 at 13:38 (2,246 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 981038 , Reply# 4   2/2/2018 at 17:50 (2,245 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 981110 , Reply# 7   2/3/2018 at 12:56 (2,245 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 981188 , Reply# 9   2/4/2018 at 01:01 (2,244 days old) by Losangeles (Muscle Shoals, AL 35661)   |   | |
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Hey Gordon, I have sent you two texts thru the AW message center. I am still waiting for your reply on how best to proceed with repairs on my Kenmore Limited Edition Washer. Did you receive the messages? Message center shows messages sent to your e-mail address, but me and tech do not always mix. Thanks for your willingness to help. Tommy |
Post# 981190 , Reply# 10   2/4/2018 at 01:07 (2,244 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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I have seen a couple of Whirlpool/Kenmore belt drive washers on Craigslist in SoCal, but Maytags seem to be EVERYWHERE in SoCal. Maytag must have dominated the washer market back in the day since they sold so many. I have seen a couple of GE FilterFlo washers, but I always see Maytags on Craigslist.
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Post# 981213 , Reply# 11   2/4/2018 at 09:43 (2,244 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Of collecting is just this - there are dry periods and then there are periods of way too much! I passed on an appliance about five years ago. The car was nearly full, we had a long drive home, it was $12.00 not $10.00 as usual and I didn't want to encourage the trend at Goodwill to raise prices..... With the result that I didn't see a single, solitary one of that particular appliance again until two days ago. I collect Presto pressure cookers. Would love to find a 2qt. Passed on a 2.5qt. fifty years ago - sure I'd find millions more of them. Well, I found two this summer. After looking continuously and diligently for fifty years. Your belt-drive will show up. One suggestion: Expand your search parameters. Most non AW members haven't a clue that the newest Whirlpools are belt-drive, most have no clue that all were belt-drive until the mid-80's. ALL have no clue how old their appliances really are - I am looking into a Flair this coming week. It's a mid-1954 model!* *While it's true there are a few early ones from '61 with date stamps of 1959 on the parts, there just weren't any on the market in the 1950s. |