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Thread Number: 91729
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
New to Me Whirpool Imperial from 1983 |
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Post# 1162526 , Reply# 1 10/26/2022 at 00:39 (547 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1974 Whirlpool Dryer | ||
| Post# 1162549 , Reply# 3 10/26/2022 at 09:14 (547 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1162569 , Reply# 4 10/26/2022 at 12:42 (547 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Hi Nate~
Right under the Imperial Banner above is a search box, a very long and very thin oblong box. Just type in whirlpool washer, hit search, and you'll find hours of viewing wonderful machines till you find your match.
I linked one of the first ones at random. Remember to skip by the adds until you come upon the archived threads of Automatic Washer. CLICK HERE TO GO TO mickeyd's LINK | ||
| Post# 1162572 , Reply# 5 10/26/2022 at 14:00 (547 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Same basic design is still used to this day although these older ones are built much better.
I would highly recommend opening it up, and at minimum, cleaning out all of the lint. There could be a fire hazard amount of lint in there. Also remove the rear panel an remove the air duct the goes between the lint filter opening and the blower wheel housing. These dryers eat up tons of lint and all kinds of items from the course screen in the rear bulkhead and it all gets held in that baffle area of the air duct as well as the blower housing. CLICK HERE TO GO TO qsd-dan's LINK | ||
| Post# 1162580 , Reply# 6 10/26/2022 at 15:27 (547 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
The Whirlpool 29” design is proven but as Dan mentioned, lint tends to accumulate fairly quickly at the bottom of the lint screen plenum right before the blower and will eventually restrict the airflow causing long dry times. If not corrected, it eventually will cause the high limit thermostat to kick off the heating element and possibly will burn out the heating element after so many times of getting a bit too hot. A heating element works sort of like a incandescent light bulb and once it burns out, it’s time for a new one.
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Post# 1162618 , Reply# 7 10/26/2022 at 19:27 (546 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Whirlpool Bilt 29 inch wide dryers
Nate if the dryer you have is dry and close that quickly it is not clogged in any significant way.
Just be sure it’s connected to a good clean exhaust system you won’t have any problems. Whirlpool 29 inch dryers are the least likely to clog up any full-size dryer ever made. The way the lint filter housing is right on top the blower you almost never get a significant accumulation in there I have never seen one that was clogged to cause performance problems yes they’ll be a little bit of it at the bottom but it doesn’t hurt anything. After working on these dryers every working day for nearly 50 years I can count on one hand the number of lint filter housing so I’ve seen seriously clogged and I’ve only seen one or two blower wheels clogged on this design dryer the blower was a genius design it doesn’t tend to clog. I remember seeing one little filter housing it was all clogged up and it was clogged up because they had spilled half a bottle of liquid Tide down the lint filter opening and of course all the lint eventually stuck to all the tide detergent lol John | ||
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Post# 1162620 , Reply# 8 10/26/2022 at 19:42 (546 days old) by ryner1988 (Indianapolis) |
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John
I'm not sure if I can agree that lint clogs hardly happen on these dryers. My 29-inch WP dryer, 2008 production according to the serial number, used to dry clothes in about 60 minutes when I first got it used over 5 years ago, and that's a conservative estimate based on heavy loads like towels. Now it takes close to 2 hours to dry the same type of load. Why do you think this would be if not lint build-up? Do you think the heating element is failing, or could it be something else?
Given the washer drama I experienced over the summer, I would not be a bit pleased about replacing my dryer, so I would like to repair this issue if possible. | ||
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Post# 1162626 , Reply# 9 10/26/2022 at 20:01 (546 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Slow Drying Hi Ryne, Have you checked out your dryer problem yet ?
You likely have a clogged-restricted vent in you building. Try drying a load or two with the exhaust pipe disconnected and see if the problem of slow drying is still there.
It is silly to blame the appliance before you check out the problem, try this and let us know.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1162627 , Reply# 10 10/26/2022 at 20:02 (546 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1162633 , Reply# 11 10/26/2022 at 20:21 (546 days old) by ryner1988 (Indianapolis) |
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| Post# 1162635 , Reply# 12 10/26/2022 at 20:29 (546 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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"The way the lint filter housing is right on top the blower you almost never get a significant accumulation in there I have never seen one that was clogged to cause performance problems yes they’ll be a little bit of it at the bottom but it doesn’t hurt anything.
After working on these dryers every working day for nearly 50 years I can count on one hand the number of lint filter housing so I’ve seen seriously clogged and I’ve only seen one or two blower wheels clogged on this design dryer the blower was a genius design it doesn’t tend to clog." I have never been inside one of these dryers where that air duct wasn't AT LEAST 1/3-1/2 clogged. My own was clogged enough to extinguish the flame almost immediately after lighting. I pulled out 1.3 plastic grocery bags of lint out of the air duct and blower housing. Also found small pencils, pens, tweezers, hair clips, hair ties, a live .22 round, and some other stuff I have forgotten about. | ||
| Post# 1162642 , Reply# 13 10/26/2022 at 21:06 (546 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Reply #12
I had something similar happen to my Kenmore portable dryer back in 2018, after a few weeks of drying towels and laundry in it (was giving my Maytag A810 set a short break that summer and wanted to use something different), it began to take awhile to dry laundry and had to be disassembled or something else it would take a long time to dry and possibly would have the high limit thermostat kick off the heating element. This is the reason why I like the 1965 and older Whirlpool dryers, never had any issues with lint building up in the lint screen plenum since the fan is behind the drum and pushes the air through the lint screen as opposed to pulling it through and lint doesn’t really seem to build up in the blower housing either.
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| Post# 1162645 , Reply# 14 10/26/2022 at 21:41 (546 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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In 2019, my buddy was replacing the motor that died in his early 2000's Kenmore dryer. He had it torn down most of the way but couldn't figure out how to remove the blower from the motor...even after I sent him a YouTube clip. I had him bring the dryer over on his truck and did it for him. I asked if he took off the rear filter air duct and cleaned it. He gave me a confused WTF look so I knew that wasn't done, lol. I popped it off and it was 3/4 clogged.
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| Post# 1162652 , Reply# 15 10/26/2022 at 22:12 (546 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Reply #14
My aunt had a 1999 Whirlpool Ultimate Care II Whirlpool gas dryer that wasn’t drying all that well according to her. Wouldn’t be surprised if the lint screen plenum was full of lint and even remember my uncle had the rear panel removed a few times trying to diagnose the problem. That ended up getting replaced with a Amana Scorch-O-Matic gas dryer which ultimately got replaced by a “Maytag” dryer that’s Whirlpool built.
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Post# 1162682 , Reply# 16 10/27/2022 at 10:55 (546 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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A 1969 MOL Gas Whirlpool------ is the best dryer I have ever owned. I bought it as part of a set back around 2007 (washer still works fine) and John Lefever graciously gifted me a window door. It still works just fine and until recently had been a daily driver for over 15 years. Could use new rollers. | ||
| Post# 1162685 , Reply# 17 10/27/2022 at 11:55 (546 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Reply# 16 Agreed
I’ve used a 1971 model Whirlpool Imperial 80 for the last 20 years. It came from a weekend home with little use when I acquired it. I put rollers, a belt, and an idler pulley when I got it and replaced the belt again a couple of years ago. Nothing else has been done. I’ve never done anything to the heating system. I would say the heating element is 51 years old and it’s an excellent drying machine.
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Post# 1162687 , Reply# 18 10/27/2022 at 12:01 (546 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Clogging In Top Filter Dryers | ||
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Post# 1162716 , Reply# 19 10/27/2022 at 21:54 (545 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1994 29inch whirlpool gas dryer
This afternoon I did a service call on this dryer it’s the only dryer in a small four unit apartment building, needless to say it’s had a lot of use and it has about a 15 foot fence that goes up through the roof.
Previously this dryer has needed new valve coils in about three years ago I put a belt and two rollers on it. The complaint was it was making strange noises, when I checked it out the motor bearings were indeed failing so I set about putting a new motor in it. I was not able to get the blower wheel off it cracked so I had to take the dryer completely apart and remove the rear exhaust duct that the lint filter slides into. There was only a small handful of lint at the bottom of the duct in the trap area it was not impeding airflow at all I did clean it out put the new motor in and put a new blower in. Dryer ran like new will probably work at least another 10 years even with 15+ loads a week of use. Even though lint does accumulate at the bottom of this duct it does not build up to the point where it will Impede performance, if it builds up too much it just get sucked into the blower and the blower wheel as usual was completely clean even after 28 years of use. John | ||
| Post# 1162719 , Reply# 20 10/27/2022 at 22:02 (545 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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| Post# 1162747 , Reply# 21 10/28/2022 at 11:15 (545 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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| Post# 1162749 , Reply# 22 10/28/2022 at 11:24 (545 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Knew you'd love it ~
I remember you loved sudssavers, and wonder if you recycle DW water. Even though mine is built-in now, the plumbing is not, so I have a ball with the expelled liquors depending on what I'm up to, either the boil wash or the boiling last rinse or both get saved to wash the floor soak a pot, accumulating dishes, a lot of variety here.
Also, Mark, the buttons and dials allow for a lot of cycle mods. My favorite is to press the A button, let the those babies boil, then move the dial to last click on the wash cycle for the drain, and rinses. When the second rinse water is steaming, I press D, and the heated rinse stops and proceeds to drain and dry. It's a pretty green cycle. Lots of possibilities, including shortening the fill(s) which are so generous. Your nephew will be very happy. A nothing burger.... but the dial hits a hard stop between wash and rinse, right after the D marking on the cycle plate. Wondering if you or John, etc. know why that is. | ||
| Post# 1162753 , Reply# 23 10/28/2022 at 12:15 (545 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Excuse the senior moment/brain fart ~ | ||
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