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Thread Number: 9351
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Post# 173844 12/8/2006 at 21:25 (6,346 days old) by jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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| Post# 173845 , Reply# 1 12/8/2006 at 21:27 (6,346 days old) by brettsomers () | ||
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photographed using the vintage "lucille ball" glamour lens! | ||
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Post# 173847 , Reply# 2 12/8/2006 at 21:29 (6,346 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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good point Brett | ||
| Post# 173861 , Reply# 3 12/8/2006 at 22:10 (6,346 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
spooky | ||
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Post# 173864 , Reply# 4 12/8/2006 at 22:14 (6,346 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 173867 , Reply# 5 12/8/2006 at 22:20 (6,346 days old) by exploder321 () | ||
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It's defently a Kenmore.. | ||
| Post# 173870 , Reply# 6 12/8/2006 at 22:25 (6,346 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Kenmore | ||
| Post# 173897 , Reply# 7 12/8/2006 at 22:56 (6,346 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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kind of like... | ||
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Post# 173902 , Reply# 8 12/8/2006 at 23:04 (6,346 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 173906 , Reply# 9 12/8/2006 at 23:08 (6,346 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 173917 , Reply# 10 12/8/2006 at 23:17 (6,346 days old) by exploder321 () | ||
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Wow | ||
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Post# 174028 , Reply# 11 12/9/2006 at 08:30 (6,345 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Jon are you on a Budget? No Lady Kenmore? | ||
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Post# 174037 , Reply# 12 12/9/2006 at 08:56 (6,345 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Great pics of your '57! I notice the tub is lit from the back; I've only noticed them lit from the front---that's interesting. On my '59 LK (sadly departed), the ultraviolet lamp was in the rear-left area and the regular bulb was front and center, as was the '60 Model 80 I grew up with. Many happy (suds-locked, LOL) loads! It's a beautiful machine.
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Post# 174041 , Reply# 13 12/9/2006 at 09:20 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thanks everyone! | ||
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Post# 174042 , Reply# 14 12/9/2006 at 09:21 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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more pics | ||
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Post# 174043 , Reply# 15 12/9/2006 at 09:22 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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more pics | ||
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Post# 174044 , Reply# 16 12/9/2006 at 09:24 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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more pics | ||
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Post# 174045 , Reply# 17 12/9/2006 at 09:25 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 174046 , Reply# 18 12/9/2006 at 09:25 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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a clue to the mod.. | ||
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Post# 174047 , Reply# 19 12/9/2006 at 09:29 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Eddy you have the locking
filter that is nice, this machine does not. Libby overloaded after wash start. How do I know this? Because the damage was water getting past the top post seal. The only way to do that is to load her up after she started into wash. SO Libby was running around the house looking for things to throw in after wash start. Naughty naughty!! The tranny was full of water!! 
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Post# 174048 , Reply# 20 12/9/2006 at 09:30 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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LOUIS | ||
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Post# 174050 , Reply# 21 12/9/2006 at 09:35 (6,345 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 174051 , Reply# 22 12/9/2006 at 09:35 (6,345 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Robert | ||
| Post# 174061 , Reply# 23 12/9/2006 at 10:42 (6,345 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
Wow...very cool! Beautiful machines! Both have rotoswirl agitators, not original to this model. And Jon's has colored lights for the holidays! That seemed to be a popular model when I was a kid. Our neighborhood was built in 1957/1958 and several neighbors had this Kenmore model. There were also a couple neighbors with Pulsamatics....everyone seemed to go for those "budget" models in the Pittsburgh working-class suburbs.
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| Post# 174065 , Reply# 24 12/9/2006 at 10:48 (6,345 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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Yessereeeeee !!!!!! Nice pictures of a nice washer. | ||
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Post# 174066 , Reply# 25 12/9/2006 at 10:52 (6,345 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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The modification was the tub light. Jon, our friends in Dallas had this exact same washer (ya know, the people with teh 1950 or 1952 Hotpiont dishwasher); they had the frog-eyed dryer which had a more blueish greenish facia. Dryer was replaced with a 1958 or 1959 westinghoust which had a timeline knda timer display--I remember this because I really couldn't see what was on the display, I just knew I turned the knob until it got to a certain point on the display (auto dry); and this washer was replaced with the nearl BOL oval window-shaped slant-front westy. Anyway, I never remembered this washer ever having a tub light or the temp & water level displays lit up. I used anything form Tide to AD in this washer everytime we wnet to visit and I always was doing wash, hey 7 host family members and the 5 of us lol.
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Post# 174067 , Reply# 26 12/9/2006 at 10:56 (6,345 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 174069 , Reply# 27 12/9/2006 at 11:02 (6,345 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 174074 , Reply# 28 12/9/2006 at 11:39 (6,345 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Congratulations Jon! Glad you got the restoration finished. She looks mint! BTW: My mother had this same model as her first automatic.I do not recall any light on this machine, but it may have burned out by the time I started checking out the machine. It was used for about 12 years, and I can recall my father rebuilding the transmition on it once. My grandmother got a mid 1960's Rollermatic to replace her little used 1958 Kenmore Cycla-Fabric. She gave the 58 Kenmore to us, so when our 57 Kenmore broke down again, we started using grandmas 58. The 58 Kenmore Cycla-Fabric was still in use when I left home four years later. I parted out the 57 Kenmore myself, and can remember saving the motor,pump, and some of the switches. The 57 KM had a str8 vane, but the 58KM had the Roto-Swirl. Great job on the restoration Jon, and it looks like the coal grease kept the finish in great condition, just as you said. | ||
| Post# 174077 , Reply# 29 12/9/2006 at 12:19 (6,345 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Wicked thought
Too bad the coal grease isn't as protective of our lungs! Speaking of damage, am I hallucinating again, or clairvoyent in having seen these colored oblong lights very recently. Eddie says they're not his. Whose? Please tell. Middle-aging and afraid. What beautiful Kenmores. Makes you think that the Whirlpool/Kenmore family will be around forever, and will always make a top loader. | ||
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Post# 174080 , Reply# 30 12/9/2006 at 12:34 (6,345 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Tub lights on early Kenmores: I know several people who were suprised to find their parents' late 50's/60's Kenmores had a tub light. They were notorious for burning out/popping due to splashing water during suds return and when using low water levels. Our '60 had no working light bulb until I was five and figured out it needed one. It used to go out all the time, and I'd always replace it. The serviceman (the Model 80 seemed to require a visit from him every couple of years) finally put a foil shield in front of the bulb. Unfortunately, it altered the light angle and made the tub weirdly lit, so I took it out. I'd hold my hand in front of the bulb area during suds return (this is back when fast agitation was still used during that operation) to prevent the bulb from popping.
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Post# 174081 , Reply# 31 12/9/2006 at 12:39 (6,345 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Kenmore | ||
| Post# 174117 , Reply# 32 12/9/2006 at 15:18 (6,345 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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Jon Beautiful Machine | ||
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Post# 174121 , Reply# 33 12/9/2006 at 15:55 (6,345 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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nce repairman and former Sears repairman too. They had a Kenmore 400 for most of the time they were here (as well as a Lady Kenmore dryer of unknown vintage, but I remembered it had that speckled white on black door & drum coating. The FIL had found these and fixed them up for them. She would do exactly what Libby did, add more & more, but she stopped at just as the load was barely rolling over. Poor machine. They got rid of them for a FabricMatic Maytag with the new fast, short stroke tranny right before they left here and a BOL gas Maytag dryer. She did the same thing to the Maytag and we know how much more difficult the 'Tag had with rollovers of wash loads.
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| Post# 174161 , Reply# 34 12/9/2006 at 18:11 (6,345 days old) by exploder321 () | ||
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SUch great pictures | ||
| Post# 174193 , Reply# 36 12/9/2006 at 20:10 (6,345 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Eddy & Jon Those are my all time fave Kenmores. I have an unrestored gas dryer companion to those. I love that Cyclops Eye. Your machines are beautiful!!!!! (frontal being toptal) | ||
| Post# 174212 , Reply# 37 12/9/2006 at 21:48 (6,345 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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Jon, Fantastic Machine! Looks fantastic! Thanks for the pictures. Brent | ||
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Post# 174215 , Reply# 38 12/9/2006 at 21:52 (6,345 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 174238 , Reply# 39 12/9/2006 at 23:15 (6,345 days old) by mcmodern () | ||
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Great Kenmore! Now, that's a washin' machine! The timer dial always reminded me of a speedometer, but then I've always thought car and washer dashboards of a given era were similarly designed. A job to be proud of! Kelly | ||
| Post# 174265 , Reply# 40 12/10/2006 at 00:07 (6,345 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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a few more pics of mine | ||
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Post# 174266 , Reply# 41 12/10/2006 at 00:09 (6,345 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 174303 , Reply# 42 12/10/2006 at 01:17 (6,345 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Ouch!! (typing with one hand on cheek) | ||
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Post# 174472 , Reply# 43 12/10/2006 at 20:20 (6,344 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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You are all correct about the mods
Yes Bob & all I modded it by taking the colored swithces from my 56 parts machine and the light sockets as well. This machine had no sockets since it was the 1957 BOL. And you are all correct it has the straight vane agitator but I LOVE that Atomic bomb rotoswirl!! Eddy your rotoswirl is in great shape, mine has seen heavy use and has no glisten. I'll have to keep my eye out for a good one to put in this machine. Thanks to Rickr for his help and to GregM for helping on reassembly. happy washing jon | ||
| Post# 174582 , Reply# 44 12/11/2006 at 07:23 (6,343 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 175301 , Reply# 45 12/14/2006 at 00:21 (6,341 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York) | ||
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Kickass cool machine. What is interesting to me is that we had a 57 Whirlpool Imperial machine as my Mom recalls that shared we are sure the same mechanics as the Kenmore, but Kenmore did a great job on styling the control panel to make it unique. | ||
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Post# 175316 , Reply# 46 12/14/2006 at 05:57 (6,340 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island) |
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