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Thread Number: 93874
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1968 Kenmore 800 Set |
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| Post# 1185281 7/19/2023 at 19:05 (289 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
Here are the newest additions to the Kenmore collection. They came from Utah and the person told they were his grandparents and were not used from 1986 until 2008 when he began using them until recently when he used the dryer and it didn’t heat. A new set was purchased and these were moved to the garage and listed for sale. It was noticed later that a laundry basket or something on top of the dryer was moved pushing the Heat/Air lever to the air position and had gone unnoticed. They do have some cosmetic blemishes from being 55 years old and moved several times but the insides are in excellent original condition. I’ve been incredibly busy with work lately so they haven’t been wiped down or anything. I do think they will clean up nicely.
Washer model: 110.S6804800A00 Serial: 71285 C829 | ||
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| Post# 1185282 , Reply# 1 7/19/2023 at 19:08 (289 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1185283 , Reply# 2 7/19/2023 at 19:10 (289 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1185284 , Reply# 3 7/19/2023 at 19:22 (289 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1968 Kenmore 800 pair
Wow, that was some of the nicest styling and advanced machines, it’s hard to imagine that seers was selling such an advanced pair of laundry appliances in 1968.
If you compare these to a pair of 806s or even 906s there’s no comparison and they were hundreds of dollars less expensive, and would run rings around the Maytag’s in performance. John | ||
| Post# 1185286 , Reply# 4 7/19/2023 at 19:36 (289 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 1185288 , Reply# 5 7/19/2023 at 19:46 (289 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
Since I have I have experience with my Whirlpool and my Maytags, didn’t notice a huge difference. The Whirlpool may have rinsed ever so slightly better but wasn’t an earth shattering kaboom, though. Biggest gripe was there wasn’t an off balance sensor and had to wash items with like items and had to be careful with how much detergent you used or would result in a suds lock, sometimes I’d have to run the Whirlpool through a additional rinse with fabric softener to get rid of the suds. Never had issues with my Maytags going off balance and seem to rinse fairy well though you have to be mindful with the amount of detergent you use.
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| Post# 1185290 , Reply# 6 7/19/2023 at 20:26 (289 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1185295 , Reply# 7 7/19/2023 at 21:12 (289 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Yay! RotoFlex, without a skirt, always appears broken or incomplete. :-) Aunt's model with the same console and other features had a RotoSwirl. There is (should be) a step-down to low agitation at end of the Normal cycle wash, probably in consideration of the RotoFlex's aggressiveness. Aunt's did it even with the RotoSwirl, I vaguely recall for one increment at the 4-min mark, then back to high for the last 2 mins? Spin Only (H) position on the timer always seemed odd to me, being in what reasonably should be an Extra Rinse sequence that doesn't function as such. | ||
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Post# 1185314 , Reply# 8 7/19/2023 at 22:56 (289 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1185318 , Reply# 9 7/20/2023 at 01:13 (289 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Glenn, thank you for proving my "I Knew I Wasn't Crazy and false remembering". Friends of my parents, as part of their Duplicate Bridge group, lived 3 streets over and had the same pair, but in coppertone. Their youngest son & I used to hang out on those Saturday nights somtimes when was between 12 & 14. I know they moved into the house in 1963 and knew this set was not their original laundry pair. I always wondered what those were before I started going over to their house some.
The family across the street went to our church. They had a pink Control Tower set in the laundry room. | ||
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Post# 1185327 , Reply# 10 7/20/2023 at 08:55 (289 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Kenmore! | ||
| Post# 1185339 , Reply# 11 7/20/2023 at 10:56 (289 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1185341 , Reply# 12 7/20/2023 at 13:20 (289 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Post# 1185361 , Reply# 13 7/20/2023 at 19:41 (288 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1185376 , Reply# 14 7/21/2023 at 00:40 (288 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1185640 , Reply# 15 7/23/2023 at 11:45 (286 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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The machines ran great for 55 year old laundry equipment. They will both need some maintenance work but I was impressed with the initial tests. I was a little concerned about an automatic only dry control but it was amazingly accurate. It dried a large load of towels in 50 minutes and I noticed the soft heat feature kicked in. I replaced the non working drum light and fluorescent light and ballast on the dryer so I could get these obligatory pictures. The washer is missing the bulb cover which I assume is the difference in lighting color.
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Post# 1185649 , Reply# 16 7/23/2023 at 14:53 (285 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 1185653 , Reply# 17 7/23/2023 at 15:02 (285 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1185654 , Reply# 18 7/23/2023 at 15:18 (285 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1185695 , Reply# 20 7/23/2023 at 22:05 (285 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1185696 , Reply# 21 7/23/2023 at 22:12 (285 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1185837 , Reply# 22 7/25/2023 at 16:40 (283 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass) | ||
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800 Set I have that exact same set. | ||
| Post# 1185848 , Reply# 23 7/25/2023 at 19:58 (283 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Thanks all for the positive comments. Here’s a couple of pictures of the working fabric softener and bleach dispensers. They need to be cleaned but aren’t bad.
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