Recent content by ctyankee

I am seeing dozens of threads about bearing failures in Miele washers due to old age or improper consumer use etc. The problem could easily be solved by Miele installing stainless steel or ceramic ball bearings during factory assembly. If I ever have to pull the bearings on my 1903 I would like...

Hi qualin Later today I will call the guy and find out more information. Maybe I will make a low ball offer and see what happens. My goal is to eventually get a Miele condensing dryer, but these are nice looking machines in stainless steel!

Hi Peter I just checked the face panel and it does indeed say 1520. I assumed that the Miele dryers were just as good as the washers like my W1903. So I'm a little sad after reading what you wrote. However, on the plus side this unit is stackable. Do you have another recommendation for a...

Well, I just picked up a Novotronic dryer for fifty dollars. It has traveled the country with its previous owner and is in rough shape on the outside. It will take some elbow grease to clean off the moving tape residue and it has some broken plastic trim. I have to switch the wall plug before I...

I am always on the lookout for Miele washers and dryers. Almost daily I search the online classifieds such as ebay and craigslist. Well, just now I found an ad posted by an appliance retailer listing a brand new Miele T8005 stainless steel 24" dryer for $ 800.00 dollars. That's not a bad price...

To: polkanut. Well, remember I live very close to anthracite coal country which is in northeast pennsylvania. I can heat my house comfortably for about 600 dollars a year. If you need advice on where to purchase coal in Wisconsin you can click the link below to a great coal discussion forum...

I heat my New England cape with a Leisure Line coal stove installed in the basement with a single duct blowing warm air upstairs. Next year I plan on installing a coal warm-air furnace which would heat the house even more efficiently and evenly.

Very nice video's of all those Miele appliances!

Anyone wishing to design and then build a new washing machine should virtually copy/clone the Miele W1065 with it's mechanical controls.

To qualin, I believe the release date for the W1986 was July 31st 2002. Please see the attached URL for reference. The reasons why the 1900 series is physically better than later Miels has been discussed here and elsewhere at great length. http://www.miele.ca/miele/canada/corp_pr3.asp

After five years of extensive research, I have come to the conclusion that the Miele 1900 series were the best washing machines ever built. I recently decided not to fix my Staber after years of poor performance, most notably, the inability of the machine to spin when unbalanced. Several times...