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13 hr days No job is worth 13hr days 7days a week. How hideous. You could never pay me enough to ever do that.

cleaning Once every 20 years or so.

Power connections My mum's old Whirlpool Chancellor stove/oven has the option of 2 x 10 amp circuit connections, or a jumper to allow one 20 amp connection. My grandparents also had a New World stove/oven with the same option. Must have been an aussie 1950s/1960s thing.

Both american and european made KDS17 panels exactly the same.

Update Realised it's not a separate piece - so looking for the control panel trim as a whole piece.

Hi - am looking for un undamaged top stainless steel trim piece for the front control panel of a KDS17 dishwasher. Am in Australia, but happy to pay for the part and postage of course. Thanks, John

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Heater element In the bottom of the outer tub. 2400 watts at 240 volts.

Thanks for the help. This machine has a concrete filled porcelain coated steel balance ring. All in tact, nothing missing. No sediment tube. Will check tub installation.

Repair All I did was repair a large rust hole in the outer tub, but to do so removed the agitator and inner tub.

From Malleys Whirlpool - Australia, 1976. http://john116.com.au/whirlpool_1976.pdf

Hi - I have a 1968 Simpson fluid drive (similar to Speed Queens of same era) which has what seems to be an off centre tub. On spin, with nothing in it, it causes quite severe vibrations which causes the whole machine to 'walk' somewhat on the floor. I have had the tub/agitator shaft out for...

In normal use, side opening lid presents no problems.

Restoration thread of this machine: https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?77633

Year I now have that exact machine. Made in 1968. Service manual here: http://www.john116.com.au/Whirlpool_1968.pdf John