Ahh, the Washington debate. My apologies - It's never "state" if you were born here, and I never think about that when I post things. I'm in Mount Vernon.
Now you have really made me sad --- I will take a look at it to verify the oil displacement in the transmission, and the agitator seal and bearing failure. I am imagining it is going to be a bear to get replacement parts; wish me luck. I still have the original manual in nearly mint condition...
Thanks so much. I'll give it a try next weekend. Nothing has ever cleaned like this machine for me or had it's capacity, and I would dearly miss it. I think it deserves a new life.
Very sad - I have an old Whirlpool LDA5700-5705 Super Surgilator with SudsMiser and a waterfall lint trap that I just love (it has a matching dryer). It has been a workhorse (only repaired once) and I want to try to figure out how to keep it, because now it is sadly dumping oil from the motor...