Recent content by partscounterman

Having been in the appliance industry in years past, I always pause at this time of year to read this very ribald post from the best of Craigslist called "You can buy a turkey fryer or you can..." Well, you will have to click on the link yourself just know that there are a lot of four letter...

At first I was just going to post the picture of the rare bird known as The Kenmore Kart but then I realized that both of these pages from Sears 1972 "Accessories for Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles" are worthwhile. That little Kenmore Kart was Sears answer to the wave of British and...

Oops- I forgot the electric blanket This time of year, the electric blanket is in the closet. I did notice when I put it away that it too needed to go for a spin. I have a little time on that as we are still running the A/C. That one shouldn't be too difficult. I am just finishing up my summer...

I am not going to be specific about how long it has been since I have washed my king sized bedding because I am a little embarrassed. I had a bad experience at the laundromat the last time, so I put it all off for quite a while. Just to be clear I am talking about the deep bedding; I change and...

If anyone at Thermador has a sense of humor... and a sense of dishwasher history, they would have put a button on that new glassware machine called PARTY CYCLE

Since we moved into our mobile home here, I must confess that I have been running washday like an oil barron. Replaced the temp control on my Kenmore with one that has a warm rinse option and have generally behaved like my house sits on top of a hot spring. No problem with sweet & clean with all...

Never have seen this... Both my Mother and Aunt Edith had Maytags with built in suds savers but never have seen anything like this. Whirlpool also had a suds-miser attachment for the early direct drives. I always thought that was a better idea than having to order a machine with the device...

You can easily add a DAA The machine you have there is termed extra large capacity around 2.7 cubic feet. That is the same single action agitator that my own Kenmore originally had. You will notice that Whirlpool is using this agitator even now in the commercial Whirlpools and Maytags...and...

Thank you for bringing this back up. It was nice to see this again as I long ago gave this away at one of Robert's wash-ins, just before we did the full time RV thing. I think it would be a fun day to have this huge boatload of washing to do and these machines to do it with-a few Hugh Jazz...

Always shopping for a new washer Oh, yes I have looked at all those lovely Maytags and of course the machines with the internal heaters. I am always shopping for a new washer and yet am grateful that my house has the matching vintage Kenmores in it. They currently achieve the prime objective of...

Some like it hot... I did do one smallish load on the NORMAL cycle, otherwise used HEAVY DUTY or DEEP WATER WASH (which wasn't all that deep). Besides the in-laws not keeping the water heater set very high, they have a long run to the washer from the heater. Towards the end of our visit I would...

No sooner did I get myself re-signed up around here, we got the call from Dennis' family that his older brother had a heart attack and would require an operation. We made a fast roadtrip to southern Minnesota. We stay at the younger brothers house. My brother-in-law Bradley ruined the old...

The last time I posted... We were living in a restored 1975 Avion Travel Trailer and yes, the plan was that we were going to gallavant allover the country. We ended up back here at our beloved Mesa Verde (Dennis always says that we are "keepers" for this park) and I guess we ran out of...

The current laundry and home So here is a pic of my current Kenmore Laundry and given the current state of laundry equipment, I am glad to have them. The former owner of the house (God rest his soul!) replaced the washer timer knob with a pull start handle for a lawnmower, a repair which I find...

Hi Kids-It's been a while since I've been posting here and so decided to get back into the washer conversation and say hi to friends old and new. Decided to go back to my old handle of "partscounterman" even though it has been quite a while since I've sold appliance parts. It's hard to believe...