Recent content by turquoisedude

It's been a while since I had a Kenmore D&M in active duty, but I think the Normal and 145° wash cycles were Wash-Rinse-Rinse-Wash-Rinse-Rinse-Dry. I have a timer chart somewhere but I think the total cycle ran 60 minutes (longer if the 145 degree cycle had to pause to heat water).

Video proof of testing

This was found on a marketplace ad local to me (which in itself is a rare occurrence). I could not resist it... It looks like a 1971 model, not the fanciest Lady Kenmore version, but still a multi-cycle model. Like the other appliances I wound up buying from the seller of this machine it is in...

I think you're right that the heating element is the problem. If this is the 'soft heat' style of element, there would be two elements - a lower wattage one for the knits/delicates cycle and a higher wattage one for the regular fabrics cycle. If you are also noticing that the drying time is...

Hmmmmm.... I wonder if that was because the sound on my phone was off when I uploaded the video.... let's try this again!!

And some video proof...

I hit a couple of minor issues... a leak in the water supply to the tub due to a loose connection and the control knob no longer was advancing the timer actuating arm. I had somehow lost a bolt holding the ribbon-like control strap that connects the knob to the timer arm... Got that fixed...

I decided to repaint the front panel white again. Pink was not offered in 1950 and I'm a bit of a purist... And a bit OCD... LOL. It was time for a test of the machine at last!

So the machine sat for another year before I really started working on it again. I had time to figure out an alternative method of driving the drain pump. I added a sewing machine motor, powered by a DPDT ("reversing") relay so the new motor would run when current flow to the original solenoid...

The timer was an easy fix - swapped the old motor out and new one in. The pump was salvageable! It needed a good cleaning out and lubrication but it came back to life. The drain boot replacement was a bit more of a challenge... I managed to substitute some standard plumbing fittings but the...

I've had this dishwasher for quite some time... I acquired it from a fellow automaticwasher.org member in Arkansas, had it shipped to another fellow automaticwasher.org member in Ohio, then finally brought back to the house in Ogden, QC back in 2022. I began the restoration in 2023 and there...

James, I stumbled on a marketplace ad for the dishwasher initially, but after contacting the seller, I learned he was renovating a time-capsule house in the town of Waterloo, QC. He messaged me directly about the Inglis set and I learned about the GE set when I was on-site. Everything in the...

I spotted an ad on the local Marketplace for a Frigidaire Compact 30 range and the seller had also listed the Kenmore dishwasher so I decided to go for both. Then the seller contacted me about an Inglis Citation washer and dryer set. In avocado green. I comandeered my contractor friend and...

It's been a while, but I bravely ventured into the US to retrieve some vintage appliances from upstate NY. A 1967 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe washer, a 1967 Deluxe "customized" dryer that looks like a Custom Deluxe but isn't, and a 1969 Westinghouse dishwasher that is, in fact, a Canadian Eaton...