Recent content by turquoisedude

That should be fine. I've marked the date. I believe I still have my email address in my profile - please feel free to contact me when you have finalized the shipping arrangements.

Not to discourage you, but I live in a rural area with poor roads. IF we have heavy snow in November (which hasn't happened for a couple of years but you never know) my house will be inaccessible unless you have an all-wheel drive vehicle. Please bear that in mind but also that I'd wait until...

Oh well, too bad. I probably have those elements in my parts inventory. But I'm not willing to give them away. François has been the only person who ever paid me for parts I sold him.

For the record, François is a friend of mine who makes his living repairing and restoring vintage appliances. So sorry I cannot help.

Patrizia, I would suggest that you contact François Dubuc at Antique Electro in Val-Joli, QC https://www.antiqueelectro.com/contactez-nous

Amazing... Folks who bitch and whine and moan that "decent machines never surface" are amazingly silent. Oh, wait, they're the ones who badgered me endlessly to find them something like this. Whatever. There is always the crusher. I'll make videos of that I promise.

I still seem to be able to post (and I'm seeing just as many ads as before... whatever...). This is a move of desperation - I'd very much like to move this matched 1972 Maytag A206 and DE306 washer and dryer set out of my workshop. I bought them for another collector who had begged me to let...

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!