Recent content by turquoisedude

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!

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...