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The Suds Will Return Hi Gang, I see Matt had a question on how I was going to implement making "My Fair Lady" a Suds Saver. Well Matt, on my machine, it is actually pretty simple. Scrambling a few hoses is the hardest part. One of the benefits of this machine is the fact that "Suds" is...

The Beautiful Ladies Mark/Dave, Went and picked these up last night. They are in very good condition for their age and do not appear to be abused. They are 1971 models and were acquired from the original owner, an eldery lady who had recently passed away. A very nice young couple bought the...

Hey Rich, I had tell you "great find". I have almost the same identical machine, except my LK has the triple dispenser, suds-saver, vari-flex, and is a bit newer vintage (1972). The model number is 110.720593G. I found this machine on my way to work one day about 3 am, with the matching dryer...

A beautiful set Dwight. Get a hold of me ASAP. I would love to own them. They are fantsatic.

This is about the 10th machine I have come across with a Dependable Drive transmission in it that has had a tub seal issue on it. And out of those 10, I have repaired 4 of them. It has been my conclusion that Maytag has had a real problem with the process their supplier uses to stamp the outer...

Laundress.. Save your Miele... My 1966 A606S Maytag will be around for years long after that thing goes to the shredder

I just got an email from my mother's middle sister (there were five girls, Grandma, Grandpa, and tenants in the flat upstairs at the house on Melrose), and Auntie says that Grandma bought one of the first Whirlpool Automatic washers with a Suds-Saver made in 1947 or 1948, at Polk Bros. but she...

My folks bought an old Bell and Howell Autoload Dual 8 movie projector from Polk Bros. in 1967 which I still have, from the store on Belmont. We lived off of Belmont and Long on Melrose, which wasn't far from Belmont and Cicero. Jeff: If I remember right, Grandpa bought his 2 Model 918 Hoover...

Where did these part number come from? Did they come from some type of old Frigidaire parts list? Let me know. There is a Frigidaire parts place down the street from where I work that has been in business for many, many years. He has alot of NOS stuff stacked up in his shop. Looks like an...

I have had many, if not hundreds of these machines apart fellas, and what I have found that causes this problem is one of three things. One, when Whirlpool built these machines at the factory, the tub ring didn't get snapped on correctly around the complete circumference of the top of the tub. I...

Pete, You could certainly use this machine at home. The knob you see on the control box is the knob for the timer which replaced the coin slide or coin drop option if you didnt order them. I believe that these have only two options. Water temp: Hot, Warm, and Cold. I think that's the top...

Kitchen Aid Washers are nothing more then rebadged Whirlpools. If it was me making the call, for the price difference, I would buy a comparable Whirlpool or Kenmore. The best thing about them all.. You can get parts anywhere and everywhere for them at a decent price and practically fix them...

You are quite correct Glenn, the Calypso does have a flood/pressure switch. I understand that this switch monitors the water level in the supply tank, and if it is bypassed, I can just imagine the water show you would have. How I am seeing so far, is that the switch is calibrated to keep...

Lord, do I remember the old Bock extractors at the laundromat. I don't see too many of them around here anymore either. Although they still exist in some laundromats I have passed, everytime I see one, I fondly remember the famous roar the motors made when they fired up. How could you forget it...

I inquired sometime back when I learned of the Calypso machine, about the Catalyst cleaning action. The Catalyst portion of the cycles in Calypso, is nothing more then a special "pre-treat" cycle. Measured soap is place in the dispenser at the beginning of the Catalyst cycle. The soap is then...

Hey Al, My better half is going up north of the Mackinac Bridge this weekend. As it turns out, I remember seeing one of these dryers at a junk shop in town when we were up last Christmas. She knows the guy who owns the shop and says he has junk everywhere. I will have her and my brother-in-law...

Hey there... does anyone have a Kenmore like the one pictured in this ad that is for sale? I am very much interested in purchasing one either restored or in restorable condition. This was the machine that made me fall in love with Automatic Washers. Only catch is, it has to have a suds-saver. I...

Correction The D80 bag has the Kirby logo in small ovals according to Bob not round circles like the 50. But he still tells me that the 50 bag is identical to the VII.

Kirby D50 & D80 Machines Hey Charlie.. Just wanted to say you have beautiful machines. I by chance, ran across a beautiful Sanitronic VII at a flea market in Bay City, MI this past fall that was used a total of 10 times. Jeff.. I may have told you about this one. Anyway, I took this machine to...

Old Kenmore DD One of the dead giveaways that this is a spin-drain unit, is the balance ring on the top of the wash basket is "perforated". This was a 16# capacity machine. All neutral drain machines had a solid balance ring and were either 16# or 20# capacity. The change to the neutral drain...