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    wrinkle gaurd

    well I traded the parts out from my 65 which does have the rebuild kit in it and it still did it. Guess ill just use the timed dry since I actually didn't know it didnt do wrinkle guard at the end of that. thanks for the help.
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    wrinkle gaurd

    My 70's km 800 has wrinkle guard and I want to know is there any way to disable it. I am no longer able to do laundry before going to bed because the machine keeps turning on and scaring/ waking up everyone in the house. It wouldn't be so bad except my machine has a squeal when it turns on that...
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    new additions and progress on the lady k

    forgot a pic of washer control panel.
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    new additions and progress on the lady k

    yep we like it and for $50 how could you go wrong. sure washes alot of clothes at once aswell. only complaint i have with it is warm setting just seems to put out just colder than room temp water doesn't seem to be affecting the cleaning ability though everything has come out great.
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    new additions and progress on the lady k

    stripping the last of the paint from the dryer broken Frigidaire still in place
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    new additions and progress on the lady k

    figured i owed you some pics of the new set up know the whirlpools a little new to be of great interest but dryer sure is old enough to garner a little attention. when i got it it was mostly covered in pink paint. the only thing not painted was the inside, the control panel, and some of the...
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    new additions and progress on the lady k

    i fell the same way you do but he tries to save them aswell the ones he scraps usually have some other part or cost prohibitive problem (usually failed pump. but as combo said cant save them all. wish i could save one of those kenmores but it would be may before id even have a chance to get up...
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    new additions and progress on the lady k

    I was on craigslist a few days ago a found for $65 total a nice 70's vintage Kenmore 800 gas dryer and a nice 90's whirlpool washer so I could finally do laundry in my laundry room and also so I wasn't relying on the poor lady k. as for the progress on the lady k. I bought the whirlpool from an...
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    well seeing as how i currently have neither the money or a source for a rebuilt unit i'll just keep doing the pull up trick and start a save the washer fund.
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    well pushing down stopped working but i have a new way pulling up on it when its in extra slow then bringing it back up to full wth is up with this thing.
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    i only had the agitator cap off so i could get a good grip and not break any more of the little nubs off the scrubber. as for having tried to remove it yes and i failed miserably.
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    i think we have a winner started the machine tried pushing down but couldn't get a good grip (but it was helping. so stopped machine pushed down real hard then clunk clunk and it kicked in. ans bonus got this whole process on video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bazV0GjeTEo
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    well then :/. i have no fear and nothing to loose hows the transmission come out?
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    oh motor is fine its all in the gearbox and associated workings motor has no problems running it. ill get the video out tonight and throw a link up.
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    its playing with me now lol. was gonna make a video of the problem yesterday and when tried to film it it worked perfectly 4 washes in a row.tonight threw an afghan in the wash and it took twenty minutes to get it to start agitating right. for about 15 minutes it was its usual weak agitate and...
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    yeah its much better than the 2003 Frigidaire its replacing gets clothes dry in about 30 minutes compared to an hour and a half for the Frigidaire. unfortunately its electric and the Frigidaire is gas so its has to stay tethered to the electrical panel in a store room instead of the laundry room...
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    well tightened the belt still doesn't grab in right it doesn't seem like the agitator is locking in to the drive.
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    as for pictures of the set here are a couple as you can see they are in very good shape only slight surface rust where the panals join and everything is there except the a button on the washer. got the set for free from the kids of the original owners. they even came with ALL the original...
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    lady kenmore having a bit of a problem getting going

    well popped open the back belt has a good half inch of deflection but still looks and feel to be in good shape. was surprised by how clean it is inside.
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