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Speaking of motors, had the motor act up on my Whirlpool since it was sitting on the start winding and was cutting out. Thought it was a timer issue, but quickly realized it was the motor since it came back on but was making a funny hot smell, decided to pull the plug and swap a different motor in.

One experiment I did to my Maytag franken dryer (essentially a Maytag 407, just the console light wired in place of the neon pilot light) is put in a L180-40 thermostat for the high limit. The heating element would stay on for a good 10 minutes or so before the main cycling thermostat would open...

Double throw switch cycling thermostat. This originally started out life as a DG606, then was converted to a 306 since the electronic dry control wasn’t working and had corroded wires from years of the constant burning pilot light being left on. Scored a NOS 407 auto dry timer and decided to put...

Earlier this spring, I created a thread on thinning the heard. Since the site got sold off and has a completely, can’t find the thread I created originally. Anyways, I mentioned I would be selling of my Maytag A810 set (probably just going to give them away since they have been sitting out in...

Welcome to the club Lincoln. My interest in automatic washers all began with the 1997 Maytag Dependable Care washer I grew up with in the early 2000’s before moving in 2006. Despite my Maytag A806 being 18 years older, still makes the same distinct sound when it enters the spin drain as did the...

I honestly can’t justify throwing something away that can provide many years of trouble free service, as long as parts can be found or made, might as well keep things for running as long as possible. Of course, there will be those who will make remarks but honestly, who the hell cares. If...

I honestly prefer the Super Surgilator and DDSS over the Kenmore agitators. The Super Surgilator seems to work quite well, washed a pillowcase that appeared to be cleaned but when I went to move the sheets over to the dryer, was amazed on how clean it came out. The standard Bakelite Surgilator...

Some people can hem and haw all the want on how newer machines have more flexibility etc, but there’s not much flexibility, if any at all. Usually you’ll be locked out of certain options, and when you select ‘hot’, it’s usually warm which is not true hot water. If I select hot or warm water...

THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!! CAN’T JUST TALK THE TALK, WALK THE WALK DAMN IT!!!!!!!!

Jerome keeps on going on the same damn thing over and over to the point it’s beginning to piss me off. I thought I was bad when I joined the site over 8 years ago..

Reliability may be questionable with newer Samsung units, but definitely quicker drying times. Heat pump may be more efficient, but will need a tear down to keep the evaporator coil clean. Though a good majority of us here in the club are mechanically savvy, heat pump dryers are a royal pain...

They claimed to use the ‘normal’ cycle, but I’m willing to bet they used the Super Wash cycle but didn’t show the console options since that’s apart of the marketing. They did show it in another clip in the other video, but probably selected the Super Wash cycle when the camera was off, again...

Vented is the way to go if you want reliability and quick drying times.

I’d say 1978 since the Imperial Mark 18 was superseded by the Mark II in 1978.

You couldn’t make the belt drives spin any faster without essentially having to belt them down to a concrete floor. The hanging suspension is 1940’s technology and was only meant for speeds of 505 to 525 rpm, no faster than that. Because of the slower spin speeds, Whirlpool engineered the...

It’s just Whirlpool was skimpy and stingy after the direct drives were introduced in the 1980’s since the options became more limited. Would be interesting to compare my Mark 18 to a TOL Whirlpool direct drive from 1987 (not a exact 1 to 1 comparison since the Mark 18 consoles are on a Whirlpool...

Personally, Whirlpool should go back to the belt drives, any other Whirlpool outside of the belt drives is junk.

Also cold water washes don’t help much, either. Sometimes if it’s something lightly soiled or something just needs to be ‘freshened’ up from sitting for awhile or the ambient temperature of the water is on the warmer side, I’ll just do a cold water wash, but 95% of the time it’s a warm or hot...

I still don’t understand why people think using only a table spoon of detergent is a good idea, ends up causing more problems later on. I always use a cup or more of detergent in mine, sometimes I’ll use 2 cups of detergent just to be sure. Detergent is cheap, rebuilds and repairs are expensive.

Direct drives can have issues with the transmission, there’s more pieces inside which can fail. Belt drives on the other hand, have few parts inside and since everything is made of cast iron, will last for a long, long time. Only things that can fail inside a belt drive transmission is the...