Test it out first!
If it wants to spin while pulsating in the wash or rinse cycle you are going to need a (hard to find) Torque-Spring or you will be dead in the water.
Also make sure she is "sea-worthy" because split bellows can lead to a lot of trouble in the mechanism.
Whomever has these...
Strange, isn't it--------
that people keep setting themselves up for failure and disappointment.
For no amount of money will the seller find this level of quality or performance in today's world.
Will probably get suckered into an LG or Samsung POS, and will end up whining and crying about it...
I recall the people who used conventional washers were loathe to switch to detergents as they could keep lots of suds with the soaps.
And that was the catch-22 when using soaps in automatics. Especially in soft-water areas. Using soaps in front-loaders? Fahgetabboutit!
The soap manufacturers...
One way to do it is open up the pump and make a template of the outside edges. Go to the auto parts store or hobby shop and get a sheet of cork. Using a small knife, cut out a piece of cork matching the template and you have a new gasket.
Or just shmear on some high-temp liquid gasket and stick...
I have one of those high-fashion red marbalized straight-vane agitators in minty condition. They are so beautiful. I always thought Whirlpool missed a sales opportunity by not making the marbalized red exclusive to the Surgilator, at least until the introduction of the Super Surgilator.
Those...
The Sears on Ponce de Leon in Atlanta
was a huge playground when I was a kid. They always had a great working display of various appliances. The Plexi-Glass tub Lady Kenmore Wringer washer or the latest Lady Kenmore Automatic, always with a full tub of water, a couple dozen poker chips, set to...
Oh yeah, the SQ TL's of today-------
will make a mess out of a load of sheets no matter how you load them. (Except, of course, the TL series that don't move anything around enough to tangle them).
The ones we have at the office wash mostly towels and sheets, so I have plenty of experience with...
When it comes right down to it--------
I can wash anything water-washable with an 806. Versatile, dependable, nice features, large capacity. Other than just for fun, I can't think of anything else I would rather have as my only machines.
Maybe, or------
a combination of both. We do know that there had already been years of pressure from the (so called) Consumers Union to force manufacturers to reduce water consumption.
And, the Government certainly was involved at the time, as well.
Using up the original water valves would have...
I have an early 80's SQ (big tub) solid tub machine. It really is a good machine and it is nice that it holds a larger load. However, due to the usual Government interference involving water usage, the rinse fill is always about 3/4 of a tub full when agitation begins. The first part of what...
I remember well the solid-tub machines found in most Floridian homes back in the 1950's and 1960's and with rare exception I hardly recall any sediment issues.
Perhaps most parents in those days had enough sense to tell their kids to shake-out anything that came in from the beach as opposed to...
The local Sam's here has a three gallon pack for just under $19.00! WTF?
I really feel my age when I recall that as a youngster, a brown glass gallon of Clorox was 25 cents.
It doesn't matter what you do---------
it still tastes like liver.
Traditional Ashkenaz Jewish "Gehochte Leber" a delicacy.
Wash a pound of Chicken Livers (or calves liver) under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Pick-over and remove any membranes or gall bladders on the chicken...
I set my water heater on "HELL" --------
when I got it 15 years ago and haven't touched it since. I like it boiling out of the tap.
I have used the Cascade Fryer Boil-Out for years with great results. Very hard water where I live and no residue.
I usually barely fill both cups in my old KDP-20.
Out of ignorance, I used to scoff at those Syncro-Swing Washers when they were brand new to the market. At Greg's Wash-In, years ago, I got to see one in action and it completely changed my mind. What a great little machine! Much more than just a novelty!
They were good machines, their owners used the hell out of them and they were disposed of. Might be some in obscurity somewhere waiting for you to discover them!
Go to every ESTATE sale you can and look in the dusty out buildings and basements.
I do not know whether Sears and/or Whirlpool...
The Globalists/WEF/Elites will tell you what you can and cannot use and you will be happy. Period!
Meanwhile, I will continue to enjoy my old machines in blissfull non-compliance to the totalitarians!
Hmmmm, A '55 Unimatic (from "the farm"), a nice ('83) Whirly belt-drive, a nice Kenmore Collapse-O, an early '60's Westy Roll-Out DW, A beautiful and minty '67 Frigidaire CI Stove. Oh, and a Frankenstein Kenmore Belt-Drive from Greenbelt.