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I received a number of responses Looks like the set is spoken for. Thank you everyone for your interest!! Gordon

Greetings to all! I am cleaning out some storage and am rearranging some of my machines. It is clear that some of them would be better appreciated if they moved on to new homes. So, I will be offering a few of these machines here in Shoppers Square with the hope that someone will find their...

John, You remember what you read correctly. Direct Drive Kenmores from 1982 through 1991 largely mimicked cycles from the belt-drives. In fact, for the first four years the machines resembled belt-drives very closely so that they would fit into the sales line-up together. Cycles had...

Compatible tubs The last machines made with a tub that would be a 100% match to this one would be something from the early 1970s. Beyond that, a new pump was developed by 1974 that gets water for the manual lint filter through the manifold trap instead of a filter port. An exception to this...

Interesting! Hi Ken, First, the machine you are hoping to use as a tub donor is a direct drive. The direct drive tub is not compatible at all with a belt drive. The machine pictured has a belt -drive counterpart, but the belt drive version does not have the black curved strip in the fill...

Late 1980s or very early 1990s direct drive.

I believe I remember this particular machine... If I remember correctly, it was acquired by a member in Florida in the last year or two. He was anxious to use a Roto-Swirl and the Surgilator in it, but had kept the Dual-Action. The leak had shown up when he was using the machine as well. We...

I suspect that dead spots are developing in the timer... It's hard to suggest this because the information available is not precise, but dead spots are very common in the timer that was used in many of these machines, and they typically are seen in high current draw portions of the cycle such...

What do you mean it wants to die but keeps on spinning? Is the motor turning off and back on? Please describe the symptoms in better detail. Gordon

So I have been wondering, whatever happened to the holiday paper towels that P&G had every year? Not to mention the Palmolive dish detergent cranberry scent in the Christmas scene bottle, etc. In the last couple years, P&G told my mom that Target distributes holiday print Bounty, but we...

Ethan, There were 13 different drives available at one point, all for the various but subtle differences between each machine. 383927 for example is identical to a 383925 except it has the pulley for the narrow, quiet pak belt --- major difference. The 383926 is for a compact portable with...

Have a big pile of detergents to give to charity this season...I do that this time of year every year. I enjoy buying this stuff too much but can't use it as fast as I would like, so I donate 12-18 bottles or boxes to a couple charities including the Ronald McDonald house in Charlotte. I am...

Ethan - I am pretty sure that the basket drive assembly you installed before is an aftermarket unit with a brake disc and lining similar to Whirlpool's earlier pre-fast brake design. The manufacturer meant for these to be used in fast brake machines, but some of the components involved are not...

Interesting Mark I noticed in your pictures that the pump is colored black. They were black in the early seventies, so most likely original. I guess it is entitled to fail after 44+ years. In the more recent machines, the detergent valve is open or activated from the 14 until 8 or 6 minute...

Wow! This is really strangely ironic... The machine in the the video that Martin posted of the properly working detergent valve is mine, and it was just Friday evening that I was looking at misc Lady Kenmore posts and came across my thread about that machine and realized that I had never...

Todd - I came up with the same thing Laundress did, but used my 1992 Whirlpool repair parts reference catalog. At that time, for the LFE 5800 group of dryers, the element was part number 279698, which now subs to 4391960, exactly as Laundress' link suggests. This is a very active part, and...

Porcelain tops Patrick, The machines being discussed here did indeed have porcelain tops. There were a number of 500s in the 60s, and many in the 80s that did not have porcelain tops, but these models for 1970 did. Kenmores were pretty feature laden during the first half of the 1970s, so...

Bob, Yes, I like the "fancy" 1970 500 too. Didn't lack much, and had an odd level of features for a 500, Sears did that over and over during the first half of the 70s until they returned to previous features levels in 1976. I had never seen this model before, and I think only one since...

The Avocado machines

A few pictures The 1970 500 models had the gold straight vane agitator with the tapered cone cap. The machine on the right is the standard 500 model which was featured in the ad. Mine was built in 1972 and thus it was built with the notched lid without handle. I first thought the lid was...