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  2002 model-year (L). 2003 factory date (P), two weeks apart.

  How do various washers perform ATC? F&P IWL12 (a Phase 6 model) - Cold = tap supply - Cold+ = 16°C (61°F) - Warm/Cold = 34°C (93°F) - Warm = 46°C (115°F) - Warm/Hot = 51°C (124°F) - Hot = 69°C (156°F) F&P AquaSmart WL26CW1 & WL37T26CW (Phase 7) - Cold Faucet = tap supply - Cold = 18°C (64°F)...

  Patrick, you can also have off-board discussions with John, and other upgraded members, via the AW message system without needing to know email addresses.

  <blockquote>John email me and we can have a discussion. Truly no joke I would love to talk with you about faith. I know this isnt the forum for it.</blockquote> Such things can be discussed freely in the brown section ... for $5/30 days or a whopping $12/year.

  Seems you have appreciable debris in the water supply.  I recall that John advises to replace the valve assembly instead of clean the screens ... so there you have it.

  <blockquote>Now I am kind of getting meh the Speed Queen TC and especially TR really aren't any better because of rusting tubs now? Yet these are one of the few models I know of today that have a transmission and not a gear case.</blockquote> What is the difference you perceive between a...

  <blockquote>Model LG5801XKW1 Serial M31704199</blockquote> K in the model number indicates 1982 model-year.  M317 is manufacture in April 1983.

  Stained soil level inserts several (3 or 4) short soaks into the wash period vs. the full Soak option which inserts 2 hrs.  There's a Save Time option which reduces cycle time by 1/2 so the 2hr soak becomes 1hr, or pressing a button (Start/Pause IIRC) aborts the soak to continue the cycle.  I...

  <blockquote>I've heard of STPP but knowing it's phosphates I don't want to take chances.</blockquote> Are you on city sewer service?  My understanding is that municipal/city wastewater/septic systems typically are equipped to treat for phosphates.  Your choice of course but more phosphates...

  I'm hazarding a guess regards to super-dirty items in a TR SQ ... consumers are for some reason loath to run a long wash time.  Same for frontloaders, an appreciable number of users run all loads on the lowest soil level or the Quick Wash cycle (which is intended to "refresh" 2 to 3 items that...

  <blockquote>Other than getting a water softener how does one soften the water with a liquid ?</blockquote> Are you not aware of STPP?  It has been discussed here for 20+ years. <blockquote>Powders you can generally tell because they make the water slick but liquids don't do that, I guess...

  A good dose of detergent is the trick to combating odor-infested clothing moreso than direct volume of water, IMO.

  <blockquote>Always use fabric softener in clothing, not in towels and sheets.</blockquote> That's opposite my usage of softener in sheets/bedding, not in towels or clothing ... except the instances of washing shirts with sheets. I've been using HEB (house brand) Bravo lavender softener since...

  Family friends have a TR5.  They like it.  They're somewhat outdoorsy, go fishing often.  A minor problem developed that it tends to randomly beep after a cycle is finished and unloaded until she gives it a whack atop the console.

  I've been wanting to try a countertop induction unit but am scarce for countertop space.  Could set it atop the stovetop but the nearest 120v outlet that doesn't involve an extension cord is behind the refrigerator.

  Dave, it has a manual-clean cartridge filter, the housing of which is integrated into the tub ring.  Photo #2 shows that the tub ring has been removed, so the filter also isn't shown.  #41 on the parts diagram is the filter cartridge assembly.

  I have a machine with a Soak option that adds a 2-hr soak at the end of the wash period on any cycle.  Five agitation strokes every 1 min throughout the soak. Three others that insert the Soak period into the Wash, with half the wash agitation before the Soak and half after, also with five...

  The required parts would, of course, depend on what is wrong with the machine. Water flows, as Robert and John advise, so eyes-on is the only way to determine the source of it.

  I've had/have seven F&P washers (and four topload dryers). A SmartDrive GWL08 purchased new in 1999 (S/N 6/1999, NZ).  It passed through three other family members.  Went dead at 22yo when my nephew-and-family had it.  I didn't get to examine it before haulaway.  They said there was evidence...

  <blockquote>Instead of using a blower, the dryer had an exhaust fan so the air was "inhaled" over the heat source instead of blown across.</blockquote> Which brands/designs blow the incoming air into the heat source vs. pulling the air through the heat source?