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Another question… How reliable are the MTC timers in these? I’m trying to decide weather to buy a new or used timer, and I’m a lot less familiar with these MTC timers than the Robertshaw ones. I’m also planning to install a relay to take the heating element load out of the timer, just like I...

Hey everyone, hope you are all well. I was given a 1988 Kenmore dryer yesterday, and it is absolutely shot. The drum rollers are bad, the timer is bad, the paint on the inside of the drum is peeling, and it’s got a ton of little dings absolutely everywhere on the exterior paint job. I was...

Back in 2020, when I first started repairing appliances... One of the first machines that I got was a 2014 G.E. Hydrowave. The tub seal had let go, so It had bad bearings. However, the motor was also completely dead. The board on top of it was completely fried, complete with multiple scorch...

In my opinion, Whirlpool has been on the decline since the early 2000’s. However, about 2017 (which is when they got a new CEO), seems to be when they hit the rock bottom that they’re at now. I don’t recall hearing about the ridiculously high rates of board failures before that point. At...

Yes, that machine has a Rim-Flo mechanism... I can see it from the thumbnail of the video. IMO, I also feel that it didn’t work as well as the Filter-Flo system. The Rim-Flo ring on the 1988 Hotpoint washer I had for a few months back in 2020-2021 (which I still regret selling) was completely...

Hi everyone! Hope you’re doing as good as I am today. I went to buy something on marketplace today, and the house that it was in had a gorgeous early 60’s roper double wall oven in coppertone, along with a vintage NuTone range hood. The couple told me that they recently sold the home to a...

This is, indeed, late 80’s vintage gas dryer... Maytag gas dryers of this vintage are super easy to tell apart from the electric ones due to the access panel that they have on the front to make servicing the gas valve easier. You can tell that it is late 80’s by it still retaining the little...

IMO, Whirlpool has earned every bit of their bad reputation. I currently own a 2012 whirlpool side by side refrigerator, and it is one of the biggest pieces of junk I’ve ever seen. The water in the door freezes up regularly, the damper door spring has failed at least a half a dozen times, and...

A correction to my previous post... I just looked back at my pictures, and the two hex head bolts are actually under the wringer head, and hold the plate below the wringer head on. The two flathead screws that hold the top and lever to the head are what hold the head on. The head has a shaft...

Welcome to the forum! I mechanically restored a model 32 for my collection about two years ago. The first bit of advice that I will give is that these machines are exactly the same mechanically as the previous generation model 30, with the only differences being some cosmetic updating, most...

The last washer I flipped was an Atlantis... And it had the whites and colors speed selections as well. The difference was that whites had high speed agitation, while colors agitated at what was labeled as medium speed, despite the machine only having a two speed motor. This ‘medium’ speed...

As long as it isn’t too runny, I would say yes. The main concern with thin lubricants see on a Maytag carriage is the possibility of something too fluid running down the motor shaft and getting on the belts, causing them to slip. Although, even if you do use something with a low viscosity, you...

No way! That looks almost exactly like the 2006 Frigidaire gallery series microwave we have in black. I believe these are rebrands of the sharp carousel. I didn’t realize the radarange name was still in use this late. Thatwasherguy.

Thanks guys! Neptunebob... That’s a great idea for the grille! However, pretty much the entire bottom of the grille is broken off (it’s difficult to see in the pictures), and the piece was nowhere to be seen, so I can’t glue that back, unfortunately. However, I can certainly use that to deal...

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well. At work yesterday, a scrap truck came by to pick up some junk and drop off a washer (I think you already know where this is going, so I’ll cut to the chase). The guy was fixing to junk a 1998 WCI Frigidaire 5000 BTU window A/C and turquoise 1960’s Singer...

The last 2 weeks with this thing have been a roller coaster The drain pan heater was the easy part. Everything else was a series of words I can’t use here. First, the schraders on the fridge circuit died from the former owner attaching his refrigeration gauges, causing it to lose most of it’s...

bpetersxx... Yes, this is a thermostatic auto dry model. Not a single microprocessor anywhere on the machine. Hope this helps, Thatwasherguy.

Yes, the dryer is a DE408 I have that exact dryer in my collection. This model was produced from 1976 to 1980. On these older Maytags, you can quickly tell the electric (DE) models from the gas (DG) ones very easily by looking at the front panel. Gas dryers will have a small access panel...

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! That’s exactly right! It’s a Sub Zero 550, from 1991. You’re also correct that it has had a rough life. Despite this, the only thing truly wrong with it is that the freezer circuit has a refrigerant leak in the drain pan heater, which has left it completely...

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well. I'm very excited to share with you all my latest treasure; another vintage fridge for the collection. I'm going to let you all guess at what it is by the pictures. I'll give you a hint; it's much newer than it looks like. Thatwasherguy.