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Pat that is interesting. Does anyone know why that is? Personally I think fine Hand-Washables are best suited for extra slow spinning.

I have to agree with you here, one speed machines that do a great job of cleaning heavily soiled work clothes, rags and towels are often to rough on causal items, blouses, nit sweaters, and fine delicates. You could of course make the agitation more gentle by changing the design of the agitator...

Send those same pics to my email, the forum software shrinks and down sizes the images blurring the smaller letters and numbers.    Thank you none the less!   Anyway, I'm curious as well. Perhaps soak and pre-wash takes gentle garments into account as well? 

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Neat! Is the wiring diagram still intact on the back access panel on your 1974 Kenmore 70?   If Whirlpool went through the trouble of configuring their machines to fill with warm water on pre-soak when set to hot/cold or hot/warm, then I definitely should not be soaking things in hot water...

Yes for me, I like super duper simple. Press, Press, push, turn, pull, done. Far less that can go wrong.   I think exactly like Kirk Rivas here at 1:00 -           I like any washer modeled after the GE WWC6700PA shown above.     The two and three speed versions would offer...

This is yet another reason why I dislike energy regulations, they make everything more confusing and complicated. ATC hot (100*F) would make a lot more sense being reserved for the soak and prewash cycles but thanks to energy start its literally backwards. I like conventions that are which...

The world washer and the VMW are iterations of the same design. The design goes back to the 70s from the Asian market where washer are typically smaller in size. The world washer and the VMW that followed just aren't beefed up enough for a full sized washer.     The mechanism that was right...

I LOVE, love push button washers.         This is how I imagine the 2025 version of this machine beautiful machine:                     Congrats on this find and thank you for restoring it!

Then why didn't they put it on the wash/rinse &spin temprature knob?   They put it on the soak/pre-wash knob.       It is funny, because had I drawn up this exact control panel before Whirlpool did your reply would be "Chet, absolutely nobody soaks in hot water. That is pretty obvious...

Pat, the only real solution is for Whirlpool to set up brand new tooling, molding, manufacturing and bring back the direct drives. Re-engineered with parts that last. Offer BOL all the way up to TOL versions. It will give people exactly what they're are looking for.    

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Jerome, you're not far away from the truth. When the model T came out few protested it. Few demanded its banishment. The market got its taste of cheap suspended floating tub hanging off the cabinet. People sad nothing, the other manufacturers knew they could follow unhindered.    If everyone...

My issue with the VMW is that it exists as a full size washer in the first place. VMW came from a compact model you rolled around to this sink and was technically not intended to be ever adapted to a full size machine. But Whirlpool shamelessly did. That is all you need to know. Of course you're...

Can the forum webmaster merge these posts into a single unified thread since IMO the problems center around a similar if not identical washer design?     In my opinion a single thread will make a greater case against vertical modular washers in that all the premature failures will be...

Jerome, I made a cycle for a GE filter flo though it might need an extra two minutes for the fill time- filter flos take around 7 minutes to fill vs 5 on average. Fill flume angled into the tub for 100% inward basket spray delivery. This cycle can also work for a direct drive.       It takes...

Dan no offense to humor, but troll comments are confusing.      I agree that VMW repair updates and novel break downs should be posted to a single thread. Makes for a stronger case when you've got a single easy to find thread but with hundreds of posts showing all the premature failures.

Is the ultra low /ultra low spin low the whole time during the cycle or does it switch to medium speed?   I love the design of this washer

Launderess, I'd go with a front loader if it had simple EM controls, strong onboard heater, sump recirculation pump and hardware based balancing.    Top loads do have one major advantage: time. A top loader can complete a whole cycle in as little as 24 minutes.         Though I get where...

Pierre, you know what I'd do? I'd save the deep rinse water and then use that for the wash. Just feels more right. I also think spray rinsing would save water while improving rinse results in top load washers so much so I'm researching the topic extensively and thinking of various ways that it...