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Washer main seal damage from two little detergent If you have harder water, especially if you’re using a cheap powder detergent like arm and hammer, it will leave a mineral buildup on things, including around the seal and the mineral buildup is fairly abrasive. It can actually destroy the seal...

Can’t imagine that it would hurt anything My only concern is a teaspoon of detergent is too little to use in a machine unless you have incredibly soft water, you risk ruining the main seal of the washer if you use too little detergent in any washer. I think it’s still a good idea to use...

Removing dryer from top of washer white Westinghouse pair There should be a panel on the lower left front of the dryer. That’s about 8 x 8“. You remove that by removing one screw at the bottom of this panel usually a Phillips head screw. Then you reach into the panel in the front left corner...

Reply number 16 Oh Chet, if you knew how the world worked, it would be dangerous, lol That hot setting on the resource savers was only there in case the consumer needed a hot wash. It was a workaround you filled it on the pre-soak cycle and then moved it over to the main cycle. It was never...

Three Speed motors Went away in 1974 in the lady Kenmore, the imperial Mark, 12 and Frigidaire one to 18 washers. We were in tough economic times because of the Nixon recession all kinds of things were being cut. A lot of porcelain tops went away around this time too. Three Speed motors did...

Slow, noisy and cheap These were only 18,000 BTU, and they tended to clog up badly in the lint filter housing under the filter. If this is Oldschool quality give me something new any day lol John L

I will 2nd GE There are also some decent offerings from WP, FD, but for build quality and servicing GE still has an edge. What style range are you looking at ? This might make a difference as well. John L.

Timer not advancing, a 207 Reply one good advice, Dan, I’m sure all A 207 had a permanent press cycle. The A206 was made either way.

KitchenAid 21 and 22 series pump and motor This is a very easy pump and motor to work with the entire assembly lifts out of the machine from the inside after you disconnect electrical and two hoses underneath. These motor and pump assemblies are still plentiful. I would just get another 21 or...

As a fellow appliance repair person Why don’t you have a decent washing machine at your house? Get yourself a good front load washer why put up with the performance of one of these cheap top loaders I’m sure you’re in the position to get your hands on a good front load washer for nothing and...

Frigidaire fold back cooking units I just picked up one of these two unit Frigidaire cooking units. It’s the original one just like you posted from 1955. Are you looking for a total of four surface units or just two? Frigidaire went through about three generations of these fullback units in...

Neat guide to using electricity in the home Thanks for posting Tom, it always amazed me, how they started to wire homes in this country and such an efficient and safe manner, my cousins house was built in the late 20s and even though wiring has been added to considerably the original wiring in...

Reply 170 cold water trickling in Don’t take apart the control panel don’t ruin this machine, get a Speed Queen inlet valve this time, it doesn’t pay to fool around with imitation inlet valves unless there’s no other choice. John L

Maytag lover 68 Are you able to get free boards from your parts distributor for these recent whirlpool washers when we run into things like that we can get a free part because whirlpool’s covering the parts. John L

Best detergent for older dishwashers As others have suggested experiment, but the new premium pods work very well in my older whirlpool power cleans for example, if you have harder water and wanna add a little, STPP, you can but be careful because too much detergent will etch things. this is...

Cleaning up, filthy outer tubs, etc. I would never use more than about one cup of bleach more bleach is not necessarily better and you can damage the metal center post the inside of the porcelain wash basket, etc. bleach is a very strong product. It can also damage your nasal passages, etc. if...

The Maytag combination washer dryer Thank you, Corey for presenting this very fun to watch. I had never really seen any advertising for this interesting machine. It’s interesting. They really didn’t talk about the virtues of this machine, such as being able to be installed anywhere because it...

Household kitchen, trash, compactors Hi Landon, I run into compactor pretty regularly many have hardly ever been used so they’re usually pretty good shape. We’ll have to figure out a way to get one shipped in your direction. It is amazing how few people have decent vacuum cleaners anymore when...

Solid-state variable speed, whirlpool washer In 1963, this is the earliest machine spotted so far. It’s interesting whirlpool tried this out first it did show up on a 1966 through seven Lady Kenmore I have the makings of such a machine, but I need the motor if anybody ever finds one, I would...

Just spin your laundry clean And more stupid ideas from Chets sandbox, it’s amazing. Nobody ever thought of that before or more likely they did and obviously anybody with a lick a sense would know that wouldn’t possibly clean clothing. And it needs to have a clutch in it with a cooling system...