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Interesting washer, and dryer Dryer is definitely a GE design and the washer is an 80s or so Speed Queen machine John L

Whirlpool 358 277 inlet valve Has no outlet flow restrictor, it’s designed for a 50-50 fill so it gives half hot and cold water. This valve can pass water at the rate of almost 10 gallons a minute, it’d be an interesting experiment to put in the Speed Queen, but if it does any spray rinsing...

1999 GE hot point gas range This is an excellent gas range. It’s the best range you have found so far. I think you’ll be very pleased with it. These gave very few problems. The only thing we do to them on a regular basis is replace the oven bake igniter. John L

KitchenAid KD series 21 and 22 dishwashers These had a newly designed pump that was extremely rugged. It was a huge improvement over previous KitchenAid dishwashers, it was the last pump in an American dishwasher to have a stainless steel motor shaft, the motor had ball bearings, of course also...

Doing laundry is a significant contributor to climate change Reply 39, you always just amaze everybody Chet with your BS you expect anybody to believe that using energy doesn’t contribute to climate change, lol Jerome and Pat once you bring God into a discussion, you have lost the argument...

Tappan dual drench dishwashers The Bakelite drum is supported on both motor bearings. The motor is inside the drum to replace the motor. You have to remove the dishwasher and remove the motor from the back of the machine.. We have one in the museum, it is without question the worse performing...

Top load versus front load washers Hi Patrick, can you reply 34 you said you can’t really tell the difference between the top load performance and the front load performance overall. Top load washer still far out cell front load washers in the United States we have the freedom and the choice...

Most Popular US Range Size Is 30" wide, since the mid 50s more than 80% are this width, around 1950 gas ranges were usually 36" wide and electric ranges 40" wide in normal sized American homes. John L.

KitchenAid dishwasher racks On the porcelain tub KitchenAid dishwashers, they never had the nylon racks they were always vinyl coated. With hard water, you’re much less likely to have rusting racks because the detergent attacking it because the detergent is not as effective in hard water...

20" Frigidare Range Looks good on the outside, wonder what the inside of the oven looks like ? This range is no newer than 1950, it is neat to see one that survived. John L.

Thanks, So they are at $310 each? That's plenty of money for a W&D that are nearly 20 years old with lots of NLA parts, they are good machines. John L.

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Automatic washers with plastic outer tubs Reply number 20, probably the most produced automatic washer in the history of the world was the whirlpool direct drive washer where every single one of them had a plastic outer tub and a base mounted suspension system. Over 100 million produced...

Oil for rollers, etc. I would use a light machine oil such as sewing machine, oil, bicycle oil, three and one oil, etc. I’m not sure what the viscosity of the chainsaw oil is John L

1964 through 5 New York world fair My father took my brother Jeff and I to this fair. Somehow we did not make it to this exhibit that whirlpool put on, it would’ve been neat to see. It’s interesting that they did not show a washer dryer. Combination. Whirlpool was no longer marketing it under...

Possible bad dryer door switch I think you’re on the right track. It sounds like a bad door switch. The one in the picture will fit your dryer, some of the imitation door switches like that one don’t fit that well. If the metal bracket on your original switch looks better use the old bracket...

Bad washer, inlet valve It’s very common for inlet valves in any automatic washer or dishwasher to fail. Occasionally the failure is often a slow fill condition. They also can get stuck open and cause a flood. These valves do not need replacing every few years, but they need replacing when...

Household trash, compactor Hi Landon, neat observations about the motors used in these machines you know more about Motors than I do obviously. Trash compactor’s can still be found around here for next to nothing. A lot of people put them in and never use them. The whirlpool design is by far...

What went wrong with your dryer? It might be very simple fix compared to the work of hauling the dryer in and out hooking it up, etc.. If it’s just totally silent, it could be as simple as a bad door switch or a thermal fuse on the exhaust housing. If it hums and groans when you go to start...

Motors start capacitors on trash compactors Hi Landon, interesting point thinking about it now I don’t think I’ve seen any other trash compactor that used to start capacitor, as I mentioned, these compactors always started with no load on them, and the capacitor would normally be wired with the...