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Frigidaire trash, compactor motor, etc. Hi Landon, thanks for your observations. Yes, it’s sort of odd that it has such a big capacitor on the motor because the compactor never really starts under any load. The ram goes down until the motor stalls as soon as the start winding engages it...

Vertical modular washer leaking oil Brendan is absolutely correct. These have a transmission that is filled with oil. We have seen many that leaked. The bearings in the motor do not contain enough lubricant that it would ever leak out. Often they’ll keep running a long time with a slight oil...

Suds backing out of the standpipe Hi William, this is a very common problem. It’s compounded by the fact you have soft water but spin drain Speed Queen’s have had this problem for a long time. You can let it dump into a laundry tub instead and just let the suds dissipate and go down the drain...

Getting the stench out of really dirty clothes Hi Patrick, in order to get the cleaning punch out of the top loader that you get in the front loader you have to use about 10 times as much detergent because you have 10 times as much water. And the rinsing is inferior in a top load machine...

I wouldn’t buy a washer with a porcelain on steel outer tub If you’re in it for the long haul, this was one of the major problem areas in the last belt drive whirlpool products and in the later, Maytag dependable care, machines, and the Speed Queen top loaders are no different the tubs are...

Restoring an A406 Maytag Hi Ken, why are you removing the agitator first of all? I assume if you’re removing it, you’re planning to rebuild the machine, the possible problems could include finding a seal and bearing assembly, rebuilding a transmission or replacing it, rebuilding or replacing...

Awful harsh lighting Bad lighting color is nothing new, all my life. I’ve had to contend with cool white fluorescent bulbs. The lighting was awful. LEDs if properly chosen are wonderful you just have to buy the proper light color. John L

Powder detergent, cleaning tests My business partner Jason wrote consumer reports couple months ago and asked them to test powder detergent because we were curious as well. It’s pretty much as I expected. I like powder still but I’ve always known they don’t clean as well especially with common...

Frigidaire trash compactor I looked through the Frigidaire repair literature today and found the manual for it. It was a fairly comprehensive manual in the typical Frigidaire fashion for the time. I still can’t tell if it was built by GM Frigidaire or someone else, it is interesting as his...

Speed Queen TR versus TC model top loaders The TR will definitely be more durable than the TC, the TC is got a shorter cycle so I don’t think there’s much cleaning difference but that said I won’t buy any washer with a porcelain outer tub. There’s too many rust problems with the Speed Queen’s...

Early through mid 80s whirlpool direct drive washers Hi Steven, whirlpool made a number of minor changes on the water pump to improve problems that they encountered the little markings you’re talking about were sometimes added to indicate that it was an updated water pump. I think one of the...

Best modern automatic washer other than Speed Queen my first recommendations would go to a whirlpool or Maytag front loader second to that you might buy an LG front load washer if there’s good service available where you live, after that it’s sort of a tossup between GE front load and maybe a...

None of them And this is coming from a big whirlpool person. Why would any serious washer person buy a new top load washer? The performance is inferior to any front load washer, it’s hard on your clothing. It’s hard on your energy bills. The end result is not as good. That said we have many...

Wow, that $12 burner really is a POS If a flat pan still allows, half of the element to glow red hot that’s dangerous. You should return it. Yes, that is decent cooked where why don’t you take better care of it it looks like hell. I have a lot of that type of cookware.

That pan is not suitable for any electric stove. Take a picture of it with a straight edge across the bottom of it both ways, it’s a decent pan for a gas stove give it to somebody with a gas stove. Any cookware today that is stainless steel will easily last 40 years and it won’t even have that...

This agitator just pulls up and out, there are no screws etc This older design has a metal insert in the plastic agitator that tends to get really stuck, if you can't pull it out try putting 6 gallons of boiling water in the tub for maybe 1/2 hour then drain it out then use a puller on it, if...

GE combination washer dryers Hi Ken, after about 1964 GE made quite a few design changes to their combination and I would have to say it was the most reliable of all the combinations at that point we saw many of them run for more than a decade without a single problem. And when you consider...

This was spotted almost a year ago in Elkhart, Indiana I believe on Facebook marketplace and Kenny Goatfarmer rescued it for me. It was kind enough to keep it until Justin Miller picked it up this past Friday. I had never seen a Frigidaire compactor before the flesh it says Frigidaire GM on it...

Basic 24 inch 1985 whirlpool built direct drive washer There are still thousands of machines like this out there that thing is totally original very cool, the neutral drain transmission will drop right in but the machine as you know has to pause briefly after about a minute of pumping out to...

If you need an extra cooking surface I agree I would definitely get an induction portable unit far more efficient. Chet your picture shows at all, that sauce pan should not be used on that portable element. It’s so warped that the element is glowing red hot. It’s no surprise that you’ve...