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Household, incandescent, lightbulbs Hi Chet you wouldn’t of been too happy with me two weeks ago when I was helping that guy clean out the house where all the KitchenAid mixers came out I filled up a 30 gallon trashcan and another half of another with brand new incandescent light bulbs lots of...

What a great look at an assembly line in 1956 Really cool to see the workers, working and trying to make a living for themselves and their families. Nice to see diversity in the workforce Today, the workforce is much more diverse with a good percentage of women and others of many different...

Silver flexible, plastic dryer duct Replies nine and 10 hi Chet, the ducting you’re using is flexible plastic that is not flexible foil. It is not UL approved for clothes dryer installations if the dryer were to catch fire, that ducting would quickly burn and melt. That said, I agree with...

Flexible, dryer, venting materials Hi Sean reply number seven if you’re using the stuff with the squeeze type hose clamps that is plastic ducting it can be satisfactory for certain situations, but it’s not as safe as metal ducting. The safest ducting is rigid metal ducting, and has the lowest...

GE Hydro wave top load washer Were an improvement in efficiency over the T model GE top load washers, which were a huge improvement over the old filter flow machines. GE has great engineers and they can make a product that performs great even their crappy dryers would often get the top rating...

Why clothes washers have major failures Overloading a washer somewhat actually makes the machine last much longer. The loads are balanced better and you’re not running nearly as many loads through the machine. If overloading caused problems, you would see it in areas like stripped out gear...

Reply number two, that makes sense because we did see a number ofF&P Washers around and never saw bad bearings in one even though whirlpool used licensed design details from F&P they were completely different machines no parts interchangeability whatsoever. The overall design of the Cabrio...

Whirlpool dryer assembly factory Very cool thanks Cory that was a neat find, need that they made 1,187,000 dryers in just over seven years. And it’s amazing that the factory in Marion Ohio has been building dryers now for nearly 70 years would be need to know how many millions have been...

Our family had that exact dryer Bought new in late 1963, never had a minutes trouble with it, but it was fairly slow. It was a well built dryer that’s for sure. John L

Cool 1957 Kenmore washer It’ll be neat to see more pictures of it inside and underneath, etc.. See how original it is. As Brendan mentioned a lot of these used a Packard motor that had cast-iron ends they even had a steel ball under the shaft to support the shaft and rotor. Some whirlpools in...

Possible leak 1992 Whirlpool Direct Dr. top load washer First thing is to definitely look underneath the machine and find out where the leak is coming from, just because you see it in the left front corner. It might actually be leaking in the right rear corner, but because of the slope of the...

Washer, main bearing failures Hi MTL 68, thanks for sharing your experiences with washing machine failures. Where do you get your washing machine machines that you rebuild? Do you ever wonder why certain machines fail more than others, I always like analyzing things I’ve always done that I...

Last of the solid tub, Speed Queen washers And the older style wider cabinet Speed Queen dryer This would be a great pair for a vintage collector. If you’re close enough to South Dakota to go collect it you could probably get them cheap. John L

Modern vintage whirlpool built pair These were made in 2007, they probably won’t go for all that much money if you’re close to Oklahoma, it would be worth getting. John L

Tappan gas range broiler, I’m assuming when they say 10,000 BTUs for the broiler and 16,000 BTUs for the bake burner they’re talking about ranges that have a separate broiler in the oven if there’s no broiler in the top of the oven, that does not apply to this stove, kind of sloppy labeling...

Home trash compactor Mike trash compactor compacts more than 20 to one in volume. I literally as I said before I go up to a year without emptying it and it’s really packed. Reply number 6 hi Rex, what are you trying to say in your reply? The heavily compacted trash that I put out once a year...

Everyone grew up with gas ranges Not exactly 70% of the ranges in the United States are electric, probably the major majority of people have had some experience with gas ranges that is likely. Gas ranges have gotten a little better but they’re still inferior to cook on overall when we move to...

80s roper, self cleaning gas range The Tappan range is simpler. The roper range is a little more complicated, but a better design both are about equal and overall quality. The roper range has a slightly smaller oven but because it’s self cleaning it’s far more energy efficient. It’s designed...

Home kitchen, trash, compactor I’ve had one in my kitchen since the mid 70s love it and now with recycling of other items which don’t go in the compactor we can go as long as one year without emptying the compactor so it eliminates all those trips to the trashcan on a weekly basis or more that...

Cleaning self cleaning oven with easy off There is no harm whatsoever in using oven cleaner on smooth porcelain oven lighting whether they’re self cleaning or regular ovens. Especially if you’re removing the floor and you can rinse it off thoroughly. The trick is not spraying it and all sorts...