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1972 whirlpool three speed dryer Reply number eight hi Sean, what are you going to do for a belt on this converted dryer? Reply number nine hi Dave why wouldn’t you remove the lint filter when the dryer is running? That’s the only way I ever clean a lint filter on a 29 inch dryer that way you...

1972 whirlpool three speed tumble dryer This dryer may also have the dual heat input when you set the variable thermostat above medium it may go to a higher BTU input, gas burner or on the electric to higher wattage dual heating element. Later whirlpool changed this tumble speed selector only...

Whirlpool and Sears Roebuck laundry appliances Whirlpool manufactured Sears laundry appliances for nearly 100 years starting around 1926. Whirlpool has passed 100 years in the Appliance business and they’re still going strong still the largest appliance maker in the world of major appliances...

KitchenAid KD15 through 17 Sani rinse I have a KDS 16 as the second dishwasher in the second house, I run the sani cycle every once in a while it’s just kind of fun, but I don’t think it does much and it is a waste of electricity. Makes the dishes dry a little quick quicker I guess by getting...

Reply number six caloric parts Hi Joseph, how large are those parts you pictured, are they porcelain covered steel? Where do you think they came from inside the door under the cooktop, etc. John L

Bad tub break Maytag LAT washer ???? I can’t remember ever seeing a bad tub break in over 50 years of working on Maytag however I have number of good used ones. I can send you one for 100 bucks if you want. Send me an email if interested John L

Water temp KitchenAid 17 Sanitemp cycle As Tom explained in reply number three it just heats the water in the sump to 180 and then the pump is turned on the water temperature quickly drops too much less than 180, the only home dishwasher I ever saw that hit 180 where the lady Kenmore 240 V...

I never had a single complaint from a customer About the performance of either a GET model washer or the Hydro waves. The Hydro waves were even better performers with their faster, spin cycle than the T model machines but both machines held big loads and got things clean both machines were...

Whirlpool supplied all of Sears washing machines Since 1926 it wasn’t till the 80s that Sears started to get some Frigidaire built machines and later some LG and Samsung toward the end of Sears as they were going out of business. Whirlpool and Sears grew together. Series became the biggest...

The whirlpool Kenmore combination washer challenge Thanks, Cory for reviving this great piece of history enjoyed watching it quite a bit. You can see that whirlpool put quite a bit of effort into their original combo, even though it wasn’t a total success. The amazing thing is they went back...

Probably There’s a reason the pair was only $200, when buying something used like this. You need to figure out the reason why they’re selling them if it doesn’t seem plausible, don’t buy them. At least she got a good dryer, although she probably didn’t need a dryer. John L

Top-of-the-line early 50s Tappan gas range Looks to be complete and in pretty good condition, these were fun ranges a customer we have bought one of these new. It lasted until about 10 years ago. This would make a great project for someone to restore, the oven racks are in backwards John L

Noisey whirlpool 2019 top load washer Yes, it does indeed sound like it has bad bearings. You need a complete transmission and drive unit if the machine is covered by any type of extended warranty, you can get them to fix it free otherwise replace it. You certainly can replace it with anything...

Used Speed Queen front load pair The serial number tells you the age of the Speed Queen‘s the first two digits are the year such as 06 would be a 2006 machine the next two digits of the year it was made again 06 would be June. I believe the small door front loader was discontinued around 2006...

Reply number 50 Good morning, Chet , you had me howling with laughter in your reply number 50 there was no difference between GE dishwashers between 1967 and until a few years ago when they stopped making the standard tub design, all of the different years had their own problems, but they...

Whirlpool saved the Maytag name From going into oblivion, like Kelvinator, Gibson, Norge, and many others. John L

When did Maytag start to go downhill? All modern Maytag refrigerators were made by admiral which Maytag had purchased, the wide by side originally was an admiral you can tell the admirals they had two horizontal controls that went back-and-forth at the top of the refrigerator section. Once...

Maytag designed dishwasher drawers Hi Glenn, yes indeed the original KitchenAid dish drawers were F&P built, we got quite good at working on those because they were quite a few problems with them. We even worked on a lot of the models that were labeled.F&P The Maytag designed and built dish...

Exactly what does overloading do to a T model washer What does it break? GET model washers had quite a few failures, no doubt about that, but I never saw anything go wrong with one that I would attribute to overloading, in general overloading extends the life of washing machines considerably...

What was left of the buyout after whirlpool bought Maytag? Whirlpool kept the Amana refrigeration plant in Amana, Iowa. It’s still busy producing great refrigerators. They kept some parts of the magic chef range factories, and they’re still using that for some of their ranges, mostly the...