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The code 902105 Chet - The code 902105 is read as 05/21/1990. Your mixing valve just turned 35 last week. Gordon

1976 Kenmore 70 series set These were probably Kenmore’s best sellers in the 1976 line up. When these weren’t on sale, the 1975 500 and 1975 70 were offered on sale instead. Later, a 1977 70 series was available to swap on-sale slots with the 76. The only difference in the 77 being the...

Congrats Shannon! I’m glad to see a new Potscrubber 1200! I think you will enjoy it and appreciate it. In 1993 I purchased a new in box 1991 made 1200, and used it for ten years, to 2003. My favorite dishwasher ever. I had a GE GSD2200 for a couple years in a condo before that, and a WP...

Higher end 80 series models

1983 model 23701 similar but not exact

Here are some photos that I have on my iPad This is the exact 1981 model, this time in avocado. Very rare! 21724 is the stock number.

Kenmore 21721 washer 1981 model Hello there, Lisa! I received the email that you sent me yesterday, and I’m also glad to see this post here. The machine in your photo is a 1981 Kenmore 70 model, stock number in White was 21721. Ironically my mother and father purchased a pair of these for...

Wow! Thanks Melvin for sharing the service history! So did I gather correctly that the machine has had a new motor, a replacement wigwag, and a new belt? I am a bit surprised at a couple things: 1 - that the motor failed at only 8 years, though odd things do happen. Also that the...

Congrats Melvin! These are neat machines. Got to love the fact that they have a documented history! Surely they landed in a proper, comfortable home! Bob and Lawrence- I can help with the mystery on the lint filter in the 63 model. Back in the early 90s when I was in the middle of my...

60 series KM washer Hi Chet, Sears had a very common habit in the mid 1970s to early 1990s to offer 60 series machines using timers with complete cycles or partial cycles deactivated, as you have surmised here. This is a 1990 60 series. My guess is that there is at least a Pre-wash there...

Versions of Kenmore Wrinkle Guard This thread got me thinking, my family and I have had three Kenmore dryers with Wrinkle Guard, the first two of which operate quite differently, and I was considering the usefulness of each. Our first WG equipped dryer was a 1972 KM 60 series. I don’t know...

A couple different varieties of Tide here I like to switch things up, and try new detergents, but in the last year or two I have been using Tide exclusively. Right now it is Tide 10X Hygenic clean, ‘original’ scent, which works very well for me. Maybe surprisingly to everyone, I love Tide...

Very Interesting machine and situation Hello! First, Pete, thanks for the parts diagrams. Mark, The base plate needed for this machine is in pic #7. As Glenn mentioned, it has long ago been discontinued. I purchased one baseplate in 100+ rebuilds in 1992-ish and I think that was about the...

US and Canadian production of the WP Belt-Drive I am not able to pinpoint down to the week when US production ended for the BDs, but I purchased one brand new from Sears that was delivered the last week of August, 1986 and was made in week 32. Its serial is C63221750. I have later collected a...

Hi there Justin! I really enjoyed reading your post, so much so that I re-read it a second time. I am sorry about the sad parts, but am really happy for you that you got almost everything re-assembled in your own home. You must have a huge sense of accomplishment. I wish you luck and...

Four-port pump for portables The part number for the correct pump here is 350370. Surprisingly there are four listings on eBay right now, at least one with more than one pump available. One of those listings is from Canada even!! I think, given the choices here, since this is an uncommon...

I read this article with great interest I have been interested in detergent testing results since I was in college, when I came across a consumer reports article in the student library. My membership in this great site has increased my awareness in general of detergents, both vintage and...

It might help to look at this from the reverse approach I believe the approach of most manufacturers, when offering a BOL washer, was to make something that a person on a very strict budget could live with, but at the same time would encourage most buyers to move up to other models in the line...

Interesting Kenmore Hi John, everyone! Happy New Year! That is an interesting Kenmore, from a time period of some apparent uncertainty or experimentation in Sears’ line up/offerings. The machine is a 1982 60 series model, and yes I noticed the suds feature, which is uncommon for these...

Hi Sean, I consulted my old 1992 whirlpool parts catalog, which has all the timers that had been used in their automatic washers from the 1950s to 1992, and that part number you listed is not coming up either as an original or as a replacement part. Can you verify either the original timer part...