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Keith, There are still lots of wigwags available as one piece, no need to do surgery on the old one. Whirlpool part 84867 is for a wigwag alone. 89814 has the wigwag and new plungers as a kit. I found a number of both on eBay. Your local parts dealer probably has access to these as well...

No spin on a belt drive washer Since this is a belt drive machine, Glenn is correct that DD repair techniques are not appropriate here. First thing I would check is the lid switch. You can do this without even moving the machine. If you have had an accidentally slammed or dropped lid, it...

1964 That's a 64 model dryer. Looks in beautiful condition.

No sir, good thought though. The seals involved are rubber on moving steel parts. There is not a way to augment them to beef them up, not even temporarily. Gordon

The holes in the tub center are there from the factory. Don't worry about those but if you take the machine apart, this is a good area to scrub clean. Parts are not hard to find for the work you need to do. The most expensive part is a bottle of oil for the gear case, which is over $25...

We can't stop the water coming down the centerpost, and no, flex seal is not going to stop anything in this case, unfortunately. I think I would use the machine as it is for a while unless you have an issue with the leak. Lower water levels might put less pressure on the center seals. It...

Uh oh... I almost hate to write this, but that chocolate milk colored oil is fouled gear case oil. This is what happens when water mixes with oil over time. Did you wipe down the transmission cover? If not, then I suspect someone else knew this machine was developing this problem before you...

Leaks Let's see - Leaks from the exact center of the machine would be coming off the transmission, specifically in the area of the agitator shaft. This gets wet only when centerpost seals are failing and water is allowed to flow under the agitator and down the center post. This could easily...

Todd - Kenmore model number do read that way from 1973 and earlier. But from 1974 and newer, there is an extra digit in the model number so that they decode very differently. 82294800, reading from left to right decodes as: 8 - decade 2 - 29 inch cabinet (1 indicates 24-inch) 2 - 1982 year...

"KenmoreGuy64 will be along soon" - LOL, yep! I just saw this. That's a 1986 built machine for sure, being built in week 28 as Glenn said. This is one of the later built belt-drives in our club actually. I've got machines from week 31, 32 and two from week 35, including the one I bought new...

As Nick and Glenn said there could be an issue with the pressure switch, or the mixing valve could be failing, both of which are easy fixes. Either way, this issue would not concern me, and I would get the machine if it's still available. We will help you with it whatever it is Ralph. It might...

The machine in the pic is not the '931 model Forget RepairClinic, go to Sears' parts website and you can see online scans of the parts diagrams that were shipped with each machine. The '931 model has four knobs to the left of the timer, which would be water level, temp, second rinse and the...

The 300 It is not the most attractive thing that Sears offered, and I had never seen one when I bought one for $5 from a used appliance dealer in late 1989. It had been outside for I don't know how long. It became the first machine that I completely tore down and rebuilt. It was also...

Some photos, including a 1974 300 standard capacity in Harvest, a 1975 500 in Avocado, and a white 1975 70.

74s and 75s Ralph - Your Mom's 74 70-series is/was the only model with the raised "balcony" of controls as I like to call it. There weren't a huge number of 1974 models, but this is the year that a number of matched washer/dryer sets in large capacity were introduced. Other pairs though were...

forgot... The timer knob is definitely not original, but this is at least the third time I've seen other more sturdy knobs substituted for the original. These timers were quite complicated with the pre-soak and pre-wash, and there is a dead second rinse in this particular model. These busy...

1974 Kenmore 60 That machine appears to be in very nice condition. This is the model that replaced our 1961 Kenmore 70, in October 1974. The bleach dispenser is very common for this time period, to the end of the belt drives. Most of these drain into a tray that feeds via a hose directly...

1981 Kenmore Todd - This is a 1981 model. Other related models had a DA agitator and/or a self cleaning filter. There was a re-release of this model and one similar model in 1983, which was the last year for a major issue of belt-drive models. Yes indeed, there were a number of 24-inch...

Model year This is definitely an 80s model, the first 8 in the model number after the 110. indicates the decade. This is an '83 model made the 18th week of 1985. The Lady K portables did have all that fake wood on them in this period. The knobs were a medium brown color, even on those with a...

Was going to say the same... The part number is 383931, but is no longer on eBay. What is wrong with what you have? Spin tubes are easy to find, as are the bushings to restore the drive pulley, etc. Most often when I have used a whole drive assembly was when I wanted to save time and make a...