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On many gas burners you can adjust the low setting with a screwdriver in the hollow control shaft.  I have one burner set to cook rice perfectly when its all ther way down.

With a neutral drain, if any floating bit of leftover suds remains it gets dropped on the clothes when the tub drains.  A spray rinse during the final spin will dissipate it.

Having a spray rinse in the final spin goes hand in hand with having a neutral drain.

In my last apartment, I had a large Whirlpool top-freezer refrigerator.  At one point the freezer drain would clog a few times a year and I found an interesting solution.  After blowing it out the the hair dryer and clearing the drain with a turkey baster, a applied a little green Palmolive dish...

On a traditional U.S. top load automaitc washer, the spray rinse gets rid of a large percentage of the suds which makes the deep rinse water that much more pure.   In that way, they work together.  This <span style="text-decoration: underline;">saves</span> water because you'll rarely ever need...

I have seen window air conditioners with the condenser 100% clogged with pollen and dirt.  I take my window units apart every 2 years to clean them.  I'd guess that more than half the air conditioners thrown away for lack of performance only need a good cleaning.

Crystal cartridges fail from moisture invasion over the years, not ceramic cartridges.    What usually causes a ceramic cartridge to fail is the rubber stylus saddle either hardens or softens due to age.   thevoiceofmusic.com has kits to replace the cartridges in Magnavox sets with very...

The IKA Torino built from 1966 to 1981 had the body style of a 1964 / 1965 Rambler American, on the longer wheelbase of the Rambler Classic, and was powered by the Willys Jeep OHC "Tornado" inline six through the early 1970s.   The 1962 / 1963 Ford Falcon body style was built in Argentina...

You had to take the transmissions apart when it was only 15 years old?    My A606 is 49 years old, the transmission has never been apart, and it runs fine as long as it's not installed in a very cold room.

Don't wash your jeans, just stand them up in the corner until you put them on again.   

On the Whirlpool side by side in my new apartment, by the time the silly LED (or whatever they are) lights come up to useful brightness, I'm already on my way out with the milk.

And here I thought that Charles Kettering of General Motors fame was to blame for leaded fuel and freon.

When I'm done with laundry for the day, the filter & softener cup gets wiped down and placed on top of the washer to dry.

There's a awful lot of Maytag bashing and Whirlpool glorifying going on here. One must keep in mind that Sears made Whirlpool the monster that is is, and Maytag made it on it's own. After using my Maytag A606 for almost 20 years, I don't understand all this talk about poor turnover. Every...

Having used my Maytag A606 for the last 16 years, I find that the filter does a fine job on short hairs, but not on long hairs.

Robert, Thank you for your efforts to maintain one of the very best forums on the web!

I always wash my white briefs, t-shirts, and socks in hot water (140° f) and chlorine bleach.  I add 1/2 cup of regular (usually Clorox) bleach to the 18 gallons of hot water in my Maytag A606 when there's 4 minutes left on the wash.  Of course I have my lid switch bypassed so I can add diluted...

turquoisedude wrote: "Jeebus, if a 1987 is "ancient", I guess my 56 GE in the WonderKitchen is "paleolithic".... LOL" I suppose the a 1987 appliance is vintage now, but I'd call your GE kitchen "golden era".

My partner and I think the Oxo Good Grips "Smooth Edge Can Opener" is the cat's pajamas.    

As a long time owner of a 1972 Maytag A606, I avoid buying sheets with too high a thread count.  Ordinary (read: not really expensive) sheets don't form air pockets that the machine can't work it's way through.  I also don't buy really heavy queen size comforters, as the machine will easily wash...