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Wow! That should be put in a museum with a sign on it saying, "This is what a new Kenmore dryer looked like when they used to make them right!" Actually that does look like a late 70's model when they first went to the black panel on the console. It's a beautiful machine.

Congratlations Louis. / Further review of this video. First I would like to congratulate you Louis on your new home. Those bungalows, along with the fixtures inside were made to last. I think it's great you're going to do your best to preserve the integrity of the house. May you enjoy it for...

These machines did NOT die in vain. Hippiedoll, these machines allowed those two gomers to show their ignorance! If they had any brains, and wanted to "decommission" the machines, they could have channeled that energy into properly disassembling the machines. They could have harvested all the...

I stand corrected. Preggers, that's what I meant to say. Thank you Eugene, I guess I am a little rusty on some of the terminology here at this site. I do know without a doubt that this 59 Kenmore washer can clean clothes a lot better than what they make today, and will out last a lot of them...

Now that's one beautiful machine! I know I don't comment very much because except for some minor repairs, I haven't had enough experience in overhauling machines. But I wanted to commend you on an excellent restoration job on that washer. I love that oversize rotoswirl agitator it has. I think...

Thank you Gordon for remindind me about the T- bearing. Gordon is right about that. I had forgotten about the T-bearing completely since I haven't had a Kenmore belt drive washer in a while. Years ago, I had applied grease to the one in my family's 68 800 washer due to that whenever it would...

In a WP/KM washer, the agitator is in neutral during the spi When the timer advances into the drain cycle, the solenoid on the wigwag shifts the transmission into neutral. At the same time, the water pump is engaged and pumps the water out. After the tub is drained, another solenoid on the...

I know that washing machine anywhere! That is the washer I grew up with. Even the color is the same. In fact, I learned how to do laundry with this particular model. I hope you get many years of service with it. I agree with combo52 about getting an extra timer for it, as well as the knob, and...

I may be wrong, but I believe it's a 1968 model.

I have really enjoyed this thread. Lebron, I want to thank you for starting this thread. All the Kenmore washers featured here, were made when they made them right. They all had their own style, and beauty. But the main thing they all had, was quality! My favorites, are the models from the...

I rest my case. Look at the price advertised above the machine. As I said before, one word comes to mind, larceny. The evidence is in the picture.

WAIT! Before you put one drop of water in that fine looking REAL washer,you should actually invite G.E. representatives over with notepads,so they can take notes on how to build a real machine, and how smooth it runs. Everytime I see what they're charging for appliances they make today,one...

You forgot Silvertone. For many years,electronics sold at Sears & Roebuck were known as Silvertone before they were changed to LXI.

Here's 3 more interesting facts about the 68 800 alphabe A. This model was also available with a suds savor feature. Ours didn't have that feature because we never had a laundry sink/tub to hold the water. B. On our non suds model, if you carefully set the timer just after the off before the...

On ours,the water selector had these options. Right - AUTO (Wash,and Rinse temps set by the letter.) Middle - COLD WASH,COLD RINSE (All letters.) Left - COLD RINSE (Wash temp set by letter,all rinses cold.) We always used the cold rinse setting,because it did better on cold rinse. The Kenmore I...

I learned how to do laundry with this particular model. As I've mentioned in the past, my parents had this model in alvacado, but not the matching dryer. It was an easy machine to learn, just properly load your clothes, add bleach,fabric softner if desired, select the proper letter for your...

At that time I was 10 years old, and we were still living in Dallas,Texas. The 1968 Kenmore 800 alphabet washer in alvacado was still in use, along with a 1974,or 75 Kenmore dryer also in alvacado with the console that preceeded the black face they used many years after. The washer lasted until...

I'm looking forward to seeing the video of this classic. My aunt had this machine, along with the matching gas dryer when I was real young. I liked this machine better than the 68 800 model my parents had. I liked the waterfall lint filter, the agitator with that small cap, the speckled tub...

That's the 68 800 model alright. My parents bought a new one just like it, except that it was in alvacado. I know that console with the fluorescent light above it, and that rotoflex agitator anywhere. The scrubber and detergent cup fitted over that cap. I remember the timed bleach, and...

The Roto-Flex did have one drawback. Gordon, in my past experience with the Roto-Flex agitator, was in the 1968 800 model 3 speed alphabet washer my parents had. Now I give credit where the credit is due, this agitator did good in cleaning the clothes. A lot better than most of these new...