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LowEfficiency wrote: "Pouring modern oil into a 1950s engine isn't going to magically make it last to 200,000 miles" Over the years, I had 3 Rambler Americans with the little flathead six that Nash designed and debuted in 1941. They ran 200,000 miles without breaking a sweat, with modern oil...

People often mention that U.S. cars of the 1970s were poor quality, and yet my 1978 Ford LTD Landau lasted over 300,000 miles with one transmission overhaul, and did better than 20 MPG on the highway.    

Because General Motors was primarily an automobile manufacturer, I'd say yes.

Our 1961 GE Filter Flow would leave oil spots on my mom's nursing uniforms when the transmission started to leak.  It went through 3 transmissions in 15 years. 

If the o-ring suppled by Whirlpool is no good, perhaps one of the correct size and hardness (durometer) could be sourced from a place like McMaster-Carr.

Wash your delicate items in a mesh bag designed for that purpose. https://www.amazon.com/Oversize-Delicates-Bag-Extra-Honeycomb-Household/dp/B08CB9FZQJ/ref=pd_lpo_2?pd_rd_i=B08CB9FZQJ&psc=1

There was a time when consumers expected 2 or more decades out of a major appliance.   Today's consumer shops by price, and that changes everything.

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.