1961 RCA Whirlpool Imperial Dryer - New Daily Driver

[speedqueen]

It was installed today!

The element came today and I installed it. After making a comparison video of it vs a modern 29" WP dryer, I ran the same load I did testing the modern dryer last week, spun out of the same Maytag A207, and despite preconceptions that it might not do so well I was blown away when it finished the load 5 minutes FASTER than the modern gas WP coming in at 40 minutes.

Here is a picture of the machine followed by one of the test load that was washed in the Maytag.

Later I will post a video of the general repair process and a comparison of this machine vs the modern one, as well as a video of it running after that.

 

[speedqueen]

Operation

Here is a video of the machine in operation.

 

[DADoES]

 
There should be a cool-down on the "regular" cycle but it's 5 mins, vs. W-n-W probably being 10 mins.

You can perhaps check the four thermostats for the target temperatures, they may be labeled accordingly.

 

[speedqueen]

Thanks DADoES,

I might do that eventually, I took it apart from the top this evening to grease the main sleeve bearing and oil the idler pulley as well as the fan shaft in hopes of quieting it down a little.

I noticed that the front felt and glides could use replacing, henceforth the scraping noises. Since no parts lookup site happens to list this model anymore, does anyone know what WP felt and glides part I should order, this being a small door model? It probably will be fine for service for a little while longer, but I figure that I might as well fix that, too.