1966 Lady Kenmore Dryer with Soft Heat, part 2

[akronman]

Finished.....almost

Check out the console light, as yellow as any I've ever seen. There's good advice up the thread for cleaning it, but with the need for peroxide and UV light or sun, it will wait for a summer day, not now in Ohio.

This machine is back in perfect shape, with advice from Kenmore71Mark, John Combo, Dave Vovloguy, thanks to you all and others.

New heater element properly installed and checked, old one wrapped up for repairs, new hinges on the lint filter door, new paint on the entire front, it runs like a charm. The lights(console and drum) are wired together, they come on at the start of the cycle and whenever the door is open, they go out when you close the door or when the cycle ends. The origianl motor is clean and lubed, everything inside is cleaned and Rustoleumed, the blower and airways all lint-free. The vent needs to be cut through the wall to the outdoors, come summertime, along with the one for the D608 to the right. I only do gas dryers where there is a vent, I use electric for some basement heat and moisture until summer arrives and I can crawl under the front porch to cut through a vent.

Running like a charm, huge 29" cabinet monster of a machine, it's fine.

 

[akronman]

inside

look at that moisture sensor, there's 3 of them, very fine-tuned and accurate for quick results

 

[akronman]

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8 moisture levels, so far 6 seems fine for sheets and shirts, 5 is for towels and blue jeans.

 

[akronman]

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Lint filter door, new hinges--unmatched--but working fine. Due to my mistake and/or Ebay mis-listings, I have spares of these plastic hinges. Anyone need a few? Email me.

 

If the pic was clearer, you'd see my only cheating--the new lint filter is actually Whirlpool instead of Lady Kenmore.

 

Except for the yellowed lens, this machine is now finalized, grounded, leveled, etc, I expect years of good service from it. Thanks to AW.org folks for much needed info and advice

 

[danemodsandy]

Do I Spy?

A freshly re-painted drum?

Man, you're good!

Congratulations. I never realized my dream of owning one of these, but it's great to see someone else has one and appreciates it properly.

 

[akronman]

nope

No, the drum and bulkhead will remain as in the old pictures, sorry. Too much work and then the possibility of just wearing.chipping paint again, that shot shot is just pure luck of being in the best position for photos. As for a new bulkhead, this one has both the inlet holes for the perfume bottle scent, and the window for the drum light, it would be too hard to find the exact bulkhead with those extras. So that will  remain. I appreeciate the advice on powder coating and various specialty paints, they may come in very handy down the road on this or another machne, and with a better budget here.

 

This machine just did another load of clothes, perfect performance. The buzzer is the very end of it all, no "WrinkleGuard" run-on ability, oh well. And I think I set a new personal best record, only one 5/16 sheet metal screw leftover, nothing else, I got all wire guides and stainless screws and everything back in place save that!

 

John--Mark--Did the gas model of this have modulating heat for SoftHeat?