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This is the machine I grew up with. I don't rember mom using anything but cycle A and B. The off balance buzzer would scare me to death. When I heard the spin selonoid shift I would run out of the room until it was spining and I knew it was not off balance. Loved the way the timer knob stops at the cycle selected when you turn it. jeb
 
PURTY !!!

Very 'Searsy' in the first pic! This style of washer demo-ing at the store would mezmerize me."I wanna watch some more"..."Come ON,Billy!" Anyway,COOL machine!
 
Nate, I'm drooling Nate!

~Steven said that the little old lady had a Sears service contract on this machine.

When I worked for sears part-time at night selling appliances after my day-job as an accountant, I use to HATE selling Maintenance Agreements.

Bur NOW I know what they are good for. Buy yourself something collectible in the appliance section of Sears and have it
forever!

(And don't tell the old lady how many times over she paid for that machine!)
 
Nate, that is one absolutely gorgeous washing machine

People can have their "PAAAANK." I'll take turquoise every time; it's so much more vibrant.

Speaking of color: what is that beautiful orange creamsicle light on the right?

So so beautiful--good for you, Dude !
 
Thank you so much, everyone, for all the nice posts!

This style of washer demo-ing at the store would mezmerize me. -- Me too! All I can think of when I watch it is poker chips :-) (I've heard that old clear-tub demo units with Roto-Swirls had poker chips to underscore the water circulation...)

I'll take turquoise every time; it's so much more vibrant. -- I agree! I love pink, but turquoise just BEGS to live in the laundry room. It's AquaGroovy!

Speaking of color: what is that beautiful orange creamsicle light on the right? -- A tiny rectangular light with vertical letters that says "FILTERING" to remind you that, while there is no waterfall, the water is still being filtered.

On this machine, a plastic filter module full of tiny glass marbles does the job. When it backflushes the filter as it drains, you can hear the marbles scatter!

Be sure and keep them waxed with a good automotive wax (such as Meguires) to protect that beautiful paint! -- Thanks, Steve! I sure will. Roger cleaned the paint up beautifully, and I don't really think I'm going to repaint them yet. Just protect it, and "keep it real" :-)

Great job once again! -- Thank you, Robert!! :-D

And the spot scrubber cap too. Although has anyone ever seen anybody use that tie scrubbing feature?? -- Not I (I think that any scrubber cap I'd found would leave a grey racing-stripe on any fabric you dared grind against it), but with the amount of worn ones we find, you'd think they did. Neat idea--but I think I'd skip the SpotScrubber feature myself. Can you imagine trying to scrub a spot, having the article of clothing dip into the water, and then playing tug-of-war with the Roto-Swirl? Eep!

Looks like it still has the bakelite surgilator no? I swear bakelite moves water better than styrene plastic! -- Yes, it does. The bakelite Super Roto Swirl, running off a nylon drive-block that presses over the splines on the newer transmission's agitator shaft.

We may be biased, but I have a soft-spot for Bakelite, too. Well, actually, more like a rigid, easily-cracked spot.

Neat feature of this machine--use any standard capacity agitator you want!! :-)
 
This is the machine I grew up with. I don't rember mom using anything but cycle A and B.

I'll come right out and say that I'm an A/B/G boy myself. Bob will slap me :-)

The off balance buzzer would scare me to death. When I heard the spin selonoid shift I would run out of the room until it was spining and I knew it was not off balance.

I look forward to my first off-balance load. I tripped the lever for show the other day, and was transported back to my grandmother's Kenmore, which did the same thing, and sent everyone hurtling for the machine whenever it did that. Not because disaster had struck, but because nobody liked the sound of that @$#@! buzzer!
 
Awesome!!

I'm so glad you got the machines up and running. No comment on the silicone =) Its a delightful machine and I'm so glad you got them.

The green kids are doing great, I'm rebuilding the pump right now but I couldn't be happier with them!

Will post pics soon, really lol
 
just a little bindy

When I rebuilt my last WP i remembered reading the belt was supposed to slip a bit when it goes into spin to not lug the motor. When I loosed the belt the pump stopped turning, plus I noticed it didn't drain a full empty tub in the aloted time.

No biggie =)

S
 
Slippage?

Maybe I missed it, but I don't think the belt is supposed to slip. I've never run across mention of that in any service literature that I've read. Slippage during spin ramp-up is handled by the basket drive clutch.
 
The belt should not be real tight, as it puts a strain on the pump bearings. But it should never be loose enough to slip.WP/KM belts should be adjusted to be snug. A little flex should be possible on the belt between the pulleys.

If the belt slips at all, it will make for a short life of the belt.

Maytag machines were designed to have the belt slip in place of a spin clutch. That is the only machine that I know of that was designed that way. Maytag belts are made of a special material to be able to be used this way,
 
Belt tension

I read in the "Whirlpool belt drive do it yourself manual" - "A properly adjusted drive belt will move back and forth 1/2 inch with six pounds of force applied".

I had assumed that since I heard a lug on the motor when spin starts (which I might very well be imaging since this one has the thin belt and small pully) that it the belt was to slip (but the clutch slip makes more sense).

At any rate shes not pumpin all of the water out before spin so dead ringer for pump right? Possible plugged filter? When I got the belt to the 1/2 inch wiggle mark is when the pump stopped turning. When I took the pump out I noticed that if that belt isn't real tight it binds after it sits a little while. I've got the pump out already and was going to see about a replacement or seeing how you guys rebuild a pump.

Thanks much for the advice!

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LOL Déja vù

Steven, when the belt was too loose on this machine, you had your choice: spin, pump, but not both.

With a half-inch deflection on the belt, it's still pretty tight. I had it tightened up to about that level before the wash-in.

When it's too loose, no, it won't pump out the water. That was one of the first issues I had with this machine, and tightening the belt resolved it. Barring any extenuating circumstances, retightening it should fix it.

I've always found it hard to maintain tension on the belt, though, when retightening the bolts that hold the motor. Maybe one of our other WP/KM gurus who goes it solo has some recommendations for the process :-)
 

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