A new toy to the collection......

[Ultramatic]

Oh beautiful!

<span style="font-size: medium;">I just love those early electronic panels! I think a wash-in is in order Yogi. Congratulations!</span>

 

[aldspinboy]

Yogi Bear you sly little devil you lol...

It looks good Mr..

Gordon hijack..lol.

Do you think I should now lol..

I have to sleep I have to go to a law office early in the morning.

I will tell the story on this washer later today.

I will tell you this, it was the healing washer after my friends fast passing

And I'm GLAD I saved it and it went to a great guy who stood bye me until this day thanks Martin very much for your friendship !

 

Yaa with Gordon and the guys here Martin that machine will be very healthy.

 This machine was EXTREAMLY DIRTY !

I spared the time for you here.

 

 

 

[aldspinboy]

Right to the point.
Start Wash.

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[aldspinboy]

Bright wash after midnight at my best freinds Dan's & Stevens and house,with Beth and me.
This is a potluck wash a little of everyones made the load.
I was thinking about everyone here that night.
Enjoy the first genration of the Auger.
The dispenser is not in good shape clogged and other mishaps.

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Talk later Good Morning.
Darren k[this post was last edited: 1/25/2012-02:29]

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Pop quiz on Kenmore model tags...

The model tag/data plate started out on the back. In the later 60s, a supplmental mini tag was added under the lid with just the model number so the machine didn't have to be pulled from the wall to get the number.

The tag went to the front lower left corner in very late 1975, right about the time the black panel era was starting. This could have happened in January 1976 or so. I had one early black panel washer that had the older two-tag configuration but that was it.

There were two types of front cabinet tags - the first were riveted on. Some time in 1979 they became glued on and were a mylar like strip instead of aluminum.

The tags remained on the front until first quarter 1983 (January I think) when they were moved to the lid well, where they returned to being a riveted on strip of aluminum. This coincided with the introduction of the powder coated tops and lids on some models, which replaced the rust-prone baked enamel coatings in lower and mid-line machines.

Cool?

Gordon

 

[whirlykenmore78]

WOW!

Nice find Martin. You've got a good one there for sure. I hope to find one someday. This would have been the counterpart to the WP Mark II at that time. I belive this is the predecessor to my 1986 LTD set. For an update on that I am leaving the tranny all original as the neutral drain started working?!. Just some cosmetic work now and it is wash in ready.
Again Corgrats.
Nick

 

[frigilux]

I can only second what everyone has said: It's a beauty! Congratulations.

Darren--Thanks for the videos. I love to see the old BD slower-stroke agitation.

 

[electronicontrl]

It's a beauty!

Wow, Yogitunes. That is a gorgeous machine. Thanks for the vids. Don't know if someone clarified earlier but the Towels cycle does have the 2nd rinse auto-programmed. I worked for Whirlpool from 1985 thru 1989. A Sr. Home Economist had that set (in black) in her Lab. I think it was the Limited Edition set. She was getting ready to retire and went out and bought that set because she felt it was the last of the good machines. (Many Whirlpool employees resisted the DD machines).

 

[electronicontrl]

Eight seconds

Is it true you have 8 seconds to select a cycle and options once the power switch is energized or the control defaults to Cotton/Sturdy with warm wash/cold rinse?

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Very Nice Martin, cool machine!  YAY to Darren for bringing it to your attention!!

 

It would be very cool to have one of these TOL, electronic control machines! 

 

CONGRATS on bringing it home!

 

Kevin

 

 

[jaxsunst]

MY DREAM MACHINE!!!!

 

[yogitunes]

I will get the mate drayer to this once the house sells.......all in time

so far.....I got the dispensers working, except for the bleach is still cracked.....will search for a replacement later......

new belt installed..........

self clean filter removed and sealed......no leaks so far.....

will have to get a new pump, this one is starting to sieze up.....

and new console light installed.....just not as bright as a full fluorescent.......super nice anyway.......

also got a Penta-Swirl agitator off ebay for 5.00....just to trade in and out with the DA.....

thanks for the replys

Yes....you do have 8 seconds to decide changes......or else it defaults to Cotton/Sturdy, warm/cold....basically a regular cycle....but if your not doing anything special....just load, add detergent, and lift the start button....its all go from there.....

funny for these models, the buzzer volume control is on the back of the console, a slide for up or down.....

 

[washerlover]

So when did Sears introduce the electronic console? I remember neighbors of ours in the mid 70s buying a matched set.

 

[combo52]

ELECTRONIC BD WASHERS

Todd these were introduced  in 1977 in both the WP and KM lines as their TOL models, first automatic washers in the US if not the world to have fully micro-processor control.

 

Martin bypassing the active lint filters on WP and KM machines often caused the water pumps to clog with lint and ruined them. We used to see this problem all the time on machines that others had removed the filters on and then the customers called us because the washer was broken again. We would install the correct filter and a new pump if it was one that you couldn't take apart and clean and they would never have another problem again for years. With no filter be careful if you wash very linty loads, old rags, rugs etc, as it is getting harder to get new pumps for these washers.

 

[yogitunes]

Sorry John......

I may have worded that wrong......

I removed the self clean filter, took it apart, cleaned it out, resealed it, and put it back on the machine.............this was one of the leaks on this machine......interesting, never got to open one before like this, and to see how the rubber sleeve holds against one side to filter, and the other to cleanout, and closing off the port.....I still prefer the ones located in the bottom corner....PITA to remove the inner tub to get this thing out......

there is a small drip from the pump, took it off and cleaned it out, but the leak is comming from the shaft seal, and you cannot spin the pulley freely, there is binding.....so a new one is one order....

 

[autowasherfreak]

What a beauty, best of luck on the restore.

 

[combo52]

KM SELF-CLEANING FILTER

No Martin you worded it fine I just read it too fast LOL.

 

[rollermatic]

have fun with

your new toy!!! it looks in beautiful shape! i can relate to that feeling when you first get them!

 

[toploadloyalist]

Towels Cycle

Is there any difference between the Towels and Cotton/Sturdy cycle? Is it the temperatures or wash time? Same question applies to the Knit and Delicate cycles. 8 and 6 minutes respectively, perhaps?

 

[yogitunes]

With a little help from JohnL, a new, non leaking pump installed...and a fun change out of a PentaSwirl....she is purrrrrring........anyone have spare cap for this agitator?