Earliest work done
While still sitting in the living room, without a single new part, I had to play a bit. I took off the motor and removed the belt, pretty darn stiff in place after sitting 20 or more years. The transmission pulley turned with some initial effort, the center?? agitator?? pulley the same, the pump seems pretty well seized up. But I put back on the belt and dumped about 3 gallons of hot water inside, waited about 15 minutes, and plugged her in. I have to turn the timer VERY slowly past the fill portion since there's no running water, but soon I got it to agitate pretty slowly and I got back behind to watch the belt. The pump is still frozen, but the belt gets everything else moving. For one thing , a minor leak from the exterior tub hose port on the left as seen from behind, water level sensor airtube, should be an easy fix.
The pump is 4 port, for constant filtering and for pumping, and has various sliding arm actuators since it's single direction and has to switch from filtering during agitate to drain out during spin. And of course it's 2 chambers, right? Might this be an easy rebuild, I'm pretty good at such, or is this a common Whirlpool and Kenmore pump, ought to be easily bought new?
Needless to say, with no real running water, and having to turn past the fil portions, it's hard to say exactly what is occuring, but sometimes the agitation is down to almost nothing, almost same as when I open the lid and something stops activating the agitator. But the spin always seems to work, and eventually I figured I could remove the mercury switch from its holder and let it dangle down inside the cabinet, then it still would be a poor agitation, something doesn't always want to kick in. I only played about 15 minutes, it does leak on the living room carpet and the pump doesn't work, so I should just shut up typing until it's downstairs installed and truly tested. Other times the agitation was full speed, full power, so maybe I should wait and get water/leak/pump working before I guess too much about that.
Picture is of the pump still in the machine, it says S718 in ink, it seems very clear on Ebay that it is item #350367, 4 port Whirlpool/Kenmore pump. Anyone know for sure? Or is it very often a simple 3 squirts of oil once I get closer inside, for now I should not buy a new one, wait a few days until I get inside further?
