From the back?
Can you identify these controls?
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Looks like the Automatic Climate control set-up from a mid 70's Cadillac. Keyword - complicated ;-)
Ben
Ben
Norge timeline?
pturo
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Lots of vacuum hoses. They open and shut things when switches are tripped. Methinks an early Maytag or Whirlpool washer/dryer combo.
pturo
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It's not a Top Loader
Look at the cabinet layout in relation to the control panel. A top loader would have a raised control panel, not flush to the top, so it is a front loader, and still looks to me to be a Whirlpool combo.
Look at the cabinet layout in relation to the control panel. A top loader would have a raised control panel, not flush to the top, so it is a front loader, and still looks to me to be a Whirlpool combo.
rogera608s
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Greg,
Is it safe and sound back in Omaha? Along with you and Skyler.
Can't wait for a full frontal shot.
Roger
Is it safe and sound back in Omaha? Along with you and Skyler.
Can't wait for a full frontal shot.
Roger
Some sort of "timeline" critter.
Can you identify these controls?
Yes
Yes
I'm probably wrong about this, but it looks like a Maytag control panel. The two pressure switches look like the pushbutton automatic where you just had full load and partial load, but I don't see the long timer with the wash'n wear cycle so it's either the very early model without the special cycle which was actually an additional timer or I am so off that the OOB buzzer is loud enough to bring out the neighbors. Tom
O.K., now that I know, I wonder what they were thinking, making that so complicated?
bestcleaning
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1960 Lady K. push button. Of course.
It sure looks a lot like the panel from our 1960 Kenmore Model 80, but I don't recall seeing all those little air hoses... The white plastic panel facing forward really looks like a Kenmore of that vintage.
C'mon, Greg, it's time for The Big Reveal!!
C'mon, Greg, it's time for The Big Reveal!!
Oh!! Oh!! I see three colored cycle toggle buttons up at the left end. It's a pushbutton Kenmore, all right.
mickeyd
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Can you identify these controls?
Wouldn't it be sweet if I could !?
Certainly so much circuitry and tiny tubing can mean only one thing: A spray rinsing Visimatic wringer!!!!
Wouldn't it be sweet if I could !?
Certainly so much circuitry and tiny tubing can mean only one thing: A spray rinsing Visimatic wringer!!!!
chaskelljr2
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The Control Panel In Question????
It looks to me like a 1960 Lady Kenmore. The glass sides of the panel give it away.
Am I off base here???
--Charles--
It looks to me like a 1960 Lady Kenmore. The glass sides of the panel give it away.
Am I off base here???
--Charles--
It IS the 1960 Lady Kenmore!
You're right, it is the 1960 LK washer! I trade the Westinghouse Wash & Dry Laundromat combo for this machine. I'm thrilled to have it, but as with nearly ALL vintage machines, it's going to need some lovin' & strokin' to get it functional again. There is a problem with the timer, when I first tried it last Monday night, it wouldn't quit advancing to the cycle I selected. I was able to get it to begin advancing and stop at the correct cycle, but then the timer itself wouldn't advance through the cycle back to off as it should when running. Upon closer inspection, I found that there are some teeth stripped off of one of the advance-cams or gears and when I first tried it, the advance motor and gear were stuck in the section missing the teeth on the cam. The second problem is that it won't advance through a "spin only" cycle to off which would indicate a problem with the timer motor or a combination of the timer motor and the missing teeth on the cam. I called Reeco Timer this afternoon and spoke with them about the problem. He had never worked on this timer but looked it up in his magic timer spell book and said that he would likely be able to fix it as they have parts on hand for them. Whew! Now the challenge will be to get the timer out of the machine, which as you can see, may be a bit of a hair-puller. I've studied it for a while today and by removing the air pump (which is sitting loose in the panel now) and removing the pressure switch for the water level control, I should be able to get the timer out and disconnect the one million wires attached to it! You know I'll be taking some detailed pics of that process so I'll be able to get it all back together again as I don't have any service doctrine or wiring diagrams for this washer...
You're right, it is the 1960 LK washer! I trade the Westinghouse Wash & Dry Laundromat combo for this machine. I'm thrilled to have it, but as with nearly ALL vintage machines, it's going to need some lovin' & strokin' to get it functional again. There is a problem with the timer, when I first tried it last Monday night, it wouldn't quit advancing to the cycle I selected. I was able to get it to begin advancing and stop at the correct cycle, but then the timer itself wouldn't advance through the cycle back to off as it should when running. Upon closer inspection, I found that there are some teeth stripped off of one of the advance-cams or gears and when I first tried it, the advance motor and gear were stuck in the section missing the teeth on the cam. The second problem is that it won't advance through a "spin only" cycle to off which would indicate a problem with the timer motor or a combination of the timer motor and the missing teeth on the cam. I called Reeco Timer this afternoon and spoke with them about the problem. He had never worked on this timer but looked it up in his magic timer spell book and said that he would likely be able to fix it as they have parts on hand for them. Whew! Now the challenge will be to get the timer out of the machine, which as you can see, may be a bit of a hair-puller. I've studied it for a while today and by removing the air pump (which is sitting loose in the panel now) and removing the pressure switch for the water level control, I should be able to get the timer out and disconnect the one million wires attached to it! You know I'll be taking some detailed pics of that process so I'll be able to get it all back together again as I don't have any service doctrine or wiring diagrams for this washer...
Here is another angle of the controls...
Complicated beyond all reason, but this is the fun part for those of us who love these old washers! And I thought that 1960 LK dryer was overly-complicated, that was easy compared to this!
As I disassemble it further and conduct some more investigative surgery, I'll explain a little further what I think all these parts must do...
Complicated beyond all reason, but this is the fun part for those of us who love these old washers! And I thought that 1960 LK dryer was overly-complicated, that was easy compared to this!
As I disassemble it further and conduct some more investigative surgery, I'll explain a little further what I think all these parts must do...
This is a closer picture of the advance mechanism. You can see by comparing it to the picture in the previous post that this assembly has two motors on it. One is for advancing to the desired cycle, corresponding to the button pressed and the other is the timer motor that moves the timer cam through each cycle.
I love how complicated it is - for now.... In a month, I may not be so enamored with it!
Tomorrow, I hope to have the timer out and will show in more detail what the air pump is for and how it works.
I love how complicated it is - for now.... In a month, I may not be so enamored with it!
Tomorrow, I hope to have the timer out and will show in more detail what the air pump is for and how it works.
