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okay, okay - I wouldn't personally pick this machine, because I've seen this come back to Menards at least 3 times now. Sure they love the 2 week return policy. Send it to the scrapper!

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speed queen just some rust remover and some appliance paint and i think they have an enamel for porcelain on appliances something like that but the SQ!
 
better yet whirlpool!!!

ohh no i just missed the whirlpool luv the 80's whirly we had a i guess you can say a cousin from that washer during that era whirlpool hands down!!!
 
Timer shot. This machine is very similar to a 1984 Whirlpool that I picked up about this time last year from Menards.

To think that Menards first offers these machines to the public instead of giving them straight to the scrap man. God bless Menards.

Thankfully I did not have my truck with me - otherwise the Whirlpool would have come home. But I need another belt drive machine like I need a hole in my head.

So - with that said - which of the three *would* you suggest that I go back and get - if I was to? ;-)

All for fun,

Ben

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Mr Ben,

the whirlpool sounds and looks fixable and we all know how dependable they are i kinda miss ours!

hope this helps lots of luck keep us posted

R
 
I would grab the Pool, but like you say, they keep following you home.

I restored a WP set just like this WP washer a year or two ago for my niece Amanda. She LOVES the large capacity tub.
 
Ben, definitely the Pool

I just did a "curb crawl" in the Bay Area (not Hudson, San Francisco!) and got that eggsact machine with a companion
dryer (one rung lower, no drum light) The dryer needs at least
a roller kit; they both look nice. I can't wait for new daily
drivers ; I'm so damn weary of that "Halo-ofstooping-Heat"
lint filter in the Maytag , and the '76 1-18 just doesn't
cut it for cleaning the Levi's. Though I ain't real wild about the Super "wings" ...... My 2 centimes
 
Easiest

I would go for the easiest and least expensive to fix, that would be the Whirlpool. Least expensive, because there are parts lying around on every curb or behind any appliance company.
If time, storage space and money were no problem, fixing up the Maytag might be interesting - I've never worked on such a late model unit.
Goodness, that BOL Kenmore certainly had a rough time of it.
But not as keepers - I'd fix one and give it to someone who could well use it. They are all too young for my personal taste!
 
I would get the Whirlpool. I had that washer in the 80's and it was a great machine. The Speed Queen would be the next machine I would snag but the rust is a bit much and who knows how the transmission is on that machine. The Amana I had in Omaha was making some noises before I got rid of her. Still a good machine and cleans well.
 
I've seen the paint on Speed Queens and Amana branded SQ's do that over and over. They are loud as hell and then the paint comes off in sheets - from the whole top, the lid and opening. No excuse!

Actually, I would save your $9 and wait for something a little more vintage-y...
 
Greg:

In all seriousness, I think what was going on with SQ's was a galvanised top. It's not easy to paint galvanised metal so that the paint will adhere well over time. Auto manufacturers had quite a problem with this in the late '80s / early '90s. I had an Eagle that had pristine paint one morning when I left for work. When I got to the office, an area two feet wide and about eighteen inches long had just peeled off the roof. The dealer told me there had been a lot of trouble with that issue, due to the galvanised coating of the metal.

So, maybe that's it. But you'd think they'd have found a solution- the carmakers did.
 
WP WP WP!!!

Kenmore as a second (I have a weakness of lower-end KM models like that one). The WP looks stunning. Pick it up and look @ the center-post.

Not just a Surgilator, a Super Surgilator!
Dave
 
All 3 look nice for Menards! Around here, I think the delivery people drop them off the back of the truck, onto the ground.

Whirlpool, Maytag, and SQ in that order. From the first shot of the Whirlpool, I thought it was DD. Until I saw the backside....

kennyGF
 
A lone voice in the wilderness...

If the Maytag were a large tub, I'd have jumped on that. A injector flume is easy to replace. Unfortunately, she's a small tub, single speed machine - probably a lat5005aae or so. That in mind, I'd grit my teeth and take the Whirlpool... :)

RCD
 
I remember seeing the differences in painting techniques out on the South Dakota Sacred Appliance Burial Grounds. The all porcelain cabinets were dirty, but usually cleaned up like new. The baked enamel (paint) were usually the absolute worst but this varied from brand to brand but the best of the painted cabinets were the Maytags - color and shine would fade but there usually was little if any rust on them. I didn't know that about cars, it's interesting how many different methods all the different manufacturers have tried through the years but still...rust, rust, rust!

I don't know why SQ/Amana machines tried this, I see it on Whirlpool DD machines with painted tops as well. Bleach is so corrosive, it doesn't help matters much when sloppy users don't take care of drips and spills right away either.
 
Paint

If I remember correctly it wasn't necessarily the materials used (metal) for the issues behind the GM paint fiasco of the 80's - but more of the EPA mandates for clean air emissions used in paint techniques. Being non-technical - I would presume that by the 80's the lovely chemicals used for the brilliant paint jobs of the 50's and 60's were well gone and the auto (and white goods) MFG's were still playing catch up trying to get something that worked. Wouldn't be surprised if costs of actual rust prevention prevailed as I can see the zinc platting process that Maytag used to be awfully expensive.

On lighter news - I did go back for something, but it wasn't this sad girl. I'll reveal later in the week. I'm sure it won't be a surprise if I say my head hurts ;-)

Ben

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Ben:

I wasn't referring to the GM paint recall; the car I had this happen to was a Chrysler product (1989 Eagle Premier Limited), and it was specifically due to a bonding problem between the paint and the galvanised body of the car, according to the dealer. There was a problem with it for a few short years, but was resolved fairly quickly, I understand.
 
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