Early to Mid-80s Kenmores including 24-inch dryer

[kenmoreguy64]

Here's a Craigslist ad in Monroe, NC (which is very nearby the Charlotte metro area) for a 24-inch DD washer (I am nearly sure it's not a BD) and what seems to be a pretty rare dryer, the 24-inch 3.4 cu. ft. spacesaver.

If anyone is intested, I might be able to retrieve them for you.

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/app/2147279278.html

 

[maytagman806s]

Gordon,

I'd bet a good cup of coffee the washer is a belt-drive. I have never ever seen a DD Kenmore with that console, regardless of the MY. When I first met the GF 10 years ago, she had this same washer and dryer that she inherited from an elderly lady she cared for. The only difference is, her washer was TOL in the 24-inch machine. It was only 12-pound capacity, but she chose these machines due to space constraints (they lived in a "maunfactured" home). The washer was the equivelant of a 90-series as far as features. The GF says that the elderly lady bought them brand new in 1985.

We still have the dryer, but I had to scrap the washer 2 years ago. The centerpost had rotted right off the baseplate so bad, that it was spinning right along with the basket drive. Even if I could have set the post and re-welded it, there was just too much material gone to try. I saved everything, especially the Dual-Action agitator, but the cabinet and the baseplate. It never leaked a drop of water and the seals were still in good shape, so I couldn't even begin to tell you what caused all the damage. My guess would be a poor weld and rust. When I took the machine apart to see what was wrong, the baseplate's paint job was very poor and was the sloppiest I have ever seen. So, to the great laundromat in the sky it went.

 

[pulltostart]

Gordon -

I can't believe you're not interested in snagging this pair, considering the rarity of both pieces.

Lawrence

 

[neptunebob]

I wonder if the dryer is actually a compact dryer on the inside. It would seem to be the only way to get all the machinery inside that narrow a cabinet.

 

[maytagman806s]

Bob,

The dryer is identical to a compact on the inside. Same belt, rollers, pulleys, lint-screen, drum, etc. If you open the dryer up, it has a shorter bulkhead then we are used to seeing (the compacts are even shorter). The heating element is a 3200 watt unit which naturally necessitates the use of 220 volts.

I rebuilt our dryer probably 5 years ago because the rollers were squeaky, but thanks to a rebuild kit, and a seemingly harder to find 24-inch belt, it's quieter than new.

And I'm with Lawrence. Gordon should grab them. The dryer is rarer then the washer. And as I remember from all the catalogues, I do not believe that there ever was a gas version of this dryer. And everyone I have seen has been electric.

 

[mrb627]

Interested

We would either need a closeup shot of the control panel, and interior shot, or a shot of its backside to determine whether or not it is a belt drive machine.  If it was a belt drive, I would be interested.  But I expect that it is an early direct drive machine.
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​Malcolm

 

[macboy91si]

BD/DD

The EARLY Kenmore DD's DID use this control panel. The lid is the tell tale, it should be a spin-draining unit as well. Gordon, E-mail me (e-mail in profile) I may be interested. John Lefever had this dryer in DC at his place, I was intrigued.

Thanks

Tim

 

[markk290]

BD/DD

I was thinking this a DD, but there is a crack between the top and sidea of the machine. Weren't DD solid?

 

[DADoES]

No. The top/lid and cabinet front/sides are separate pieces, although the top is attached to the rest of the cabinet with screws and the entire assembly removes as a unit for service access.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

ALL -

Funny that some are surprised I don't want these, but I have two DD washers I want to keep, and a couple temporary, and that's more than enough already. Never was very interested in the little dryers, though they do look neat. IF that was a BD washer, I'd be showing you all pics of my newest acquisition!

I am nearly certain that the washer is DD unit. The size of the lid is the clincher, not noticeably in width but depth. The BD lid is not as deep, leaving a couple inches of cabinet top in front of it.

As you can see in the seller's ad, the lid takes up nearly the entire top. BDs lids, don't do that as you can see in this example:

 

[3beltwesty]

rare dryer, the 24-inch 3.4 cu. ft. spacesaver.

With many "belt around the drum" dryers the revolving drum is almost the size of the frames width. ie a 24" machine might have a 23" diameter drum as a wild guess.

With the 1976 Westinghouse DE503 27" wide dryer; the drum's inside measures almost 26"; about 25 3/4" to be exact. The length is 18" and volume thus is 5.4 cubic feet.

I sort of lost/puzzled why MaytagMan mentioned:

"The dryer is identical to a compact on the inside." ; but just scanned the thread and my logic is flawed.

I am Assuming, maybe wrongly that both a 24 and 27" machine have say the same 23" diameter drum?

 

[70series]

Definitely a DD washer for sure. My sister had one like that.

 

[macboy91si]

3beltwesty

He is referring to the portable dryer that WP/KM sold. It has a smaller diameter drum as well as the filter inserted in the rear of the drum as opposed to being accessible from the top.
Here is a pic:



Here is the drum:



The model for sale is essentially the portable model above with a 220v element (which could be had in the portable as well) and the full (but narrow) cabinet. It's a slightly different dryer than the standard full size KM/WP.

-Tim

 

[combo52]

24" REGULAR HEIGHT DRYER

This compact dryer did use the drum, bulkhead and other mechanical al parts of the regular compact dryers that WP has produced from 1967- the present. It was produced in gas and 240 volt versions only no 220 volt versions were ever made. IT was a neat little dryer it even included a drum light and both the gas and electric versions had four way venting capability [ unusual for a WP built dryer ]. And as Tim mentioned we do have an almond electric one here at the warehouse. This dryer appeared as a WP model in the mid 1990s in thier full line catalog but I don't think they ever produced it when I once tried to order one I was told that none had been made yet.

 

[macboy91si]

220 - 240 - 110 - 115 - 120

It's something I do often, people here seem to call it 220, and respectively 110v. I never remember what to call it. I was just referring to the "full voltage" dryer.

This to me is a neat dryer in many ways. For one it's small, and as we know I like small things. Two, it's modeled after a full-size appliance which is cool, baby appliances that look like their full size siblings are super cool in my book. It's the same reason I liked that little Norge 21" dryer you had John. Three, it seems to be well optioned for it's size, I wasn't aware that it had a drum light, but auto-dry and WrinkleGuard is nice. You would think that this dryer would be BOL, but it's not at all.

-Tim