Help identifying this Kenmore, please

[kenmoreguy64]

The top can be removed....

To get it off, you have to take the clear hose off the pressure switch and dethread it through the hole in the top. Then the wiring harness terminal block needs to be disconnected and unsnapped from the top, the lid switch needs to be disconnected and the wires taken from their clips, and finally the green ground wire needs to be removed from inside the control panel (that is if the electronic models had this). At that point you should be able to disconnect the top and set it aside.

This machine is considered 43-inches tall from the bottom to the top of the control panel. Taking the top off would probably remove 7 of height. You're still going to be cutting it close, so removing the front legs (which are plastic screw-in type) might help.

Gordon

 

[dnastrau]

Oil leakage through vent

Would it be possible to temporarily plug the vent somehow? Maybe cover the hole with duct tape, etc?

 

[retropia]

Agitator shaft seal at the transmission cover

I also wondered about temporarily plugging the source or sources of a potential oil leak. I was thinking about rope caulk, what you'd use to temporarily seal around windows in the winter. Perhaps start with the rope caulk and then cover that with duct tape, to keep the caulk in place during transit.

If this agitator shaft seal is the potential leak source, and it can be reasonably accessed and covered before loading on its side, would that keep the oil where it's supposed to be?

 

[kenmoreguy64]

It's not the vent that leaks the oil, it's the agitator shaft seal. That area is essentially completely covered by a spin-tube support bearing called the T-bearing, which is itself largely covered/burried by the basket drive assembly which consists of the clutch and spin tube. There is little or no access to parts in there without removing them.

 

[retropia]

Keep it upright for transport

Ok, it's looking like it is absolutely necessary to keep it upright during transportation. Otherwise, if it's working well now, it might not after being transported on its side and the oil leaks out of the transmission.

The next absolute is that I'm pretty sure I can't fit it upright in the back of my SUV.

Are the dimensions on this washer approx. 43" H x 27" W by 26" D? How much would it weigh? 180 lbs.? 200 lbs.?

I'm going to check on a couple of shipping services for Dave, but I'm guessing those will be pricey.

Thanks for the info on the possibility of oil leaks...I would have found out the hard way, otherwise. Do direct-drive Kenmores and Whirlpools have this leakage issue?

 

[dnastrau]

Maybe you can rent a Uhaul trailer

Just a thought...

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Dimensions and DDs too...

The dimensions of the later BDs are: 43H, 29W, 26D (some were 41.5 H). Most metal console BDs from the late 70s on weighed about 220 lbs, plus or minus a pound or two.

Try UShip.com I have used them with great success many times.

The DDs have some design/construction points in common. Their transmissions use the same amount of oil, and have similar agaitator shafts (though shorter). It would not surprise me at all if a worn seal on one of those would leak too, just like a BD. I hear that the centerpost on DDs is better sealed though, so perhaps the transmission is too?

Gordon