How old is old or is it older than dirt?

[stevet]

Can anyone peg a manufacturing date for my Kenmore 70 series washer? Model number is 11082873130 and the serial number is CB0302938.

Have the matching dryer to it but that's working. The Washer just decided to stop draining and rinsing and doesn nothing but wash. I am about to yank the top cover off and check the interlock switch(was already bypassed when we got here, so maybe the wires rotted away!

 

[oldhouseman]

If you please

How about some pictures of the machine in question so we can see the details of the situation.

 

[stevet]

checking now

I am looking at the exploded diagram at sears.com.. Looks like the whole cabinet has to be lifted up and over the machine to service it? Can this be possible? I just want to get to the lid switch! What a ridiculous design!

 

[volvoguy87]

Belt drive?

Is this a 1982 Kenmore belt drive machine? It may have the timer control dial in the middle of the console.

Belt or direct?,
Dave

 

[coldspot66]

Looks like a 1988 model. The cabinet is removed by removing the screws at each front corner of the console. Pull the end caps forward at the bottom and swing the console up to it's stop. You will then see 2 gold clips on each side that hold the cabinet to the frame. Use a flat blade screwdriver in the slot at the front of the clip and pop them off.Unplug the lid switch connector from the cabinet. Open the lid and pivot the cabinet forward and walk it off the frame.The lid switch is located on the underside of the cabinet. As you can now see, it's not a ridiculous design...most every component is visible for service without moving the washer.
Hope this helps!

 

[DADoES]

For Whirlpool, letter B in 2nd position of the serial number indicates manufacture year of 1992. Whether that applies to Whirlpool-built Kenmore S/Ns, I dunno.
CB0302938
C = Clyde, OH facility
B = 1992
03 = 3rd week of the year (counted from first Monday of January)
02938 = 2,938th machine

????

 

[stevet]

I guess I am really a DD whirlpool man at heart!

Thanks Coldspot, you are perfectly correct. And Thanks Dadoes, as well. It is coming up to its 16th birthday!
By the time you guys responded, the already defective when we moved in lid switch was out of the machine, the harness was "properly" jumpered together and the second wash of the night is progressing fine. Why they went to a bellows switch is beyond me. Seems an expensive way to do things. Guess the old microswitch design would rust out too easily.

I now see how "easy" it would be to service portions of the unit.
I made the mistake of taking the back cover screws off so of course realigning all the panels took some extra effort. But the job is done and I appreciate all the helps you guys gave so willingly and so quickly.
It's like the appliance emergency room! Nobody is turned away regardless of ability to fix it!