I brought home something new to play with - and they were FREE!

[revvinkevin]

 

 

My neighbor knocked on my door yesterday afternoon saying Ellen (a member of our city council) is getting rid of her washer & dryer and you may want to go pick them up.   "They are on the curb" she said.   I thanked here, got the truck out and headed over three streets to get them.   I got them loaded in my truck and was back home in what seemed like 5 minutes.

 

Here they are:   A WP Cabrio washer & gas dryer!

 

Washer model: WTW6600SW1   Serial: CT44717700      

 

The dryer: Model WGD6400SW0   Serial: MT5017786

 

I've never had a chance to play with one of these and SO FAR they both seem to work.   Yesterday after bringing getting them him, I hooked up the washer and ran it most of the way through a "normal" cycle and it seems to work fine.

 

Does anyone know how old they are?   Is this a upper end model?   This lid switch is magnetic, yes?

 

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

The control panels....... washer above, dryer below.

 

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Washer lit up and working.

 

It looks nice with the lights lit.

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Interior shots.

 

The washer was slightly dirty inside and even though has the fabric dispenser off to the side, was still a bit messy.   Plenty of residual fabric softener in and around the dispenser.   Both the washer & dryer smell like softener too!  Not sure if that's good or bad... haha

 

From what I've seen here and on youtube, I'm not sure I'm convinced this design does a good job cleaning or is not hard on your clothes.

 

What are your thoughts on this design and how it functions?

 

Thanks!

Kevin 

 

 

 

[Ultramatic]

Wow!

<span style="font-size: medium;">Congratulations Kevin! What a score! </span>

 

[DADoES]

 
Washer model: WTW6600SW1   Serial: CT44717700
     2006 model year, manufactured 44th week of 2006
     It's the SmartDrive motor design with floating basket.

The dryer: Model WGD6400SW0   Serial: MT5017786
     2006 model year, manufactured 50th week of 2006

 

[combo52]

Cabrio Pair

Great score Kevin, and its good to see that the economy is actually better than Fox news and mit wit are telling us LOL.

 

This is a very washer and an excellent dryer, we get few complaints about this washer  and with its recirculation water flow during wash and rinse it is about the best performing currently made Hi Efficiency top loading washer. The dryer is probably one of the best dryers EVER BUILT it has a huge drum and combines the efficiency and speed of WPs great 29" dryers with the heavier build of the 27" dryers as this dryer has two front support rollers in addition to the two rear rollers.

 

[spiralator60]

Cabrio Pair

Congratulations on your latest find Kevin! Have you had a chance to run the dryer yet?

 

[retropia]

Those look fancy! I wonder if you could successfully wash something bulky, like a queen-sized comforter, in this machine?

 

[arbilab]

With the array of options, near TOL. "Father's day gift" and a dam fine one. Hard to buy better.

 

[wayupnorth]

Free

That is a fantastic find and they look pretty much in mint condition. I have always followed the saying "If its free, Its for me".

 

[mattywashboy]

Good score Kevin!

Relatives of mine that I visited when over in America had this washer. They were not impressed with it, not convinced that a small puddle of water could wash their clothes well. I was instructed to use it only on the Bulky Cycle as that adds a decent amount of water (not great but more than the normal cycles)

It did seem to twist and tug my clothes around a lot. Also my cousin washed a large load of towels one saturday and none of them moved very much, they seemed to just twist back and forth slightly.

Thats my experience with them

Hope you enjoy!

Matt

 

[pdub]

Looks like fun Kevin! You sure can't beat the price and nice to have neighbors looking out for you. Can't wait to see some video's of the washer and dryer in action. Hmmm, wonder which dryer will get booted out of the active line up?

Patrick

 

[xpanam]

Great score Kevin, and its good to see that the economy is actually better than Fox news and MIT WIT are telling us LOL. Combo52! Put the crack pip down!! What the hell is wrong with you democrats!!!Your Messiah has failed!! Its obvious you liberal don't trust your own news station! Combo52 has been watching the # 1 news station FOX !

and its good to see that the economy is actually better" Really ? I wood like to talk to you or anyone else about this issue my # 714-766-9634

 

[qualin]

You know, I don't get it..

This set is six years old, appears to be working perfectly fine.. :-/

Maybe they junked it because they didn't feel that it didn't clean the clothing well enough. Either that or they decided they wanted front loaders instead.

Kevin, please make some videos of this machine washing. Do you think you'd want to consider the idea of tweaking the water level on the washer? Or does this machine use an untweakable electronic pressure switch?

I guess when people are trashing perfectly good machines like these, maybe I should seriously reconsider how much I'm asking for my GE Pair.

Enjoy your find, that's quite a haul. I'm interested to know your thoughts on it, considering how loathed HE washplate style machines are in the community here.

I'm sure someone out there will be saying, "Junk them!!" ... but I think in some ways, this is a good way to "cavort with the enemy" and find out just what makes these machines work and why Whirlpool engineers thought these up.

To Xpanam:

If you want to talk politics, donate some cash to this site and hang out on the Dirty Laundry forum, you can talk about politics all you want there. Your response is totally out of place on this forum.

 

[alr2903]

Kevin congrats on a new variety adventure

Kevin if the prior owner was in a "12 step program for FS abuse".  I am interested in how the outter tub of the washer looks one day when you have time. In my mind i am convinced softner slime is what really leads to all the odor mold issues, reported by some owners.  My older center dial tag, had "slime" at the top of the lint filter @ the full tub setting  the porcelain tub was the same way, but the plastic parts of the agitator filter assbly were much worse.  I really like the window in the dryer.  arthur

 

[combo52]

Fabric snoftner slime

FS is a great product, but it can be overused and users don't understand if you use FS the next time you wash the clothing it has to be washed really well, hottest water available and plenty of good detergent.

 

We have found in servicing washers that these modern Hi Efficiency washers can produce great results whether FL or TL. But you really have to pay attention to the results and to the machine for any sign of build-ups or odors and CHANGE what you are doing if the results are not great.

 

It is interesting that now that people are being told that they can was everything in cold water and Eco Detergents to see old MT DC, WP BD and even GE FF washers that are a stinky black moldy mess. I did a service call two weeks ago for a customer that had a 1997 MT DC washer and her complaint was that the washer stunk. And when I checked out the washer the top of the wash basket around the balance ring was all black and moldy and she had these washer balls laying in the wash basket that smelled like s..t, after dissembling the washer and cleaning it I suggested throwing the balls away using some hot water and bleach and real detergent, I dough she will LOL.

 

[chris74]

Pimp them up!

You should run a "clean washer" cycle with a washing machine cleaner. The tub has an iridescence which you normally see only on glassware and steel in the dishwasher. Also the drum of the dryer should be cleaned, it looks like there has something been burning on the air vent...

Nice find anyway!

 

[revvinkevin]

Update on the pair.........

 

 

Thank you for all of your comments!

 

Except for needing a little cleaning, they appear to be in pretty nice physical condition.   As I said, I did a quick(?) preliminary test of the washer after unloading them from the truck.   I ran it part way through the "normal" cycle before having to get dinner.

 

Yesterday I moved the Norge Burp-o-lator out, then put the Cabrio in and ran a load of whites, normal cycle, hot, heavy soil, extra rinse.   Everything worked as I assume it should... however... when spinning it's a little louder than I was expecting.   Later I walked across the street to ask my neighbor why Ellen got rid of them and she said "they started making a noise".   So it's confirmed, the bearings are going bad, getting noisy, etc.   It's soo bad too as I could have flipped them, oh well.

 

Before connecting the dryer, I removed the back panel and vacuumed out the accumulated lint, there was more than I'd have expected for a 6 year old dryer.   As there was lint all over the back of the dryer too, I'm guessing the exhaust duct was leaking somewhere.   I connected the dryer and it worked flawlessly.   I first dried a load of towels and then my work shirts with the Wrinkle Guard option, both loads came out perfect.

    

Overall I'm a little bummed the bearings are going bad on the washer, but hey, for free I can't complain.

 

Kevin