beyond excellent finds Ken......
I guess it's all about timing
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warmsecondrinse
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HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
THAT was my grandmother's LK. detergent dispenser door was different, though. Hinged at the top, it flipped up and was made of white plastic to match the body.
Jim
THAT was my grandmother's LK. detergent dispenser door was different, though. Hinged at the top, it flipped up and was made of white plastic to match the body.
Jim
delaneymeegan
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they are beautiful. What a way to recover.
Appliance therapy.
Appliance therapy.
lordkenmore
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What great finds!
It was especially fun seeing the Lady Kenmore. My mother had one of those, and it's fun seeing one again in such good condition! Ours went 20 some years, and only had a couple of breakdowns. It was still running when we left the house I grew up in.
The one problem: the machine did seem to go off balance easily. Not sure if there was some problem with it, the way it was installed (perhaps not quite as level as it should be?), or the nature of our loads.
I've also wondered if it didn't have better washing ability than some washers I've dealt with since. I know my mother did a lot of cold water washes. Not sure how that got started--perhaps 1970s energy crisis. Perhaps a way of shaving a bit off the electric bill. Who knows for sure? But we seemed to get by OK, and I've wondered if the washer's quality helped compensate for cold water. It seemed like the clothes got cleaner, even with cold water, than they did later with cold water on other machines. Of course, that might just be misty eyed sentiment for the childhood home washer, too...
It was especially fun seeing the Lady Kenmore. My mother had one of those, and it's fun seeing one again in such good condition! Ours went 20 some years, and only had a couple of breakdowns. It was still running when we left the house I grew up in.
The one problem: the machine did seem to go off balance easily. Not sure if there was some problem with it, the way it was installed (perhaps not quite as level as it should be?), or the nature of our loads.
I've also wondered if it didn't have better washing ability than some washers I've dealt with since. I know my mother did a lot of cold water washes. Not sure how that got started--perhaps 1970s energy crisis. Perhaps a way of shaving a bit off the electric bill. Who knows for sure? But we seemed to get by OK, and I've wondered if the washer's quality helped compensate for cold water. It seemed like the clothes got cleaner, even with cold water, than they did later with cold water on other machines. Of course, that might just be misty eyed sentiment for the childhood home washer, too...
lordkenmore
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One memory of my mother's washer is that detergent door. I don't remember her ever using that as intended--detergent went in the tub. BUT when I was young, I enjoyed opening that door and watching the water water as it sloshed through.
Great Finds
Hi Ken, Why the 29" wide cabinet on all standard size WP built non bolt down washers, I guess so it matched the 29" wide dryers which needed the extra width for a decent size drum, it took MT until about 1997 with the introduction of the Neptune's to have a washer and dryer in the same size cabinet.
Yes a 27" wide cabinet would have probably worked in WP built BD washers, although I always felt that MTs DC washers would have been better in a wider cabinet and a wider tub so the clothing could turn over better with less fabric damage.
To remove the agitator cap in the KM I just put my left foot on the agitator while standing in front of the washer to hold it while unscrewing the agitator cap. These Roto-Swrirl agitators tended to get stuck to the agitator shaft due to rusting of the shaft. You may need a few gallons of boiling water slowly pored over the top of the agitator to get it off, and you may need some even more aggressive measures to get it off in one piece. Just don't pull by the fins.
John L.
Hi Ken, Why the 29" wide cabinet on all standard size WP built non bolt down washers, I guess so it matched the 29" wide dryers which needed the extra width for a decent size drum, it took MT until about 1997 with the introduction of the Neptune's to have a washer and dryer in the same size cabinet.
Yes a 27" wide cabinet would have probably worked in WP built BD washers, although I always felt that MTs DC washers would have been better in a wider cabinet and a wider tub so the clothing could turn over better with less fabric damage.
To remove the agitator cap in the KM I just put my left foot on the agitator while standing in front of the washer to hold it while unscrewing the agitator cap. These Roto-Swrirl agitators tended to get stuck to the agitator shaft due to rusting of the shaft. You may need a few gallons of boiling water slowly pored over the top of the agitator to get it off, and you may need some even more aggressive measures to get it off in one piece. Just don't pull by the fins.
John L.
lordkenmore
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>The self-cleaning filter in these washers was not only far more effective than the clean-it-your-self brush filter but a lot nicer to use. The idea of having a washer that can automatically wash your really dirty clothing twice, add bleach at the correct time and even rinse twice and add the softener in the last rinse is just way too great a washer to make you clean a damp lint lint filter.
Self cleaning filters are probably more convenient and nicer, although when I still had a manual clean lint filter, it didn't seem that onerous to maintain it. Although, frankly, part of that might just be value of just HAVING a lint filter. (I line dry during warmer periods of the year, and so the "well, lint gets removed in the dryer" argument isn't valid a good percentage of the time for me.)
Of course, I'm not sure how good a match a LK or that TOL Maytag with full programming would be for me. I tend to be somewhat a control freak in the laundry room. So I like to make the decisions of cycle times, temperatures, and I don't mind manually adding fabric softener (which I don't use now, anyway), since I tend to check the rinse cycle to make sure all is going well.
Self cleaning filters are probably more convenient and nicer, although when I still had a manual clean lint filter, it didn't seem that onerous to maintain it. Although, frankly, part of that might just be value of just HAVING a lint filter. (I line dry during warmer periods of the year, and so the "well, lint gets removed in the dryer" argument isn't valid a good percentage of the time for me.)
Of course, I'm not sure how good a match a LK or that TOL Maytag with full programming would be for me. I tend to be somewhat a control freak in the laundry room. So I like to make the decisions of cycle times, temperatures, and I don't mind manually adding fabric softener (which I don't use now, anyway), since I tend to check the rinse cycle to make sure all is going well.
Amalgamated lint
I don't have anything against self-cleaning lint filters, per se, but I live in a town without sewers where all of us have difficult septic systems built on ledge that the town actually pumps out once every couple of years. When I moved in, I consulted a septic systems engineer for advice and two of the things he said that were relevant to appliances was to not install a garbage disposer in the kitchen sink (I think they're great to have), and to avoid washers that flushed lint down into the system. In both cases particles from both float from the septic tank directly into the leaching fields where they clog them up. I suppose I can put one of those little screens over the drain hose opening.
Plus, lint filters are one more fun thing to futz with.
I don't have anything against self-cleaning lint filters, per se, but I live in a town without sewers where all of us have difficult septic systems built on ledge that the town actually pumps out once every couple of years. When I moved in, I consulted a septic systems engineer for advice and two of the things he said that were relevant to appliances was to not install a garbage disposer in the kitchen sink (I think they're great to have), and to avoid washers that flushed lint down into the system. In both cases particles from both float from the septic tank directly into the leaching fields where they clog them up. I suppose I can put one of those little screens over the drain hose opening.
Plus, lint filters are one more fun thing to futz with.
tinkr
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floating lint catcher
I have 2 of these for my wringer washers and they work great, They catch all the dog hair from their
beds and blankets. An I have no lint on the navy hosp. scrubs.
Another picture snafoo, sorry about the giant picture of gunk in the picture.
I have 2 of these for my wringer washers and they work great, They catch all the dog hair from their
beds and blankets. An I have no lint on the navy hosp. scrubs.
Another picture snafoo, sorry about the giant picture of gunk in the picture.
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tinkr
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Ok I'm baffeld
Had a large pic in the body It disappeared.
Had a large pic in the body It disappeared.
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Have a Blast with your new Most Excellent machines.
Best washes.
Have a Blast with your new Most Excellent machines.
Best washes.
