Yay, I’m glad it’s coming apart easily
It’s super simple to loosen the basket just stand in the basket and rock your weight from side to side once or twice the basket will be loose at this point.
All whirlpool belt drive machines from about 1965 through 70. Used a mercury lid switch. The switch itself was very durable the little spring clip bracket that holds it with sometimes rust and break or get this lodged. Other than that they were no problems with these, of course they wouldn’t use mercury in an appliance anymore, so I don’t know if that was part of the thinking of getting rid of them.
If you need transmission braces, I have plenty of them. I could send you when you get to doing the final rebuilding.
John
It’s super simple to loosen the basket just stand in the basket and rock your weight from side to side once or twice the basket will be loose at this point.
All whirlpool belt drive machines from about 1965 through 70. Used a mercury lid switch. The switch itself was very durable the little spring clip bracket that holds it with sometimes rust and break or get this lodged. Other than that they were no problems with these, of course they wouldn’t use mercury in an appliance anymore, so I don’t know if that was part of the thinking of getting rid of them.
If you need transmission braces, I have plenty of them. I could send you when you get to doing the final rebuilding.
John