Kelvinator Repairs, Success Finally!!!

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A nice warm spring day here finally gave me the energy to attempt the fix on my Kelvinator Golden Touch 500 Series. The boot in the outer tub had split, and not knowing anything about the mechanism on this I was always apprehensive about disassembly. With some good advice from Greg N, I spent the entire day doing a complete disassembly. Along with the bad boot, the pump leaked, the lid hinges were bad and the main hose from the outer tub had cracked. Its amazing how simple it really was after I got started on it all. Did 3 loads in it, white, darks, and bed sheets and all seems to be fine. Hurray! What a great feeling to know its a happy working machine again, so quiet and smooth running its almost silent! Thanks Greg for your help!

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Older, larger style lint filter from the 50's installed to see if it catches more lint...........It doesnt!! Notice the black 50's agitator cap too..........

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Great Pictures Jimmy!

Great job Jimmy!
That is such a cool machine. I also love the matching dryer you have! Gotta love sets!
Thanks for posting! And congrats on the smooth fix!
Brent
 
Congratulations; glad it's up and running again! Both of the lint filters are too cool...does the washwater actually burp up into the filter or is it just all that splashing that filters the lint (and causes it to jump right back out...LOL)?

I do have a few questions: What is the button to the right of the lid? Also, does your machine still spin out into the cabinet, or did Kelvinator incorporate an outer tub by this time? I listened to Greg's 1955 over the phone and the sound of the water spinning into the cabinet is truly amazing!

Now I really can't wait to see the '55 and '66 in action at the Convention! YAY for June 24th...

--Austin
 
Kelvinator switched to the Franklin mechanism (indexing tub and angel-wing agitator) when WCI swallowed them up in the late 1960's. I know they were the second appliance manufacturer that suffered that fate (Gibson was the first), but when was the exact year? 1968 comes to mind...
 
Congratulation Jimmy. Very nice. It looks like there's a short or delicate cycle on the knob and also an extra rinse. would you mind elaborating? Bob
 
Bob, there is a short cycle, but this is a single speed machine. The "extra rinse" cycle is actually the rinse portion of the short cycle. The normal cycle also lists the rinse area as an "agitated soak"..........The button in the back right rear of the top is the off balance switch which pops up and shows a red line when the machine trips the switch........and it actually works pretty well.........
 
Hi Peter, No, this was a lower end machine and didnt come with the window. Greg N. had given me the lid minus the glass (thanks Greg!) that he had gotten for parts at the farm in S. Dakota. I made a pattern for the glass using a pizza pan, took it to my local glass company and they cut a piece of glass for me to fit. The lid looked like someone had at one time walked on it and it was bent and out of form, so I just bent it back as best I could, used epoxy to reattach the mounts to it and its now as you see it. Kelvinators are very splashy washers but are so facinating to watch because of their orbital action, its wonderful to have the window to see inside as its running........
 

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