Kenmore 400 Saved From the Crusher

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Awesome find Jeb. This model is definitely a BOL treasure, and thanks for posting a video of it in action. I hope you keep it and make it strong again.

Thank you for your service to our country as well.

James
 
Nice find, Jed!  I'll swear that it's easier to do a bearing job than to replace the drive belt on a Whirlpool/Kenmore washer.... LOL 

 

When the time comes to do the bearings, though, changing the belt will be easy, since you have to drop the transmission out of the washer.  Fortunately, the belt and so many other parts are not that hard to find.  

 

It's a really beautiful washer - I hope you have lots of fun with it!  
 
Jed, first of all thank you for your service to this country. Second, I commend you for rescuing such a fine machine from the junk yard. You can't find hardly any of those classic machines like that here in Pensacola anymore since a lot of them were destroyed after hurricanes Ivan, and Dennis. Plus a lot of them that weren't in climate controlled environments, rusted out quickly down here. My question is this, is it possible that since it looks like the tub ring is off center to the left, and it seemed that the agitator and basket was also leaning that way, could there be an issue with the suspension that could cause it to knock? Whatever it is, I hope you can restore the machine to showroom condition, and may it give you excellent service for many years. Again, thank you for service to this country.
 
Great find Jed, my favorite part is the bol wash basket that is porcelain blue without any speckles! The 1962 Kenmore 24" BOL washer we had when I was little had that same very rare basket and a straight vane agitator.
 
Jed, I forgot to ask you this when I posted earlier. On these earlier models where the water temperature just says hot, warm, or cold like it does on my machine that I bought 17 years ago, is the rinse temperature cold like it is on my DD machine, or is it different?
 
Jim, on these, warm water rinse was offered with Hot or Warm wash water.  Cold yielded cold rinse too.  User guides with these type of machines instructed user to switch to cold water after the hot or warm wash fill was complete if you wanted a cold rinse. 
 

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