For my machine only having 42 years of actual use on it is in fairly good condition despite the surface rust inside the cabinet. The elderly lady who owned my ‘63 Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII set probably didn’t use them all that much bef they were stopped being used 15 years ago. They probably only seen regular use from 1963 up until the early 80’s and gradually started seeing less and less use before they stopped being used in 2005.
Kenmore Special Edition Washer
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Washing machine longevity
Since the very first washing machines more than 100 years ago the root of all problems is WATER, and if it does not get into areas where it is not supposed to be a washing machine could last 50-100 years.
This is why clothes dryers can last almost forever and why Dishwashers, water heaters, Garbage disposers and humidifiers along with washing machines are by far the most problem prone and short lived appliances in homes today.
Whirlpool Belt-Drive washers had about the most durable transmission [ after it was beefed up in 1964 ] of any AW unless water gets in, the thing that made it better than about any other AW transmission was NO oil seals that can wear and leak oil out the bottom and cause messy failures like GE, MT, Norge, FD, Franklin, WCI FD and later Blackstones.
Early Blackstone, Beam and SQ also did not have lower oil seals that could leak.
John L.
Since the very first washing machines more than 100 years ago the root of all problems is WATER, and if it does not get into areas where it is not supposed to be a washing machine could last 50-100 years.
This is why clothes dryers can last almost forever and why Dishwashers, water heaters, Garbage disposers and humidifiers along with washing machines are by far the most problem prone and short lived appliances in homes today.
Whirlpool Belt-Drive washers had about the most durable transmission [ after it was beefed up in 1964 ] of any AW unless water gets in, the thing that made it better than about any other AW transmission was NO oil seals that can wear and leak oil out the bottom and cause messy failures like GE, MT, Norge, FD, Franklin, WCI FD and later Blackstones.
Early Blackstone, Beam and SQ also did not have lower oil seals that could leak.
John L.
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Kenmore Special Edition
Hi everyone,
I sold the Special edition for parts. Tearing down a washer for repair is way above my pay grade. I am not that mechanically inclined and limited tools and even watching all the threads and tutorials, it all just left me confused. It was also going to be expensive to buy the parts needed. So it was sold to a used appliance repairman for $50.
Hi everyone,
I sold the Special edition for parts. Tearing down a washer for repair is way above my pay grade. I am not that mechanically inclined and limited tools and even watching all the threads and tutorials, it all just left me confused. It was also going to be expensive to buy the parts needed. So it was sold to a used appliance repairman for $50.
Sad
I would have had fun rebuilding it...
I would have had fun rebuilding it...
I saw a version of it and it's matching dryer, both in Almond, at a flea market, which was quite a distance from me in Flat Rock, my grandparents' old home town, and it even sat through two visits a couple weeks apart...
This is likely to be concurrent with what I saw in my old, long-discarded 1982 Sears Catalog, too...
-- Dave
This is likely to be concurrent with what I saw in my old, long-discarded 1982 Sears Catalog, too...
-- Dave
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