KM BD lo dollar model

[DADoES]

If anybody needs some belt drive transmissions, I was sorting them out. This is only about half the pile the other week. These are all in decent shape. None have water in them, etc., my only problem is shipping them. It’s too time-consuming if anybody wants to pick one up depending on the unit it would be between 50 and $100. I also have many agitators and GE FF clutch and motor assemblies that can be sold, I will probably just recycle all but maybe 6 of them soon.

John L

A no/never on shipping such increasingly hard-to-find items puts a crimp on people for whom the inconvenience/ruckus/time involved in making a cross-country journey to fetch one typically far outweighs the cost paid for shipping it. IMO. It'd be a ~1,500-mile (one way, 3,000 miles round-trip) jaunt for me for example.

 

[goatfarmer]

Based on Chet's repeated assertions that valve 358277 is one of the best things man has ever created, I purchased said valve last month and I'm going to install it in my Speed Queen AWN542. Thank you, Chet. I am very much looking forward this potentially life-changing event.

Maybe instead of using it, you should display it prominently on a shelf in your home, maybe with a subtle spotlight showing on it, and a little of the history of it displayed along side.

 

[qsd-dan]

Very long fill times in most new top load washers is a major compliant from users today. It's easy to get excited about a top loader the fills quickly with a true 50/50 mix.

 

[goatfarmer]

Very long fill times in most new top load washers is a major compliant from users today. It's easy to get excited about a top loader the fills quickly with a true 50/50 mix.

Maybe it's just me, but when I do laundry, I take the basket downstairs, put detergent in the tub, softener in the dispenser, add dirty laundry. Close the lid, push several buttons, and walk back upstairs.
If it takes 30 seconds, or 30 minutes to fill, I wouldn't know, I'm busy doing something else. When I hear the buzzer, I take said laundry, now clean, and put it in the dryer, with a fabric softener sheet. Close door, and push several buttons again.

Am I missing something?

 

[Chetlaham]

Very long fill times in most new top load washers is a major compliant from users today. It's easy to get excited about a top loader the fills quickly with a true 50/50 mix.

Since I put one in my Speed Queen I have not looked back or regretted it. 50/50 no longer has me switching to hot and the cycle time has sped up thanks to the quick fills.

 

[Chetlaham]

Maybe instead of using it, you should display it prominently on a shelf in your home, maybe with a subtle spotlight showing on it, and a little of the history of it displayed along side.

There should be one on display at the Guggenheim. Halogen Par Floods shining, the valve on a pedestal, descriptive plaque beneath it.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Am I missing something?

Yes -- the obsessive fun of standing there watching!

 

[gansky1]

Nine degrees fahrenheit at 10 AM this morning. my son and I set off for Lincoln, NE (45 min away) to pick up the lo dollar KM washer. We stopped and took a tour of the Museum of American Speed, lunch and then home.
Overall, the washer isn't too bad, though the ad (and Mrs. washer-seller) said it was not spinning, it was agitating they meant. Too cold in the garage for wash water play, it sounds ok, spins fast and brake is good. Water level control is stuck on MED. Once the weather warms a bit, I'll explore a little more.

 

[gansky1]

The Museum of American Speed was very worthwhile. All things racing from pedal cars & models to land-speed record holding rocket cars.

Some of our car-folk here may recognize the Dealer name on the window sticker of the Bel Air Sport Sedan. Lambrecht Chevrolet of Pierce, Nebraska was a dealer that left barns filled with brand new cars and trade-ins back to the 50's. It was a big story at the time, lots of treasures found. This was one of those cars with 2 miles on the odometer.

Museum of American Speed

 

[goatfarmer]

Looks like a fun trip!

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Kenny -

Certainly the old saying “To each his own” applies here. I agree with Mark for myselt though, as I usually hover around the washers when they are running, and I enjoy listening to the machine, watching the action, and even the smell of the detergent. Sometimes I hover for a good purpose though, as my 1977 KM Penta Swirl machine, when full, is just getting around to turning the load over in rinse when the 2 minutes are up, for which I extend the rinse time by using 3-4 minutes of the perm press wash period, then return the timer to the Normal cycle rinse.

G

 

[goatfarmer]

Kenny -

Certainly the old saying “To each his own” applies here. I agree with Mark for myselt though, as I usually hover around the washers when they are running, and I enjoy listening to the machine, watching the action, and even the smell of the detergent. Sometimes I hover for a good purpose though, as my 1977 KM Penta Swirl machine, when full, is just getting around to turning the load over in rinse when the 2 minutes are up, for which I extend the rinse time by using 3-4 minutes of the perm press wash period, then return the timer to the Normal cycle rinse.

G

I agree, Gordon. To each his own is what we should all live by.

 

[qsd-dan]

If I'm not hoovering around the washer, I'm listening to it majestically sing. Always have been blessed with the washer and dryer being inside the home, close to the living area within earshot. Still love the bell chime of the dryer, too.

 

[Chetlaham]

Nice save! When you can, don't forget to take a picture of the back cover.

 

[caliscott]

Somehow, the photos didn’t come through on my last post here they are

Amazing that you have parts like that. Maybe I could give you some washer model numbers and see what you may have.

 

[combo52]

Yay great save Greg. Glad you were able to save this interesting basic Kenmore belt drive washer. The one we replaced for our customer maybe 10 years ago I thought about saving but did not bother. I love the basic machines, but I usually don’t save them because of limited room. I tend to prefer the top of the line models that can show off all the features that were available on a given product.

I don’t see all the excitement about the 50-50 water valve. I know it fills faster than some new valves, but the blue whirlpool valve was a 6040 it filled just as fast and then the green valve the KitchenAid used in their direct drive machines was a 7030 valve that filled just as fast I would think that Chet and others would like the hotter warm setting from the 6040s or the 7030s even.

When I’m doing laundry at my home, it’s only about a once or twice a month event, my first partner Michael always wondered why I had to stay in the laundry room in the basement when I was doing laundry, but the reality is when you have over 10 machines running at once really every five or 10 minutes you are transferring something or starting another machine so I kind of hang around generally but not always. I also agree with Kenny. I can put clothing in and just walk away. I’m not worried about the machines doing what they’re supposed to do. That's one reason I love my Lady Kenmore Gas Combo so much, when I need to wash an odd load occasionally I just put it in and come back in an hour or so and its always done and perfectly dry.

I even insulated the ceiling of the laundry room, so you can’t hear it in the rest of the house before I did the revised laundry room about five years ago you could hear some of the machines upstairs too much which I didn’t like now you can really can not even hear anything going on down there.

I put an 8,4 foot LED fixtures for lighting when you walk into the room four of them come on with a sensor control and if you really want a lot of light, you can turn on the second bank of four and do Brain surgery, lol

John L

 

[Chetlaham]

Do you have part numbers to the 60/40s and 70/30s?

The thing is a any valve that isn't 50/50 and without the large openings like the 358277 will have some restriction on the cold side to achieve the hotter warm.

Regarding the hotter warm itself I don't think I need it. At 50/50 the wash temp is about 105*F which is ideal for Tide Professional. I even made a thread the Tide does better in warm than hot water.