Looking for a Whirlpool / Kenmore washer outer tub

[kenmoreguy64]

Hi everyone -

My current washer re-do project has presented me with the challenge of finding a usable large capacity outer tub. Most of the porcelain coated steel outer tubs are no longer available from Whirlpool, and they were quite expensive when they were available.

If anyone who has worked or works on these has a spare used outer tub hanging around that you want to get rid of, especially for the largest capacity models from the 70s and very early 80s, please let me know - I am willing to have it shipped here. Most of the used appliance shops around here kept a couple good ones on-hand 'back in the day' and I did too, but I don't have the right one to fit this current project.

If you have something, please e-mail me or reply here and we can talk in detail about the capacity, etc. There were dozens of tub configurations for the various models over the years, but I can make several of them work in this machine.

THANKS in advance everyone!

Gordon

 

[xyz]

If I were you, I would look up in my yellow pages the nearest salvage yard where folks weigh up their scrap metals for recycle and cash in. Go there and ask the manager if you can sit and watch the trcks come in at the scales until you see what you are looking for on a truck. Most guys will sell you the whole machine at scrap value (currently 6 bucks per hundred pounds here).So you are looking at around 10.00 investment plus a lil time well spent. I swear to you you better carry your trailor because you will see many you wanna bring home. I get alot of cool mashines like this. I am friends with the scrap yard here. They are my 1st choice to get a part for my truck or my washer/dryers.