To Larry
Thanks again for all your words of wisdom and your post.
As you know my agitator is stuck. Doing a load today and with my laundry in and swishing around there goes the agitator for a float. (I just found Phil and order the silly "stop ring".) While the water and laundry was in the washer as I have done before, fiddled around and put the agitator back on the post and activated and swish, swish she goes. Great, moving right along, laundry finished ready to go to line, but before, want to break down machine to dry and then it happened! Nightmare, agitator would not come off, tapped it, pulled it, tried prying and crack, chipped porcelain. That was very upsetting! I stopped and searched for answers.
Well put a tub of hot water in, swished, pulled, said a few choice words and nothing!! Feels like it has been stuck for decades! Been researching site and have not found anything that would seem to work with what I have on hand. So got an idea because I do not want to chip any more porcelain, I have straps for strapping things down in my truck, so tomorrow going to get those and slide them under the base of agitator and somehow with maybe 2x4's figure out if I can pull it up that way. Wish me luck, hope it works, don't want to have to spend another $50 for a new part, like an agitator when all I needed was a little more Vaseline (makes me sick, knowing that Vaseline could've prevented this predicament).
So, moral of the story, keep your agitator shafts Vaselined up good to prevent this. It breaks my heart this issue, especially seeing what you had to go through with yours Larry.
Yes, I am washing in my kitchen at my sink, so lucky me, get to mop the floor always, but I am getting better, lot less water, it is just a few wipes with a rag now. No more towels under washer....lol
My load of sheets are now dry from being on the line and oh they smell soooo good, outdoor fresh, nothing beats it!!
Happy washing everyone!!