Old Whirlpool machines

[fsp95405]

Hi everyone, my id supremewhirlpol doesn't work, so I'm using the id fsp45905.
I have 2 machines that must go:
RCA Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII 3 speed with Super wash
model number:LRA992
This machine needs a belt, but otherwise works.

Whirlpool Design2000 6 cycle 2speed
model number: LA5600XPW3
no issues with this machine

I want these machines to go to good homes, rather than the scrap yard. First come first served. If interested, please contact me through email.

 

[fsp95405]

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The other machine:

 

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[fsp95405]

These machines are free to a good home, otherwise LAST CALL! They and the condenser get carted off Friday!

 

[DirectDriveDave]

Wow, that's a spin-drain direct drive, those certainly aren't too common.

 

[combo52]

Old WP Mark 12 washer

Hi Melvin, If no one claims this washer I would love to get the complete control face with all the electrical components attached to use in restoring the same washer that I have, I will try to call you later or call me Thanks John.

 

[laundryboy]

I'll buy the whirlpool Bakelite agitator if you don't give the machines away.

 

[tecnopolis]

Where are the lint filters?

 

[yogitunes]

for the belt drive theres the "magic clean" self cleaning filter......

for the direct drive.....theres the self clean comb filter under the inner tub....if there is one!

 

[tecnopolis]

"self clean comb filter under the inner tub". I always thought those vintage say mid 70's Whirlpools had that waterfall lint filter with either the "bed of nails" or "bristle brush".

 

[DADoES]

 

<blockquote>I always thought those vintage say mid 70's Whirlpools had that waterfall lint filter with either the "bed of nails" or "bristle brush".</blockquote>
Neither of these machines is a 1970s model.

The LRA9920 Imperial Mark XII is 1968.  Top-of-the-line model, recirculating/self-cleaning filter module outside the tub, mounted in the cabinet.  Lower-end models at that time would have had a brush filter.

The LA5600XP Design 2000 is 1985.  Direct-drive machines can't have recirculating filters, the pump doesn't support it.  The only kind of filter they can have is passive.  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Very</span> early Kenmore models (not sure about Whirlpool) had a manual clean filter in the agitator barrel, which worked via water currents similar to classic Maytags.  Otherwise, direct-drive models, and also belt-drives toward the end, had a comb filter mounted under the spin basket.  Small fins under the agitator base helped move water through the filter, then collected lint was "spun off" for self-cleaning.

 

[fsp95405]

I think LRA is 1967-1966, otherwise this machine would be just a Whirlpool if it were 1968. This machine is RCA Whirlpool. Parting out = time I don't have. The Design 2000 DD above is NOT a spin-drain model. I just may post a pic of my spin-drain model Design 2000 if I get some time.

 

[combo52]

1967 WP Washer

Melvin give me call if you are going to recycle the WP, I can get someone in the area to pickup the control panel so shipping will not be an issue, John, my CP is 240-304-8471 Thanks

 

[DADoES]

1967 vs. 1968

 
I misread the chart by one line.

R = 1967
S = 1968

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Glenn -

Whirlpool had a filter in some of their early DD agitators too, in fact they survived longer than Kenmore's did I think. One of my neighbors in 1986, when I bought my new BD, got a Whirlpool 27" direct drive with the 2.5 cu. ft basket. The agitator looked like the other Direct Drive Surgilators at the time, but the whole upper portion of the agitator snapped off to reveal a lint filter that needed to be manually cleaned. I think this configuration was in production for some time.

I know the WP parts catalog I have had an agitator diagram showing this set-up if you'd like me to scan it for you.

Gordon

 

[combo52]

WP DD Washers With Agitator Mounted Lint Filters

WP did not do this long on the 2.5 and 3 cubit foot tubs, I only remember seeing a few of these machines, however on the compact 1.5 cubic foot tub machines this filter was used on all WP and GE versions of this washer and is still being sold today, we installed a new 24" TT last week with this filter.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Is five or six years long?

I checked the WP parts catalog from 6/1992. It lists full-size WP models into 1991 but only has three '91s. There are many non-portable models using the agitator with the filter from 1985 through 1990. The replacement part number for this agitator as a kit was 387838 (and may still be?). All the models that used it were middle line machines from LA5000XP to LA8200XW. Between those there are probably three dozen or more distinct models, mostly '85, '87, '88 and 1990 models. These may not have been popular models?

Since the book stops at 1991, I don't know if usage of the agitator continued beyond that point or not.

Gordon

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Here is a picture of the agitator w/filter

Scavenged from ebay:

 

[DADoES]

 
Gordon,

My grandmother bought an LA7400XMW2 on 11/16/1984.  It had a one-piece, non- filter agitator.  Parts diagrams show the typical under-basket comb filter.

There is a wide range of designs.  Referencing diagrams @ SearsPartsDirect ...

LA5000XPW0 shows a one-piece agitator with a "plate" (doesn't appear to be a filter with comb fingers) under the basket.

LA5000XPW5 shows a two-piece agitator (with filter barrel), and also the under-basket plate.

LA7000XSW0 shows the two-piece filter-agitator plus under-basket comb filter.

LA7000XSW1 goes to a dual-action agitator with under-basket comb filter.

There are of course many more models.  I never saw a filter-agitator during the time I worked at a local Whirlpool dealer, but it was a small-town dealer stocking/selling select popular models.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Glenn,

Use of this filter agitators appears to have started with the 1985 XP models. WP's (and Kenmore's too) variations can be mind boggling.

The LA5000XP went from revision 0 to 5. There were a lot of DD revisions in the first few years, as compared to BDs of the same period. The 0 and 1 had the one piece agitator, part number 63235, while versions 2, 3, 4, and 5 had the removeable filter version. Must be a machine enhancement they made during the run.

The LA7000's drawing is deceiving, because it looks like a filter agitator, but it isn't. This is actually almost the same agitator, but the center section is not a filter, that's why there is an under basket disk filter included. That agitator kit is part number 64214, and the part that is the filter in the other agitator is called an "extension" on this one. Don't hold me to this, but I don't think the extension was as easy to snap off the agitator base as the filter is. One of my co-workers had his filter section come off the agitator during spin...can you imagine the noise?

I think several of the '87 models (the XS) changed to DA style agitators as soon as WP was able to start using them. They must have been somewhat anxious to do so to change their models mid-stream, vs. waiting for the XT versions to debut.

Gordon

 

[fsp95405]

Well John, Perhaps maybe you may want to plan a trip to my house then. The GE combo is a fun machine, but not practical. It has to go too. Since it is modified, it will be leaving in pieces and non-working.

 

[tecnopolis]

That last agi pic looks like the agitator used in KitchenAid models?

 

[brianl]

The 67 RCA Whirlpool

Hey Melvin,

I was working with John (combo52) this morning and he said he may be able to facilitate a picking up of the whole washer. I would like to reserve the machine as a whole and if you don't mind working with him on this. Please let me know. Thanks!!

 

[fsp95405]

Brian, John, I will work with you. One of you should probably email me about how this will be worked out.

 

[brianl]

E-mailed you...

I sent you an e-mail Melvin regarding the machine.

Hey John, would you mind if I passed this off to you at this point? Not sure how helpful I would be coordinating this on your end.

Thank you to everyone who is helping me out on this one.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

AWESOME that the BD is going to be saved!

Congrats Brian! Thanks for offering this Melvin!

 

[brianl]

I'm very excited!

Thanks Gordon!

This will be my first TOL washer in my collection as well being my first chrome capped agitator. My granny had one when she had an early 80's Imperial TOL washer. This is an absoutely beautiful machine and I am so grateful to the members here helping me to retrieve it to Melvin for working with those members. I will definitely owe some people here when this is all said and done!