Repair Manual Score

[gansky1]

And a good one!  A few weeks ago I got a call from our Ross in Arizona. He'd spoken to a lady at Midwest Timer Service that day and she told him they had "a lot" of old repair manuals they no longer needed for laundry and dishwasher products.  He referred her to me and I made arrangements to get the manuals, which arrived a little while ago.  Mostly Whirlpool and Sears from the early 50's through about 1978 and some Penncrest (JCPenney) from the 60's & 70's.   Here is the pile!  Much thanks to Ross and MTS for thinking of us all and finding an appreciative home for vintage appliance doctrine - AW.org!

 

 

 

[gansky1]

A few samples - first a Sears page from 1954

 

[gansky1]

Penncrest:

 

 

[gansky1]

Whirlpool

 

[gansky1]

WP Combo - new style

 

[gansky1]

Kenmore:

 

[gansky1]

The secret shall be revealed?  The 1961 Lady K with auto-water level...

 

 

[goatfarmer]

I do believe you've struck gold!

 

[kenmore71]

SCORE!

 

[kenmoreguy64]

W O W !!!

That page with the 61 Kenmores on it is fascinating!

What an awesome way to find a second use for those old manuals! They sure got to the right place!

Gordon

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow! Great score, and a great save!! Congratulations!!!

 

[doug]

repair manuals

hi i was wondering does the penncrest page show any pics of the inside if so could u post them, also if u have anything on ge or hotpoint washers i would app. it

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations

In the picture of the 61 WP combo, you see a rectangular red light between the door and the access panel. Older combos of the 29" design had a balance system that could trip and need resetting like a top loader. If that light came on, you had to open the panel and grasp a metal ring that was attached to a fiber cord and pull it out to reset the balance system and shut off the red light so the machine could be restarted.

 

[a440]

WHOA!

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Great find Greg!</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">You will be reading for years to come!!!</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Brent</span>

 

[tlee618]

Fantastic find Greg, I am sure that they will be very helpful to many on here.  Ross that was really nice of you!!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Great score Greg, so now we get to see exactly how the 1961 automatic water level control works!! Can't wait, one can only imagine what they came up with.

 

[peteski50]

Scans!

Thanks for these Great Scans!
Peter

 

[70series]

Thanks for sharing those repair manuals. Especially those of the 61 and 64 Kenmore models. Great stuff.

Have a good one,
James

 

[mickeyd]

Doctrinal Paradise

"It gets better," a suds-return hose, the elusive 62 top-buttoned Mark X11, the entire canon of Penncrest control panels, and a cutaway of the WP Combo showing number 9, the recirc circuit--And that's just the first five examples--all personal favorites....Yeowsuh!

 

What great summer reading for you, Greg, and of course, us, too. Thank you.

 

My mind can't summon a visual for the 62 Lady K with the auto water level. Am I seeing 6 dark and 2 light panel keys? Do we have a pic anywhere of this unique, very smart Lady?