Soak cycle on a Kenmore 110.92273100

[kenmorewasher72]

OK, so I just modded my machine (if you've seen my other posts, you know what machine I have) to have a live soak cycle. Basically all there is to modify are just two cam pieces on the cam cylinder that engages a couple timer contacts which the wiring diagram calls "the line switch", and all that does is cut power to the machine when it's set to soak and extra rinse. Just remove the cam pieces that engage that line switch, and you'll be live (careful not to touch the other cams). Although you might want to leave just a small part of the cam intact, because you want to ensure that the machine stops completely after the previous cycle, and you won't have trouble with it automatically advancing to soak or extra rinse.

I've already done the soak, but not the extra rinse cycle (yet). Mine when it's on soak, now fills up, agitates on low speed for 6 mins max, and then stops and soaks automatically for however long you want it to soak. May or may not have a video, depends on if you guys want one or not.

 

[gansky1]

Good mod for a soak cycle. Would like to see some pics of your alteration of the timer cams, many may not know what that even means or have seen the inside of a timer before.

IMO, one of the best cycle options on a washer was the Catalyst washer with periods of soaking and washing as an option. Spotless washing every time.

 

[kenmorewasher72]

Catalyst machines.

To many cams and complicated electronics for me to figure out. Will have pics when I get to working on the extra rinse.

 

[kenmorewasher72]

Extra Rinse (or Second Rinse, as Kenmore labels it...)

UPDATE: The extra rinse is finished! Took some trial and error, but it works now. Pics will be up soon.

 

[kenmorewasher72]

Hey guys, sorry the pictures are late, but here's some pics I took of the machine, sorry some of the pics are a little blurry, I took these with my old Canon camera because I got rid of my "iFail" and the Canon was all I had at the time, so I apologize in advance for any blurriness in any pics. Here's the first one of the control panel *empty*.

 

[kenmorewasher72]

The timer itself.

 

[kenmorewasher72]

Side of timer. (Cams, motor, cog wheel...)

 

[kenmorewasher72]

Timer motor & contact block (again, I apologize for blurriness)

 

[kenmorewasher72]

OK, now the contact that the arrow is pointing to, is the line switch. That's what we need to modify, in order to get a working soak AND extra rinse cycle.
But actually we're not touching the contact itself...

 

[kenmorewasher72]

This cam piece is what we need to remove, to get this thing working. Simply cut the cam piece off and smooth out the surface of the cam lining, you'll probably wanna blow off any plastic dust if you're filing it down, and that's pretty much it! I forgot to get an after pic of the cam shaven down to the lining, and I don't feel like taking that all apart again just to get a pic, so sorry, but there you go. Now you have a live extra rinse and soak, on your wood top Kenmore 70 series!

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>gansky1:  IMO, one of the best cycle options on a washer was the Catalyst washer with periods of soaking and washing as an option. Spotless washing every time.</blockquote> F&P agitator toploaders have a 2-hr Soak option (or 1-hr with time-saver option added, or can be advanced manually when desired) that agitates five strokes every minute.  CW-CCW-CW-CCW-CW, so the load indexes CW each time.  IWL models have a separate Stained soil level that incorporates a few short soak periods into the wash.