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After watching Andrew's video of the Whirlpool Mark II electronic control washer, and even though it's March, I might as well do something fun with my hobby in 2010.

What I am looking for is a vintage belt-driven Kenmore or Whirlpool washer to be used as a daily driver that's in good working order, not a rust bucket, or shows signs of abuse. Color doesn't matter, but any of the designer colors of the '60s, '70s, or early '80s would be a bonus. It can be a space-saver or full-size model. I've measured and either size will fit the space.

I live in a newer townhome in Hastings, Minnesota. It has an upper floor utility room. I would need to install some sort of Y-valves on the existing water valves and figure out a way to run the drain hose either to the floor drain or the recessed washer drain in the wall behind my new washer. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? And can a person even buy longer water and drain hoses for washers anymore?

So, after all this gibberish (and I apologize for that), are there any members who would like to help me embark upon the "hunt?" Please send me an offline message and we can discuss more. Thanks in advance for everyone's help! And, Gordon, I'd love to hear your input on this!
 
Rob -

My house is 2003 construction, and code here calls for what we call "rough in boxes" for washer installations. This box has the standpipe drain, and hot a cold water taps on either side.

What I was able to do is put a metal Y-connector on each faucet, allowing two sets of hoses to be installed, and simply put both drain hoses into the standpipe. (Several friends had a glorious time rolling on the floor almost laughing at my double-stuffing installation, but that's beside the point). It can be done. I had to lenthen the second machine's drain hose simply by using some extra hose and a sleeve between the two.

As to a belt-drive - my gosh, I'll e-mail you.....I have a few to spare.

Gordon
 
12 foot fill hoses

There out there, not hard to find up here. Have two on my garage WP. Got them at Lowes, I think, couple of summers ago.

The best of luck on your new hobby of more than one washer. Congrats and welcome to Washerlove.
 
Doubling up on the standpipe and Y on the water

Gordon,

That's what I'm going to do with the White-Westy FL that I'm
getting later this month. Y on the supply faucets and double
up on the standpipe drain - eventually I'll have to change
a few things as I add to the collection.

Rob, I'll keep an eye to things as I'm looking for a 1963 Kenmore like the "Grandma's Washer in Nashville for a $1" post a day or two ago - unfortunately it got gone in a hurry. Do you have a distance limit on pick up? No telling where one might pop up.

I just decided last fall to start this hobby (wife thinks I need phycho help - lol!) and I have three that I want (small collection) and that being a mid 50s Westy Slant Front FL, 1963 Kenmore TL, and 70s White-Westy FL..... I'm getting the White-Westy later this month - one down two to go!

Best of luck as you start the hobby..... lots of fun and some frustration from time to time - enjoy!
 
I have a 1972 Maytag 806 in excellent condition that I am looking to find a new home for, I would love for you to have it. however I can't help you if you want a Kenmore/Whirly as I keeping the only one I have. I will keep a look out though.
 
Oh, Jed, that's a tough one because I love the vintage Maytags as well--stately, rugged, and very dependable. Now I'm torn. LOL! I think what I love so much about the old Kenmores/Whirlpools is the unique spray pattern that comes out of the fill flume and, most of all, the sounds. That "woo-woo" and the clicks and clunks when shifting from wash to neutral drain to spin just bring back so many childhood memories! But, I also love the Maytag spin drain and the sounds of the motor ramping up to speed as the wash tub empties. Can you send me pictures offline? I grew up near Bovey on the western Iron Range. My parents still live there so perhaps we could meet at some point as well. Just a thought....
 
After watching Andrew's video of the Whirlpool Mark II e

Looks like I managed to push another one over the edge... LOL!

I'm starting to slightly feel like the corner washer pusher...

(Opens coat...) "Hey, man! Come over here! I gotcha fix fight here. You KNOW you want this washer..." LOL!!

RCD
 
Lebron- Yellow Maytag

Hey Lebron . I would love to have that Yellow Maytag. let me know if no one else wants it.
 
Your floor drain

Have you ever tried baking soda and vinegar down the floor drain. You might be surprised at what it does. There should be a clean out plug in the side of the floor drain. You could try a great big box of baking soda and three or four gallons of vinegar. Pour a third or half box of soda down the drain, then pour a half or a gallon of vinegar down on top of it. Keep pouring baking soda in the drain and washing it down with vinegar. Keep an eye on near by drains. You might have boil ups. You can also pour large amounts of Mortons canning salt down the drain with the vinegar and soda. Keep pouring those ingredients down the drain until you fill up the main line under the floor with the boiling foam you'll make with the soda and vinegar. Let it sit for quite a while. The boiling action and the acid from the vinegar combined with the salt moving around in the line might clear the sides of the line and make it drain more freely. After it's sits for awhile and the boiling stops, listen down the hole to see if you can hear the hissing of the vinegar and soda any more. After thirty minutes or so, flush the drain with gallons and gallons of very hot water. If your water heater isn't very old or you have drained the sediment out of the bottom of it on a regular basis, like you should, you can probably trust it enough to hook a garden hose up to it and turn it on full blast, to rinse down the drain. If you haven't, draining the water heater from the bottom will disturb the sediment, and it could start to leak or the bottom could fall out of it all together. I've had this happen to me before. Then you have to be prepared to replace it. Other wise, you could fill the washing machine up with hot water and stick the drain hose down the floor drain, pack some towels or something around it and hold it in place, then pump the water out of the machine and that would give it a pretty good blast. If you do this, be sure to run water down drains that have a direct connection to the main line that you're cleaning. That way, if any vinegar or residue from your cleaning has backed up in any of the other drains, it will get washed down. Flush all the toilets too, to wash the vinegar down the main sewer line. It's corrosive and will eat into metal if left in place(not as bad as draino though). You can try this with the floor drain clean out plug in or out. Try it both ways. If you fill the drain up with soda and vinegar enough, it will go down both ways. With the plug in, you'll clean the trap in the floor. With it out, it heads toward the main line, bypassing the trap. If the floor drain is iron, the plug could be rusted shut and will be hard to get off. I think they make a special tool to get those off. If your drain is slow because of sedimentation, this method will probably help. If its from another reason, it may not. For instance, a broken line under the concrete, not enough drop in the line, or a foreign object in the line. Only a plumber can tell this by passing a camera on a fiber optic line down the drain. They can film it too, for future reference. They can also tell where the problems is by measuring the amount of cable that has been fed down the line. Forgot to tell you earlier, you can get big boxes of Arm&Hammer baking soda at discount warehouse stores, if you want to try this. Look for generic vinegar too. Cheaper. Hope this helps.
 
The floor drain response

Sorry. I sent that response to the wrong thread. Got confused. I thought it was you and it was really "lebron" in Virginia, MN. What a stupid waste of time. lol.
 
DRAIN LINE CLEANING

Draino and other drain cleaning products will not hurt any type of drain pipes AND they often work great. Lye does not react with iron steel or plastic salt on the other hand is very hard on iron and steel be careful if your main drain pipes are cast iron or threaded steel.
 

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