Mahalo!
Interesting read,Thanks for posting.
This is exactly why I jumped on the opportunity to buy a used 2018 Speed Queen LWN432SP115TWO1 top loader for a paltry $75 two years ago, the seller was relocating to Texas and did not want to pay shipping costs for the machine to follow her.
Mind you the machine still worked fine, matter of fact she was using it when I went to look at it.
The machine sat in my carport for almost two years as a backup for my trusty 22 year old Maytag top loader when it dies, that started to happen earlier this year with transmission issues.
Resultingly, I was forced into action to disassemble and sanitize the Speed Queen and finally placed it into service last August.
In watching YouTube videos about Whirlpool and GE top loader construction and design, I was amazed and appalled at the amount of plastic used in mission critical components, this reinforced my conviction to never buy a modern day machine, ever.
The Speed Queen is humming along just fine, with it's robust construction I expect it to do so for years, did I mention that it has an uber reliable mechanical timer?
About the only drawback to the machine is it's rather low water fill level but I'm working on that.
I absolutely refuse to spend $$$ on a Whirlpool or Haier produced machine and have to push it to the curb 5 years thereafter.
